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The POTUS poll: Stuck at the ISS, Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore to vote from space!

September 14, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Indian-origin veteran astronaut Sunita Williams and her fellow NASA colleague Butch Wilmore plan to vote from space to elect the next President of the United States (POTUS) on November 5, 2024. The two astronauts, who took off aboard Boeing’s Starliner on June 5, 2024, for a week but got stuck in […]

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Roving Periscope: The Dragon is fast-aging; China to hike retirement ages

September 14, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: For decades, China had the dubious distinction of being the world’s most populous nation. In 2022-23, India replaced China on this count. But now China faces the twin threats of a growing aging population and a shrinking workforce because of a low birth rate, forcing it to consider raising its statutory […]

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Economy: India to drive a fifth of global growth in the next decade, says Kant

September 12, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India is set to drive around 20 percent of the global economic growth in the next decade as it relentlessly marches to become the world’s third-largest economy, G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant said on Thursday. Addressing the All-India Management Association (AIMA) convention in the national capital, he said the South Asian country […]

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Social media “scourge”: Australia to legally ban users under 16 years of age

September 10, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Although analysts are doubting its technological feasibility, Australia is considering introducing legislation this year to ban access to social media outlets by users under 16 years of age. Even the Opposition will support it, the media reported on Tuesday. The minimum age for children to log into social media sites including […]

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Mumbai college rejected him, Adani built $220 bn empire; gets call to deliver lecture at same college

September 5, 2024 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi, Gautam Adani had in the late 1970s applied to join a Mumbai college for education, but the college rejected his application. He did not pursue education but turned to business and went on to build a USD 220 billion empire. About four-and-a-half decades later, he gets called to the same college to deliver […]

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Environment: India provided more climate finance than many rich countries

September 4, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India has emerged as a better climate financer than many prosperous countries, having contributed USD 1.287 billion in 2022, the media reported on Wednesday. India’s contribution came through multilateral development banks (MDBs), surpassing the contributions of many developed countries. An analysis, conducted by the UK-based think tank ODI and the Zurich […]

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Bangladesh: UNICEF urgently needs USD 35 mn as 20 lakh flood-hit children are at risk

August 31, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid the ongoing political instability and communal violence in Bangladesh, more than two million children in eastern districts are at risk as the worst floods have swept through their homes, schools, and villages in the last few weeks. In areas where flood waters are receding, the South Asian country faces outbreaks […]

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Fintech: India attracted $31 bn in 10 years; needs more cybersecurity, says PM Modi

August 30, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India’s robust financial technology (fintech) sector has attracted nearly USD 31 billion of investment in the last 10 years and more is expected, as he asked the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to enhance cyber security and digital literary to effectively combat cyber frauds. […]

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IIMA Ranked Best Management Institute by NIRF for the fifth consecutive year

August 12, 2024 Vinayak Barot

August 12, 2024: The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) has been ranked as the best management institute for the fifth consecutive year in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) India Rankings 2024 released by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, today. Speaking on this achievement, Professor Bharat Bhasker, Director, IIMA, said, “At IIMA, we […]

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Roving Periscope: Bangladesh “students” now force the SC Chief Justice to ‘agree’ to resign

August 10, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Having tasted blood after ousting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed from power on Monday, the “students” of Bangladesh on Saturday forced Supreme Court Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan to ‘agree’ to resign. The CJ agreed to resign “in principle” following intense pressure from protesters surrounding the Supreme Court, broadcaster Jamuna TV reported. […]

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