Trump understands this when it comes to Ukraine, but not Gaza The war in Ukraine is getting close to 1,000 days, but for most of that time, there hasn't been much talk about ending the war. Recently, German Chancellor Scholz talked to Russian President Putin for the first time in two years and urged him to negotiate with Ukraine. Even Ukraine's President Zelenskyy said the war should end through talks next year. What's changed? Trump has made it clear that he doesn't want to keep sending weapon...Read More
From hospitals to exams, people's distrust of public institutions is growing because of past mistakes and broken promises In Prayagraj, student protests outside the UPPSC office slowed down after the government agreed to hold the provincial civil services exam on a single day. The decision to split the exam across two days was not a big issue in itself -- officials explained it was because there were so many applicants. This is a common practice both in India and around the world. However, what...Read More
What is with hospitals and clinics that they don't share the test results with you? You have just had an MRI or ECG and the assistant or nurse has your result in their hands but won't tell you because it has to be given to the doctor first. Really. Here your BP is spiking with the suspense of it all, the whole staff knows how good or bad the outcome is except you. Predictably, the doctor has gone for lunch and he won't be back till 4pm so you do what all mature and sensible adults do. You go ...Read More
Senapati (Manipur) [India], November 18 (ANI): In a major drug haul, Assam Rifles, in a joint operation with Manipur Police, recovered 578 grams of heroin worth around Rs 2.31 crore in the international market on Sunday in Manipur's Senapati district, officials said. According to an official release, the operation, conducted on NH-02 between Tadubi and Mao Gate in Senapati district, was based on credible intelligence. The forces successfully seized the contraband at Marty's Park, Mao Gate, on ...Read More
The G20 under India's presidency vouched for cryptocurrency regulation. Time is running out Donald Trump's Landslide victory in US elections has brought the focus back on cryptocurrencies, which saw their market capitalisation cross $3 trillion. Bitcoin, the biggest, hit an all-time high of $93,000 due to the "Trump Bump". Earlier this year, Trump had reiterated his plan to make the US the "crypto capital" and "Bitcoin superpower" of the world. This new approach of the US administration is als...Read More
New Delhi: The Centre is working on green steel mandates for the local steel industry, supported by government procurement and financial incentives, as the world's second-largest maker of the alloy works to prepare the sector for the future. The upcoming National Green Steel Mission is likely to mandate steelmakers to make a fixed share of their overall output green, the people cited above said on the condition of anonymity. The government will also support green steel with a public procurement...Read More
The Menzies School of Health Research and Australian Preterm Birth Prevention Alliance have launched a new public health campaign to improve pregnancy outcomes for First Nations mothers and their babies across the country. The Preterm Birth Prevention campaign 'See, Stop, Scan', launched at the 2024 Australian College of Midwives NT Conference, aims to educate and empower First Nations mothers by promoting engagement between healthcare providers and pregnant Top End women. First Nations wo...Read More
Lebanese health ministry confirms 3,841 dead in Israel-Hezbollah conflict Lebanese armed group Hezbollah confirmed its media relations chief Mohammad Afif was killed by an Israeli strike on a building in central Beirut on Sunday. Israel has rarely hit senior Hezbollah personnel who do not have clear military roles, and its air strikes have mostly targeted Beirut's southern suburbs where the group has its heaviest presence. Israel's military, which earlier declined to comment, issued a stateme...Read More
Coforge Ltd's stock has been soaring, hitting higher highs and lows since May. Experts suggest the rally might continue, with a potential target of Rs 8,450 in the coming weeks. The stock's strength is evident in its consistent upward trend and ability to bounce back from dips. Coforge Ltd, part of the IT industry, has been making higher highs and higher lows since May and chart patterns suggest that the rally may not be over yet.Short term traders can look to buy the stock for a target of Rs 8...Read More
This is a Mint Premium article gifted to you. Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The debate on laboratory-grown meat, dairy, and egg products may soon be settled, with the issue reaching India's apex food regulator, three people aware of the development said. The development comes in the backdrop of concerns about public health, food security and ecological sustainability. While the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has put in place a regulatory framework for pl...Read More
