Expert groups in India are deliberating on the need for a booster, or additional, Covid dose, the country’s junior health minister informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. The health minister’s response comes in the backdrop of growing fears on the possibility of Omicron variant entering the country. So far, no Covid cases of the new…Continue Reading
Expressing optimism over India’s GDP performance in the second quarter, country’s Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) K V Subramanian on Tuesday said the Asia’s third-largest economy is expected to register double-digit growth in the current financial year, aided by rising demand and a robust banking sector. He also said India is expected to grow at 6.5…Continue Reading
India grew at the fastest pace of any major economy in the July-September quarter but economists said disruptions from the emerging Omicron coronavirus variant risked slowing the recovery, especially given India`s low vaccination rates. Asia`s third-largest economy has rebounded strongly from last year`s deep pandemic-induced slump, boosted by vaccinations and stronger government spending, economists said.…Continue Reading
Maoist posters were spotted in several villages of Odisha’s Kandhamal district on Tuesday, stoking fear and panic in the area, an official said.The posters were claimed to be put up by the Kandhamal-Kalahandi-Boudh-Nayagarh (KKBN) division of the CPI (Maoist).Residents of villages in Barakhama, Midiakia, Bataguda and Rebingia panchayats in Balliguda block noticed the posters in…Continue Reading
The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has suspended Sanjay Kumar Upadhyay, the Secretary of the state’s exam regulatory authority.The action comes two days after the Uttar Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (UPTET) was cancelled following a question paper leak. Upadhyay was responsible for conducting the exam and lapses that occurred. The government has also instituted…Continue Reading
The case was registered based on a complaint from Bank of Baroda Cuttack in Odisha, the CBI said in a press statement. Ians Odisha Published: Wednesday, 01 December 2021 Last updated: 01 December 2021, 08:07 AM IST Photo: IANSCBI Registers Case Against 8 In A Bank Fraud Case The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has…Continue Reading
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that blanket travel bans will not prevent the international spread of the Covid-19 Omicron variant, even as dozens of countries have already introduced such restrictions.Although Omicron has been labeled a “variant of concern” by the WHO, it said on Tuesday that blanket travel bans will only place a…Continue Reading
“The Simpsons” has caused controversy in the past with its depictions of foreign countries, including Australia and Brazil. A couple nations even banned the series for various reasons. But this time, it’s Disney+ that decided to hold back one key episode. In “Goo Goo Gai Pan,” the eponymous cartoon family tours Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, but the Season 16 episode…Continue Reading
Hanukkah is not a Jewish Christmas. It never was and shouldn’t be treated like it is. So pay attention retailers: knock it off. Stop trying to sell us dumb products. Christmas is its own billion-dollar industry. Nothing can compete with the behemoth that is Christmas. And that’s OK! However, within the last two decades, retailers…Continue Reading
Netflix’s most beloved organizer is back, with a twist: the eponymous professional’s show, “Sparking Joy with Marie Kondo,” has shifted its focus from internal tidiness to external tidiness — a category that includes business, relationships and community. For those viewers who, like myself, experience literal anxiety in the presence of abject disorganization, a television show that…Continue Reading