A parliamentary standing committee has expressed concern that in several large states, less than 40 per cent of rural households have a functional household tap connection (FHTC). The committee also expressed disappointment regarding under-utilisation of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) funds, saying this would deprive targeted beneficiaries of access to safe and clean potable water at…Continue Reading
A general view of the site of a bombing at a shopping centre as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues. (Image: Reuters)Russia calls for “more substantial” talksAFP ParisLast Updated:March 23, 2022, 23:38 ISTFOLLOW US ON:Russia invaded Ukraine in the early hours of February 24, setting off the worst conflict in Europe in decades.We look back on…Continue Reading
Zelenskiy frames the fight against Russia as a struggle to defend the European ideals for which Ukrainians staged two revolutions in the past two decades. (Credits: Screengrab from Reuters video)Zelensky has won standing ovations in parliaments across the West with a series of impassioned addresses from wartime Kyiv tailored to each audienceAFP ParisLast Updated:March 23,…Continue Reading
A view shows cars and a building of a hospital destroyed by an aviation strike amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in Mariupol, Ukraine. (File photo/Reuters)Russia describes its invasion as a “special military operation” and only admitted more than a week into the attack that some conscripts were taking part in UkraineAFP KyivLast Updated:March 23, 2022,…Continue Reading
Pakistan PM Imran Khan. (Image: Reuters)Imran Khan also said it was wrong to consistently attack and criticise the army as a powerful military was crucial for Pakistan. PTI Last Updated:March 23, 2022, 23:00 ISTFOLLOW US ON:Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said he will not resign at any cost and claimed to have a…Continue Reading
Sundar Pichai, senior vice president of Android, Chrome and Apps at Google Inc., gestures as he speaks during the company’s Android One smartphone launch event in New Delhi, India, on Monday, Sept. 15, 2014.Kuni Takahashi | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesGoogle and Spotify said on Wednesday that a future version of the Spotify app will allow…Continue Reading
Nikola Motor’s Tre semi-truck.Nikola Motor CompanyElectric heavy-truck startup Nikola announced on Wednesday that it has begun production of the battery-powered version of its electric Tre semitruck at its factory in Coolidge, Arizona, beating rival Tesla’s electric semitruck to market.Nikola plans to begin deliveries of the trucks in the second quarter, executives said during a presentation…Continue Reading
India is expected to announce a payment arrangement that would allow trade with Russia to continue, the president of an Indian exporters’ association told CNBC’s “Street Signs” on Wednesday. The so-called rupee-ruble trade mechanism could come as early as next week, according to A Sakthivel, president of the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO). The FIEO, a…Continue Reading
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, March 21, 2022.Brendan McDermid | ReutersStock futures were little changed on Wednesday night as investors recovered from losses during the regular trading session.The Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose slightly 14 points, or 0.04%. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100…Continue Reading
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies on her nomination to become an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court, during the third day of a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, March 23, 2022.Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty ImagesSupreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson appeared to remain on the path…Continue Reading
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