Month: September 2024

Accelerate safety measures to reduce road traffic deaths: WHO

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Accelerate safety measures to reduce road traffic deaths: WHO

Unlike high-income countries, where road safety measures often focus on car occupants, low and middle-income countries need to prioritise the safety of vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians, cyclists and riders of two and three-wheelers who are disproportionately at higher risk. | Photo Credit: ANI The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on countries in…

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Cabinet Committee Gives Nod To Procure 240 Aero-Engines For Su-30MKI Fighter Jet

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Cabinet Committee Gives Nod To Procure 240 Aero-Engines For Su-30MKI Fighter Jet

The engines will have indigenous content of over 54 per cent. New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Security approved on Monday a proposal for procurement of 240 aero-engines for Su-30MKI aircraft of the Indian Air Force from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited at a cost of over Rs 26,000 crore, the Defence Ministry said. The delivery of…

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President Murmu’s Advice On Technology, Country’s Development To Women

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President Murmu’s Advice On Technology, Country’s Development To Women

Warananagar (Maharashtra): President Droupadi Murmu on Monday urged women to understand the importance of education, learn new technologies, give importance to environment conservation in daily life, help the needy, and always be ready to contribute to the development of the country. In her remarks at the golden jubilee celebration of the Shri Warana Women Cooperative…

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Didn’t Pay Salary To SEBI Chief After Retirement: ICICI On Congress Claim

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Didn’t Pay Salary To SEBI Chief After Retirement: ICICI On Congress Claim

New Delhi: Madhabi Puri Buch, the chairperson of SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India), has not been paid any salary since her retirement, ICICI bank said today, denying Congress’s “office of profit” claims. The Congress had alleged earlier today that Ms Buch, who joined SEBI as a member in 2017 and subsequently became its…

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Russia’s “Invincible” Nuclear-Powered Nuke Launch Site Detected: Report

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Russia’s “Invincible” Nuclear-Powered Nuke Launch Site Detected: Report

Reuters is the first to report this development. Washington: Two U.S. researchers say they have identified the probable deployment site in Russia of the 9M370 Burevestnik, a new nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed cruise missile touted by President Vladimir Putin as “invincible.” Putin has said the weapon – dubbed the SSC-X-9 Skyfall by NATO – has an almost…

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Algeria has turned back 20,000 migrants to Niger this year: NGO

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Algeria has turned back 20,000 migrants to Niger this year: NGO

Representative image. Algeria has turned back nearly 20,000 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa to neighbouring Niger | Photo Credit: AFP Algeria has turned back nearly 20,000 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa to neighbouring Niger since January, in often “brutal conditions”, Niamey-based NGO Alarme Phone Sahara told media on Monday (September 1, 2024) Irregular migrants, including women and…

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Ukraine’s children return to school as Russia launches drones and ballistic missiles at Kyiv

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Ukraine’s children return to school as Russia launches drones and ballistic missiles at Kyiv

Russia launched an overnight barrage of drones and cruise and ballistic missiles at Kyiv, officials said Monday (September 2, 2024), as children prepared to return to school across Ukraine. Some pupils found classes cancelled because of damage from the attack. Several series of explosions rocked the Ukrainian capital in the early hours. Debris from intercepted…

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Singapore considers legal action in 2022 industrial fire that killed Indian national

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Singapore considers legal action in 2022 industrial fire that killed Indian national

Representative image. Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower is considering taking legal action against those involved in a fatal industrial fire that killed an Indian national in 2022. | Photo Credit: ANI Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower is considering taking legal action against those involved in a fatal industrial fire that killed an Indian national in 2022. Manku…

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College Student Stabs Class 9 Girl, Then Dies By Suicide In Tripura: Cops

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College Student Stabs Class 9 Girl, Then Dies By Suicide In Tripura: Cops

The student blocked her path near Post Office Road and stabbed her, police said (Representational) Agartala: A Tripura college student died by suicide on Monday after fatally stabbing a class 9 girl who had rejected his proposal for a romantic relationship, a senior police officer said. The victim, Tania Baruah, was on her way to…

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