It was in 2019 that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Dharmapuri Arvind created a record of sorts by writing a bond and declaring that he would quit his Lok Sabha membership if he failed to get the much-awaited Turmeric Board for Nizamabad district. Riding on the promise, turmeric farmers in this progressive constituency voted for … Read more
For close to two decades, Yellavva has been tethered to the anguish of separation, waiting endlessly for the return of her husband, languishing in jail in a foreign country since 2005. The 45-year-old stone cutter from Chandurthi village near Telangana’s temple town of Vemulawada has been leading a hand-to-mouth existence and has single-handedly raised her three … Read more
Qatar has agreed to supply British firm Shell with natural gas for 27 years, the Gulf emirate’s state-owned energy company announced on Wednesday. Since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine last year, European countries have scrambled to replace lost deliveries of natural gas from Russia. Qatar will supply 3.5 million tonnes of gas a year under the … Read more
A seemingly never-ending political crisis is plunging oil-rich Kuwait’s economy into the mire, affecting basic services and causing mounting public concern. Despite its large oil reserves, hospitals and educational services are in decay as squabbling paralyses the wealthy Gulf region’s only fully elected parliament. Ahmed al-Sarraf, a businessman and newspaper columnist, says his concerns are … Read more
Gulf countries account for more than half of the Indian prisoners including undertrials and convicts lodged in foreign jails. According to data available with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), as many as 8,441 Indians including women are lodged in foreign jails in 69 countries in connection with various offences ranging from murder to domestic … Read more
Airbus and Qatar Airways return to court on Friday as a contractual and safety dispute over A350 passenger jets descends into a tug-of-war over confidential documents while the sums at stake in their unprecedented falling-out top $1.5 billion. Qatar Airways is suing Airbus over damage to the painted surface and anti-lightning system on A350 jets, … Read more
US scientists say they now know why thousands of soldiers who served in the 1991 conflict fell sick. Source link
Hospital-acquired Covid ranged from 1% to 25% of cases in different hospitals. Source link