New Delhi: The Union Cabinet is likely to consider on Saturday a proposal seeking changes in the foreign direct investment (FDI) policy to facilitate disinvestment of the country’s largest insurer LIC, sources said. The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has mooted the proposal after taking views from the finance ministry. “The … Read more
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WASHINGTON — President Biden will announce his Supreme Court nominee on Friday, according to two people familiar with his plans who were not authorized to speak publicly. The president’s decision ended a monthlong search to replace Justice Stephen G. Breyer, the senior member of the court’s three-member liberal wing, who announced in January that he … Read more
Tens of thousands of Ukrainians, mostly women and children, crossed into Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia on Friday as Russian missiles pounded the capital Kyiv and men of fighting age were told to remain. Many waited for hours in freezing conditions to leave Ukraine after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion. Iryna, 36, and … Read more
The main grade of oil that Russia exports into Europe is now being offered for sale at a hefty discount, signaling a sharp drop in demand, according to analysts at Independent Commodity Intelligence Services. They calculated that a barrel of Urals crude is trading $10.60 below the price of benchmark Brent. That’s the biggest gap … Read more
Taiwan will join “democratic countries” in putting sanctions on Russia over the invasion of Ukraine, the government said on Friday, with the world’s largest contract chipmaker TMSC adding it would comply with all export control rules. The crisis is being watched closely in Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory and which has faced … Read more
Taiwan will join “democratic countries” in putting sanctions on Russia over the invasion of Ukraine, the government said on Friday, with the world’s largest contract chipmaker TMSC adding it would comply with all export control rules. The crisis is being watched closely in Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory and which has faced … Read more
This striking image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope showcases Arp 298, a stunning pair of interacting galaxies. Arp 298 – which comprises the two galaxies NGC 7469 and IC 5283 – lies roughly 200 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Pegasus. Source link
Kerala Tourism Minister PA Mohamed Riyas said investors had registered, evincing interest in setting up 120 caravan parks, while 353 entrepreneurs had registered to run caravans. After houseboats, Kerala Tourism is betting big on caravan tourism — ‘Keravan Kerala’ — for the post-pandemic revival. Kerala Tourism Minister PA Mohamed Riyas on Friday said investors had … Read more
Lauding India’s position as the world’s biggest vaccine manufacturer as well as a major supplier of doses to the world, Dr Plotkin said research of 20-odd years helped develop vaccines against COVID-19 in a short period of time. Vaccine hesitancy is a worldwide phenomenon and people’s reservations must be allayed by convincing them that vaccines … Read more