Month: May 2022

Putin ready to deliver gas, discuss prisoner swap, Austria’s chancellor says

ZURICH, May 27 – Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said Russian President Vladimir Putin told him on a telephone call on Friday that Moscow would meet its natural gas delivery commitments and was ready to discuss a prisoner swap with Ukraine. He made the comments to reporters after the […]

Dog day afternoon: India banishes bureaucrat couple amid stadium dog walk furore

NEW DELHI, May 27 – India ordered the transfer of a bureaucrat couple to opposite ends of the country on Thursday, following public outcry over a media report alleging they forced a sports stadium in Delhi to shut early in order to walk their dog. India’s Ministry of […]

Exclusive: How Russian billionaire Melnichenko shielded assets from European sanctions

Summary Melnichenko ceded control of coal, fertilizer firms to wife Cession occurred the day before EU imposed sanctions on him Transfers of assets fuel doubts over sanctions’ effectiveness ISTANBUL/BRUSSELS, May 27 (Reuters) – Russian businessman Andrey Melnichenko ceded control of two of the world’s largest coal and fertilizers […]

‘Relentless’: Russia squeezes Ukrainian strongholds in east

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Russia-backed separatists claimed they captured a railway hub city in eastern Ukraine as Moscow’s forces pushed to gain more ground Friday by pounding another Ukrainian-held area where authorities say 1,500 people have died since the start of the war. With Russia’s offensive in Ukraine’s industrial […]

WHO: Nearly 200 cases of monkeypox in more than 20 countries

LONDON — The World Health Organization says nearly 200 cases of monkeypox have been reported in more than 20 countries not usually known to have outbreaks of the unusual disease, but described the epidemic as “containable” and proposed creating a stockpile to equitably share the limited vaccines and drugs available […]

EPFO Jammu holds public outreach program in Reasi district

JAMMU, MAY 27: EPFO Regional Office, Jammu today held an awareness and outreach programme with the private educational institutes of Katra and Reasi at Trikuta Public School, Katra. Rizwan Uddin, RPFC – I, Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh addressed the participants during the session. The session focused on social […]

PM inaugurates India’s biggest Drone Festival – Bharat Drone Mahotsav 2022

“Exactly 8 years ago we started implementing new mantras of good governance in India following the path of minimum government – maximum governance” “Technology has helped a lot in furthering the vision of saturation and in ensuring last-mile delivery” “We have made technology a key tool to impart […]

Dr Jitendra Singh: J&K have made significant progress

The Minister addresses the Orientation Programme on Urban Governance for Mayors/Municipal Chairpersons and Municipal Executives Officers from Urban Local Bodies from Jammu & Kashmir Schemes like PMSVanidhi, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 and National Urban Livelihood Mission being implemented effectively in J&K MAY 27, 2022 […]

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