The State Cabinet which met on Wednesday decided to sanction a relief amount of ₹4 lakh each from the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund to the kin of four persons who died following the accident at Anjoottambalam Veerarkavu Bhagavathy temple, Neeleswaram, Kasaragod, when a stash of fire crackers caught fire Sanitation workers A sum of … Read more
The State Cabinet has sanctioned around 500 new posts in different categories in law and other departments. The Cabinet, which met for over five hours on Saturday evening, sanctioned 142 additional posts in various categories of the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC). Permission has also been accorded to create 56 posts (39 regular and … Read more
Moscow: Ahead of his two-day visit to North Korea beginning Tuesday, Russian President Vladamir Putin has said that the two countries will together build the security architecture in Eurasia, counter Western sanctions, and establish independent transaction systems. Putin said this in his article for North Korea’s Rodong Sinmun, published on the Kremlin website, state news … Read more
DUBAI: United Arab Emirates – Iran‘s hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi has long been seen as a protege to Iran’s supreme leader and a potential successor for his position within the country’s Shiite theocracy. News of his helicopter making what state media described as a “hard landing” on Sunday immediately brought new attention to the leader, … Read more
The Biden administration is considering blacklisting a number of Chinese semiconductor firms linked to Huawei Technologies Co. after the telecom giant notched a significant technological breakthrough last year, people familiar with the matter said. Such a move would mark another escalation in a US campaign to ringfence and curtail Beijing’s AI and semiconductor ambitions. It … Read more
The United States targeted Iranian and Houthi commanders and a vessel that shipped more than $100 million in Iranian commodities to businesses in China in sanctions announced on Tuesday. Mohammad Reza Falahzadeh, deputy commander of Iran‘s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF), and Ibrahim al-Nashiri, a member of Yemen’s Houthi militia, were designated under the … Read more
The Tamil Nadu government on Friday sanctioned ₹19.5 crore for the establishment of a rescue, treatment and rehabilitation centre (RTRC) for wildlife at Pethikuttai near Sirumugai in Coimbatore district. Supriya Sahu, Additional Chief Secretary, Environment, Climate Change and Forests, said the state-of-the-art centre would come up on 53 hectares and would be equipped with modern … Read more
The Tamil Nadu government has accorded sanction to prosecute BJP State president K. Annamalai for his “hate speech” against a “Christian Missionary NGO”, based on a legal opinion from the State Public Prosecutor (SPP) of the Madras High Court. According to a government order (G.O.), the legal opinion was sought based on a petition filed … Read more
Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy interacting with farmers before releasing the benefits of YSR Rythu Bharosa-PM Kisan scheme, at Tenali in Guntur district on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: HANDOUT Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has sanctioned ₹43 crore for various development works in Tenali Assembly constituency. He sanctioned the funds on … Read more
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Ukraine imposed sanctions against 182 Russian and Belarusian companies, and three individuals, in the latest of a series of steps by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to block Moscow’s and Minsk’s connections to his country. “Their assets in Ukraine are blocked, their properties will be used for our … Read more