Surrounded by broken windows, bombed-out buildings and rubble, Ukrainian cellist Denys Karachevtsev casts a striking figure as he plays a somber Bach melody in a haunting musical tribute to his hometown of Kharkiv.Karachevtsev posted a video on social media to raise awareness of the destruction, as well as funds to restore Ukraine’s second-largest city, home…Continue Reading
Anatoly Chubais, one of the economic reformers in the years after the Soviet Union and author of Russia’s unpopular privatization program, quit as presidential envoy on sustainable development, the Kremlin confirmed Wednesday, after reports he left the country because of his opposition to Russia’s war on Ukraine.Chubais, the most senior official to cut ties with…Continue Reading
Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Vanathi Srinivasan on Wednesday lauded a few aspects of the Tamil Nadu Budget and the Agriculture Budget in the State Assembly. Her comments came even as her party State president K. Annamalai has announced a massive protest against the Budget on March 25 (Thursday).Speaking during the debate on the Budget in…Continue Reading
On March 21, 2022, a B737-800 aircraft of the China Eastern Airlines flight MU 5735 plunged into the ground killing all 132 on board. There were reports of rain in the area and overcast skies. Flightradar24 tracking of the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) taken from the Mode-S transponder on board indicated a sudden drop in…Continue Reading
Chief Minister and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) president K. Chandrasekhar Rao called for protests against the hike of petroleum products by Union Government. He called upon the party activist to hold protest on Thursday against the hike of prices of gas, petrol and diesel, according to a release by party General Secretary Palla Rajeswar Reddy.…Continue Reading
:Opposition Congress members in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday demanded action against Chief Minister’s Political Secretary M.P. Renukacharya for allegedly obtaining a Scheduled Tribe certificate for his daughter.Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah said obtaining an ST certificate by misrepresenting the fact was an offence and punishable act under the law and Mr. Renukacharya can be…Continue Reading
They demanded and accepted a bribe of ₹ 50,000 from a person for settling tax issues They demanded and accepted a bribe of ₹ 50,000 from a person for settling tax issues The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a Deputy Commissioner of the Income Tax Department in Coimbatore and a private auditor on…Continue Reading
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said at her confirmation hearings Tuesday that more women should be on the federal bench. But she stumbled when asked for a definition of “woman.” In an exchange with Sen. Marsha Blackburn, Judge Jackson evaded the question when the Tennessee Republican asked her “can you provide a definition for the word…Continue Reading
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law on Tuesday that will make abortions cheaper for people on private insurance plans, the first of more than a dozen bills the state’s Democratic leaders plan to pass this year to prepare for a potential U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could overturn Roe v.…Continue Reading
Sonya Douglass Horsford, the wife of Rep. Steven Horsford, described her disappointment with her husband on Twitter for deciding to run for reelection after he revealed two years ago that had a decade-long affair with a former Senate intern. Mrs. Horsford said she has remained silent for almost two years. She wanted to say she…Continue Reading
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