Caste-based discrimination continues to be widespread in India even though it was outlawed almost 70 years ago.Members of the Dalit community, the 300 million people at the bottom of India’s caste ladder, have to put up with the worst of the consequences. They often face public humiliation and violence, lack access to good education, and…Continue Reading
The Indian economy is poised to grow at the quickest pace among the league of large nations on the back of various initiatives taken by the government in Budget 2022-23, said the Finance Ministry’s Monthly Economic Review. “The current year may as well end with an economic reset manifest of a post-COVID-19 world…Manufacturing and Construction…Continue Reading
A section of the T-49 tunnel after it was connected by the engineers of Indian Railways.The Indian Railways successfully achieved the line and level breakthrough of the 12.758 kilometre long T-49 tunnel in Jammu and Kashmir. The major milestone was achieved on Tuesday, informed the Northern Railway, which connected the two ends of the tunnel…Continue Reading
PARIS (AP) — France is hosting a summit on Wednesday devoted to the fight against Islamic extremists in West Africa as Paris considers withdrawing its troops from Mali while maintaining military operations in the broader Sahel region, the French presidency said.The move comes amid growing tensions between Mali, its African neighbors and European partners. The…Continue Reading
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s highest court ruled on Wednesday that the 27-nation bloc can suspend support payments to member states if they breach rule of law principles, and dismissed a challenge by Hungary and Poland.The right-wing governments of both nations had argued that such action lacked a proper legal basis. Both nations, large…Continue Reading
BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz is conferring with Germany’s 16 state governors Wednesday to map a way out of coronavirus restrictions as official figures show new infections beginning to drift downward.Germany saw infections caused by the omicron variant, which is highly contagious but generally causes milder illness than previous variants, surge later than in…Continue Reading
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Before even thinking about going big on the slopestyle course, freestyle skier Nick Goepper had to work on something more important — himself.The newly minted Olympic silver medalist cheerfully announced he’s “doing good” these days from a mental health perspective. That’s notable given some of the dark days he encountered after…Continue Reading
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — When the Super Bowl was on the line, the Los Angeles Rams knew who they trusted to win it.Matthew Stafford and Cooper Kupp led the way on the game-winning drive that delivered the Rams the 23-20 win over Cincinnati on Sunday for their first championship in Los Angeles since the 1951…Continue Reading
BEIJING (AP) — The doping case involving Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has led to many more questions than answers.Some skaters think it’s time to ask another: Should a 15-year-old be in the Olympics at all?“You want these athletes to have an opportunity to have this be a profession, not a one-year run at it,”…Continue Reading
BEIJING (AP) — Victory, of sorts, for Eritrea’s sole Winter Olympian — one of just six athletes competing for African countries at the Games in China — was achieved even before his feat of surviving two runs in blizzard conditions down a hazardous course aptly named The Ice River.Before flying to China for his Olympic…Continue Reading
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