Month: April 2022

Possible mass graves near Mariupol as Russia attacks in east

KYIV, Ukraine — Mounds of dirt seen in satellite imagery that Ukrainian officials say indicate new mass graves highlighted the savagery of a war that showed no signs of abating Friday, as Russia pounded targets in eastern Ukraine in a new offensive to take the country’s industrial heartland. Cities […]

Musk secures $46.5 bln in funding for Twitter bid

April 21 – Elon Musk on Thursday said he has lined up $46.5 billion in debt and equity financing to buy social network company Twitter Inc and is considering taking his offer directly to shareholders, a filing with U.S. regulators showed. Musk himself has committed to put up […]

PM confers Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration on Civil Services Day

“India @100 can’t be routine. This 25-year period should be seen as a unit and we should have a vision from now onwards itself. This year’s celebration should be a watershed.” “There should be a change in the life of the common people in the country, their life […]

NITI Aayog and UNICEF India Sign Statement of Intent on SDGs Focusing on Children

Collaboration between NITI Aayog and UNICEF to develop India’s first report on ‘State of India’s Children: Status and Trends in Multidimensional Child Development’ DELHI, APRIL 21: NITI Aayog and UNICEF India signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with a focus on children. […]

COVID-19 UPDATE

DELHI, APRIL 21: 187.07 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive India’s Active caseload currently stands at 13,433 Active cases stand at 0.03% Recovery Rate currently at 98.76% 1,231 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 4,25,14,479 2,380 new cases […]

Putin claims Mariupol win but won’t storm Ukrainian holdout

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed victory in the battle for Mariupol on Thursday, even as he ordered his troops not to risk more losses by storming the giant steel plant containing the last pocket of Ukrainian holdouts in the city. Instead, he directed his forces […]

Michelle Yeoh shows Asian immigrant women are ‘Everything’

Michelle Yeoh was adamant about one script change before committing to “Everything Everywhere All At Once.” The main character’s name had to go. She was named Michelle as a love letter to her from the directors. “I’m like ‘No, no, no’ because I believe this person, this character that […]

Russia’s Chernobyl seizure seen as nuclear risk ‘nightmare’

CHERNOBYL, Ukraine — Here in the dirt of one of the world’s most radioactive places, Russian soldiers dug trenches. Ukrainian officials worry they were, in effect, digging their own graves. Thousands of tanks and troops rumbled into the forested Chernobyl exclusion zone in the earliest hours of Russia’s […]

Parmar reviews flood management plan for Jhelum & Tawi

JAMMU, APRIL 20: Principal Secretary, I&FC Department, Ashok Kumar Parmar today held a meeting to review the flood management works of the Jhelum and Tawi rivers here being taken under Prime Minister’s Development Plan (PMDP). The meeting was attended by Secretary Technical (PWD), Joint Director (E&S), Jal Shakti […]

Govt creates Web link to facilitate live watching of NPRD–2022

JAMMU, APRIL 20: Government has created a registration Web link to enable members of Panchayat fraternity and other stakeholders to watch National Panchayat Raj Day (NPRD-2022) event live which is scheduled to be held on April 24, 2022. The members of Panchayat fraternity can register on the link: […]

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