WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has asked China’s foreign minister and other counterparts to use their influence to dissuade Iran from striking Israel, the State Department said Thursday.Blinken spoke by telephone over the past day to his Chinese, Turkish, Saudi and European counterparts “to make clear that escalation is not in anyone’s interest…
NEW DELHI: The Asian Development Bank raised India’s growth forecast for the current year to 7 per cent, from 6.7 per cent earlier, citing strengthening investment and improving consumption demand in the country, and pegged next year’s expansion at 7.2 per cent. It also estimated inflation to stay around 4.6 per cent in 2024.ADB had…
BENGALURU: Randy Devorin, a 61-year-old US citizen who worked for TCS for over a decade in global consulting practice (also known as consulting services & integration), has filed a complaint against the tech company’s alleged discriminatory employment practices.The lawsuit alleges that TCS favours H-1B (visa-holder) employees of Indian/South Asian origin and targets older American workers…
NEW DELHI: As Tesla prepares to enter India, Mercedes-Benz – one of its global rivals and India’s top luxury seller – has said the market for electrics will grow with new players, adding that its EV charging stations will be open to cars of the American giant.“Our EV charging bays will be open for Tesla…
At a high-level meeting held at Chhattisgarh police headquarters on Thursday to chalk out strategies for peaceful voting in Maoist-affected Bastar, that goes to polls on April 19, ‘target-based’ operations and inter-state coordination among security forces became the focal point of discussions. There are indications that air chief marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhary could visit Chhattisgarh…
JERUSALEM: Israel is keeping up its war in Gaza but is also preparing for scenarios in other areas, PM Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday, amid concern that Iran was preparing to strike Israel in response for the killing of senior Iranian commanders. “Whoever harms us, we will harm them. We are prepared to meet all…
MEERUT: The MP/MLA court of Bulandshahr sentenced ex-MLA Bhagwan Sharma alias Guddu Pandit to a jail term of two years and five months for violation of Covid guidelines along with a fine of Rs 25,500.Special public prosecutor Hitendra Verma said, “On May 11, 2020, Pandit had assembled a crowd outside his house to offer food…
NEW DELHI: Terming Narendra Modi‘s remark on China as cowardice, Congress Thursday accused the Prime Minister of disrespecting the martyrs of Galwan clashes, and demanded that he apologise to the country for his clean chit to China on its invasion of Indian territory in 2020. AICC spokesman Jairam Ramesh also accused UP chief minister Yogi…
Modi accused Congress of demolishing temples in Rajasthan for appeasement. He criticized Congress for disrespecting Ram temple and boycotting the pran pratishtha of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya, while praising a strong Modi government for national security. Source link
MUMBAI: In the battle against drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB), young children have faced a particularly challenging hurdle: the painful injectables in treatment regimens. These medications, notorious for their severe side effects, added an extra layer of distress to an already daunting ordeal for infants and children. Now, with approval of Delamanid for children under 5 in…