After two days of corrective move, the markets had a listless session on Thursday as they consolidated on the day of weekly options expiry. The Nifty opened on a positive note and formed its day's high in the first hour of the session. By late morning trade, the Nifty gave up its gains and slipped into negative territory. The remainder of the session was spent in a very narrow range; while the Nifty oscillated back and forth on a limited scale,...Read More
he government is set to organise a national workshop on the effective redressal of public grievances in the national capital on Monday, reflecting the commitment to responsive governance and enhancing citizens' experiences with public grievance mechanisms. In pursuance of the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for effective, timely and meaningful redressal of public grievances and taking forward his directive that all ministries and departments should continuously improve their grievance re...Read More
Sunday, 17 November 2024 () Oklahoma's education superintendent, Ryan Walters, is facing backlash for mandating schools to show a video promoting his new Department of Religious Freedom and Patriotism. The video includes a prayer for Donald Trump and his team. Critics, including the state attorney general, argue that Walters lacks the authority for this mandate and that it infringes on parents' rights and religious freedom....Read More
COIMBATORE: Three tourists were slapped with a fine of Rs 15,000 by the forest department for causing disturbance to a herd of spotted deer grazing in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR). A group of tourists going through Mudumalai to Masinagudi Road had stopped at Mandradiyar and got down their car on seeing a herd of deer grazing along the forest area. Unmindful of the risks involved, three youths entered the forest area and shouted out, while one among them ran chasing the animals. The panicked h...Read More
Lord Rama has vanquished the demon Ravana, and Hanuman takes the message of Rama's victory to Sita. Sita is overjoyed, and wishes that she could give Hanuman a gift. Hanuman then tells Sita that he wants to kill the demon women who have been tormenting Her. Sita says that Hanuman should not harbour ill-will against them, said V.S. Karunakarachariar, in a discourse. They were only doing their duty. Ravana had wanted them to threaten Sita into changing Her mind. How could they refuse to do what th...Read More
efence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully conducted a flight trial of a long-range hypersonic missile off the Odisha coast. Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, in a post on X on Sunday, announced the significant achievement and said that this has put the country in the group of select nations having capabilities of such critical and advanced military technologies. The flight trial of the long-range hypersonic missile was conducted from the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Is...Read More
he October 18 order of the Supreme Court on child marriage and the arguments it heard on October 21 in the case about the legal validity of the so-called 'marital rape', are both significant so far as they pertained to a possible intervention of judiciary in matters that weighed in individual's rights against the mandate set by socio-cultural outlook and customs. A three-judge bench headed by the then Chief Justice of India D. Y. Chandrachud, filled a loophole in the Prohibition of Child Marria...Read More
CHENNAI: Singles, Doubles, and the Team Championship - the 18-year-old Chennai girl, the daughter of an auto driver from Kasimedu, left nothing for competitors from around the world at the sixth edition of the Carrom World Cup held in the US which Team India swept. The Women's Singles final was a hard-fought contest, where the 18-year-old M Khazima kept her nerves to defeat 12-time national and multiple World Cup winner Rashmi Kumari from Bihar. With this victory, Khazima became the youngest Ca...Read More
With these strategic moves, Reliance Group aims to position itself for long-term growth and maintain its competitive edge across multiple sectors. In a week shortened by the holiday on November 20 for the Maharashtra assembly elections, Foreign Institutional Investors (FII) trading activity and global economic trends will play a critical role in driving the direction of India's equity markets, according to analysts. With Maharashtra assembly elections taking place on November 20 and results se...Read More
CHENNAI: Unidentified persons snatched six sovereigns a Hindu Munnani functionary in Tirupur hurling chili powder on his face. Police said Baskaran, general secretary of Hindu Munnani was on his way to his house at Karthik Nagar in Muthanampalayam in a two-wheeler when miscreants threw chilli powder on his face and escaped snatching his gold chain. Based on a complaint, the Nallur police registered a case and launched inquiries. Taking exception over the incident, more than 100 party worke...Read More
