Water from the Panthalkudi channel enters homes at Kattabomman Nagar in Sellur, Madurai, on Monday, October 14, 2024 | Photo Credit: R. Ashok The Tamil Nadu Water Resources Department has nominated 38 nodal officers for each district in the State to monitor the preparedness for the Northeast monsoon, which is likely to set in around … Read more
The State government is relying on the sale of lands and excise for raising its financial resources going by the revenue receipts until the end of August this year. Non-tax revenue at the end of August stood at ₹14,482 crore, a significant jump of over ₹12,600 crore, compared to the receipts by July-end, which were … Read more
The State government is exploring ways to raise financial resources to fulfil its commitments like crop loan waiver in the run-up to the Assembly elections, the schedule for which is likely to be issued early next month. Chief Minister K.Chandrasekhar Rao, during a meeting with senior officials and Ministers on August 2, had directed them … Read more
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in Rajya Sabha during the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on February 10, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 10, 2023 asserted that resources for States have been raised sharply in the Union Budget 2023-24, called out Opposition-ruled States like Kerala, Punjab … Read more
March 30, 2022 — President Joe Biden on Wednesday unveiled a federal website that promises “one-stop shopping” for free masks and COVID-19 tests, vaccines, and treatments. The website, covid.gov, also includes a list of pharmacies that will be part of the new “test-to-treat” program. “You’ll also be able to find our new test-to-treat locations,” Biden … Read more
by Rajen VagadiaVP and President, Qualcomm India & SAARC The Covid-19 pandemic has put India’s healthcare systems under enormous strain over the past year. It has underlined, among other things, the need for better resources management and sharing of medical data – within the healthcare fraternity and with the government, to enable learning and also … Read more
At least 50 miners died after flooding at an unregulated gold mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a local official said, adding to the deadly tally of recent accidents at illegal and small-scale mines around the developing world. The mainly young victims were working at a large, unregulated mine in the east of the country Friday … Read more
BEIRUT—The Lebanese army found more than four tons of ammonium nitrate near Beirut’s port, where a larger cache of the same highly explosive material caused last month’s deadly explosion that ripped through much of the capital’s central districts. An engineering team discovered the chemical during a search of a warehouse that was requested by the … Read more
BERLIN—Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was poisoned with Novichok, a chemical nerve agent, the German government said on Wednesday, presenting the strongest evidence yet that the attack could have been carried out by Russian state agencies. Chancellor Angela Merkel held an emergency meeting with members of her cabinet and called on Moscow to immediately comment … Read more
KUNMING, China—With foreign vacations off limits, China is in the middle of a theme-park boom as domestic tourists seek amusements in their own backyards. In Wuhan, the epicenter of the initial Covid-19 outbreak, thousands of people packed the Maya Playa Water Park in mid-August for a pool party, banishing memories of the 76 days the … Read more