A chlorine gas leak at a Nagpur water treatment plant sent 56 residents to hospital (Photo credit: X) NAGPUR: A major chemical emergency unfolded in Nagpur early Monday after a chlorine gas leak at a water treatment plant in Godhani sent 56 residents to hospital, with eight of them currently being treated in the ICU.The…
Karnataka introduces 8 new Bills Karnataka has passed eight Bills covering property registration, rural properties, park land, land revenue, commercial establishments, Bengaluru’s transport administration, industrial facilitation and GST. Major changes under the provisions include allowing e-Registration and remote registration of some compulsory registrable documents, bringing certain unapproved rural properties within the regulatory framework of the…
JPMorgan Chase has submitted a fresh workforce reduction notice to New Jersey employment regulators, detailing plans to eliminate 63 positions at its Jersey City location. The workforce adjustments represent the fifth separate filing the financial institution has lodged with state authorities this year, raising the cumulative count of job cuts at the Jersey City facility…
Abhishek Banerjee seeks SC direction on disqualification of 20 TMC MPs. Photo credit: PTI NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) general secretary and Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee has moved Supreme Court seeking an early decision by Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla on disqualification pleas against 20 rebel party MPs. The matter is scheduled to come…
Ukrainian soldiers during a training exercise , during the ongoing conflict with Russia. (image credit: Ukrainian Defense Ministry) It has been 1,642 days since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. As Ukraine marks its fourth Independence Day under war, the conflict has hardened into a static grind, with large-scale manoeuvres…
Dipke asked the state education ministers to publicly disclose details on infrastructure, teacher vacancies, funding, digital facilities and the workload of teaching staff. NEW DELHI: Abhijeet Dipke, founder and convenor of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), has demanded transparency on government school funding, infrastructure and staffing. Addressing an open letter to the education ministers across…
Iranian currency sinks to record low as US works on new sanctions Iran’s rial hit rock bottom on Monday, falling to a record low as Washington prepared what it called an “economic D-Day”. The fresh sanctions are set to pile more pressure on an economy already battered by existing restrictions and a US naval blockade.The…
America’s biggest investor, Michael Burry has now revealed in a Substack post that he has sold his entire stake in Alibaba and moved the position into rival Chinese e-commerce company JD.com. According to a report by Business Insider, Burry who rose to prominence for predicting the 2008 housing crash, said he initially planned to move…
India coach Sjoerd Marijne NEW DELHI: India women’s hockey team coach Sjoerd Marijne admitted nerves got the better of his side in their crucial 0-0 draw against Australia, as a lack of rhythm, unforced errors and missed opportunities ended their hopes of reaching the World Cup semifinals.India needed a win against Australia on Sunday to…
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday slammed the PM Modi led BJP government over unemployment and alleged that its policies had weakened the path from education to employment for young Indians.In a post on X, Kharge cited Niti Aayog and PLFS figures to claim that 8.7 crore Indians aged…