Protests erupt in Abkhazia over pro-Moscow property measure Demonstrators in Abkhazia stormed government buildings to oppose a proposal allowing Russians to buy property, fearing it would inflate prices and increase Moscow's influence. Korean Drones To Hit Ukraine? North Korea Boosts Drone Output After Troops For Russia| Watch Video North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered mass production of suicide drones after supervising successful tests. This development, occurring amid strengthening m...Read More
Still, the ongoing U.N. climate talks have thrown a spotlight on their efforts to tackle global warming. While the COP29 summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, is tasked with agreeing a goal to mobilize hundreds of billions of dollars for climate, leaders of the Group of 20 major economies half a world away in Rio are holding the purse strings. G20 countries account for 85% of the world's economy and are the largest contributors to multilateral development banks helping to steer climate finance. "The sp...Read More
Speaking to ANI on Sunday, Kant said that India will be "bringing the legacy" of the New Delhi declaration to the summit. He cited topics including sustainable growth, sustainable development goals and technological transformation on which the G20 declaration was focused during India's presidency in 2023. "India is bringing the legacy of the New Delhi declaration because India had a very ambitious and forward-looking declaration. Several issues relating to sustainable growth, sustainable develo...Read More
Israel's military, which earlier declined to comment, issued a statement late on Sunday reporting it had "eliminated" Afif. The Lebanese health ministry said the strike had killed one and injured three. A second, separate strike later on Sunday hit Mar Elias street, another central area rarely targeted by Israeli bombs, Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV reported. The Lebanese health ministry said that strike killed at least two people and wounded 22. Hezbollah and Israel have been trading fire for more ...Read More
"The West has decided on such a level of escalation that it could end with the Ukrainian statehood in complete ruins by morning," Andrei Klishas, a senior member of the Federation Council, Russia's upper chamber of parliament, said on the Telegram messaging app. Vladimir Dzhabarov, first deputy head of the Russian upper house's international affairs committee, said that Moscow's response will be immediate. "This is a very big step towards the start of World War Three," the TASS state news agen...Read More
KYIV (Reuters) - Ten people, including two children, were killed and 52 were injured on Sunday night when a Russian missile hit a residential nine-storey building in Ukraine's northeastern region of Sumy, Ukraine's emergency services and military said. "Sunday evening for the city of Sumy became hell, a tragedy that Russia brought to our land," Volodymyr Artyukh, the head of the Sumy military administration said in a post on the administration's Telegram messaging channel....Read More
Many seniors of the Indian Community came together at the Gala for a belated Diwali bash. The event witnessed an impressive turnout of over 700 attendees, including the Chief Guest, Prem Bhandari, a prominent voice of the Indian diaspora and Chairman of Jaipur Foot USA. Dr Rekha Bhandari, triple board-certified Internal medicine, Geriatrics, and Palliative, said that the challenges facing the population of Indian immigrants are somewhat unique. "The biggest epidemic among seniors is loneliness...Read More
Part of the deal involves assistance to boost mining supply chains. Peru is one of the world's top copper producers, while Japan is a major consumer of the key industrial metal. In the aftermath of the APEC summit, Peru also inked a defense cooperation deal with South Korea, including a submarine agreement with Hyundai Heavy Industries and another deal with Korea Aerospace Industries to manufacture parts for fighter aircraft, according to Boluarte's foreign minister. Last week, Peru formally i...Read More
General Brice Oligui Nguema, who is interim president, has touted Saturday's vote as a sign of the government's commitment to a democratic transition, tentatively scheduled for summer 2025. Military officers seized power in a coup in August last year. The Gabonese largely welcomed the ouster of President Ali Bongo. His family's poor management of the central African country's oil wealth had led to a stagnant economy and a third of the population living in poverty. The proposed new constitution...Read More
The escalating conflict could upset a hard-fought consensus that G20 negotiators reached around 5 a.m. on Sunday, after an overnight push to ready the joint statement for final review by leaders arriving in Rio. That preliminary consensus after six days of negotiations included streamlined language about global conflicts including the war in Ukraine, focusing on the need to negotiate peace rather than criticism of any participants. However, sources said even that "simpler" consensus may now be...Read More