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Roving Periscope: President Biden to visit Israel, Jordan on Wednesday to contain Hamas inferno

October 17, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With a grievously bruised Israel determined to annihilate Hamas, and level to the ground its stronghold Gaza Strip— and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s whirlwind shuttle diplomacy to prevent a conflagration in the Middle East yielding little, a worried US President Joe Biden is visiting the Jewish state on […]

Business

Food: Zomato, Big Mac fined Rs.1 lakh for delivering non-veg to a veg customer

October 13, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As large parts of India prepare for the onset of Navaratri on Sunday and observe fast or stick to vegetarian food, a consumer court has imposed a fine of Rs. One lakh on online food ordering and delivering platform Zomato and its restaurant partner McDonald’s for allegedly delivering non-vegetarian food […]

Business

A new menace: Bedbug epidemic in Paris; rodents ‘take over’ parts of Kolkata

October 5, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India’s Kolkata is waiting for a pied-piper to rid the metropolis of its innumerable rodents who are eating even a ‘bridge like a cake’. Thousands of miles away, the French are faced with an unprecedented ‘national emergency’ and praying to keep the bedbug menace away lest it repel the millions […]

Business

Green logistics: Essar’s GreenLine to invest Rs. 200 cr, inks deal with Hindustan Zinc

October 4, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Mumbai: In a significant step towards sustainability and environmental responsibility, Vedanta Group’s Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL), India’s largest and only integrated producer of zinc, lead, and silver, has signed a deal with Essar Group’s GreenLine Mobility Solutions Ltd for the deployment of LNG-powered fleet in its supply and transportation operations. GreenLine will invest Rs. 200 […]

Business

Good news: Joblessness lowest in one year, says CMIE

October 2, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Contrary to the Opposition’s claims of rising unemployment, India’s joblessness rate dropped to a one-year low in September as unemployment in rural areas fell despite weak monsoon rains this year, the media reported on Monday. The overall joblessness rate slid to 7.09 percent in September, from 8.10 percent in August, […]

Business

Essar: Vertex is now EET Hydrogen, commences FEED for its HPP2 plant

September 25, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Mumbai: Essar Oil’s UK arm Vertex Hydrogen on Monday announced its plan to switch to a new brand identity, EET Hydrogen, as it looks to become a major pillar in the group’s energy transition. This change is a natural progression in the development of the company from an early-stage idea into the leading hydrogen production […]

Business

Disease X: The next pandemic, already on the way, could kill 50 million people

September 25, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The next pandemic is ‘already on the way, and it could kill around 50 million people globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned, according to the media reports on Monday. The global health monitor has dubbed the anticipated next pandemic as “Disease X”, stating that it might already be […]

Defence

Pakistan: Now, 40% of people under poverty, says World Bank

September 23, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With poverty in Pakistan rising from 34.2 percent to 39.2 percent within a year, the World Bank has cautioned the nearly bankrupt South Asian country to take urgent steps to achieve financial stability as about 100 million people in a country of 240 million now live below the poverty line. […]

Business

Microfinance: Obama, Hillary, and over 160 others urge Dhaka to acquit Nobel Laureate M. Yunus

September 1, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Former US President Barack Obama, ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and over 160 other global leaders have urged Bangladesh to suspend ongoing legal action against Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Laureate and the Father of Microfinance. Concerned over a string of court cases against Professor Muhammad Yunus, 83, these global leaders, in […]

Business

Fukushima: Chinese protest, abuse Japanese after release of ‘contaminated’ waters into the Pacific

August 28, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Water wars to control this elixir of life are common in several countries. But the Chinese are angry at their Japanese counterparts for releasing allegedly ‘contaminated’ waters from the ill-fated Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. The Fukushima nuclear disaster was caused by a powerful earthquake and the […]