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Free rations: Govt extends the PMGKAY scheme until December 2022

September 28, 2022 virendra pandit

New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday extended by three months its scheme to provide free rations to the poor at a cost of Rs 44,762 crore as it looked to ease pain from inflation, ahead of the upcoming Gujarat elections by December 2022. The central scheme to provide 5 kg of wheat or rice free […]

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Long Covid: US economy hurtles to a ‘new normal’

September 24, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid the highest inflation in the US in four decades, and dire warnings about the beginning of the worst-ever global recession in December 2022, US Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powel has said his country’s economy may enter a “new normal” following worldwide disruptions from the Covid-19 pandemic. “We continue to […]

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Roving Periscope: Modi may negotiate ‘honorable’ exit to get war fatigued Russia off the Ukraine hook

September 21, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Wars are easy to start, but difficult to close—honorably! Amid reports of war fatigue in its seven-month-long Ukraine conflict, death and maiming of an unspecified but many troops, the unwillingness of many fleeing Russian soldiers to continue the invasion ahead of the biting winter from next month, and global diplomacy […]

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Global crisis: “World is in great peril”, UN chief Guterres warns

September 20, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Expressing deep concern over the problems facing the world since the outbreak of Covid-19 in early 2020, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned leaders that the world is in “great peril.” He made these remarks ahead of the world leaders’ meeting for the General Debate at the United Nations […]

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No WfH? Moonlighting millennials oppose returning to their offices!

September 19, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: While Information Technology (IT) majors have relaxed Covid-19 pandemic restrictions and reopened their offices for all staff, the millennial generation, enjoying the flexibility of work and life, seems no longer ready to return to official workstations. Their flexibility to balance work and life also gave them an opportunity to ‘moonlight’ […]

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SCO Summit: Build resilient, post-pandemic supply chains, says PM Modi

September 16, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday appealed to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member-states to build resilient supply chains in the wake of the Covid pandemic, and stressed that greater connectivity among nations in Central Asia and other members, such as India, is needed to achieve this objective. Addressing the 22nd […]

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Roving Periscope: The US okays $450 mn F-16 plan for starving Pakistan !

September 8, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Plagued with extreme weather and existential economic crisis, a near-bankrupt Pakistan is crying for international aid, but its ‘frenemy,’ the US, will rearm a crippled Islamabad with a USD 450 million F-16 fighter jet fleet “sustainment program.” It is still unclear if the US has provided any aid to Pakistan […]

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Nasal Vaccine Approved for Covid-19

September 6, 2022 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Sept 6: Bharat Biotech’s nasal vaccine against Covid-19 has been approved by the Drugs Controller General of India for “restricted use” among adults “in emergency situation,” Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced on Tuesday. The minister said the nasal vaccine could be used for primary immunisation of those aged 18 years and above in […]

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Pakistan: Food shortages stare at 33 million people as floods multiply miseries

September 3, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Pakistan’s backseat driver, Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, after an aerial survey of the flood-hit areas, said this week it would take his country several years to recover from the natural disaster. India can offer help, and even Pakistan’s Finance Minister Miftah Ismael favors it, but Prime Minister Shehbaz […]

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Covid-19 returns: China locks down 21 million people in Chengdu

September 1, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: There is no respite from fresh waves of Covid-19 as the pandemic returned to haunt China, forcing it to lock down over 21.2 million people in the southwestern metropolis of Chengdu, the media reported on Thursday. The fresh outbreak was noticed during the four-day citywide testing in Chengdu. During four days […]