Israel will now defend its interests instead of “bowing” to international demands, the newly re-elected prime minister has declared Israel will revise its foreign policy to make it more consistent with its national priorities, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who managed to form a new government last month following snap elections, said on Wednesday. The country … Read more
A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court amid pronouncement of its judgment on a batch of pleas challenging the Central Government’s 2016 decision to demonetise, in New Delhi on January 2, 2023 | Photo Credit: PTI RBI had found demonetisation proposal a ‘big opportunity’ to further financial inclusion by incentivising e-payments: Supreme Court The majority … Read more
Newly installed Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said Israel is formulating a “responsible” policy toward Ukraine Israel’s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen has signaled that Tel Aviv will be making fewer public statements regarding the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, but confirmed that its “significant” humanitarian aid to Kiev will continue. “We will do one thing for sure–in public, … Read more
The National Geospatial Policy, unveiled by the government asks ministries and departments, envisages to “increasingly engage” the private sector for creation and development of geospatial data required by them under the liberalised regime rather than use Survey of India as an intermediary. The National Geospatial Policy, notified by the Department of Science and Technology on … Read more
Kevin Frayer/Getty Images News It has now been three years since the first COVID-19 case was reported in Wuhan, but China doesn’t seem to letting up on its strict coronavirus policies. In fact, quarantine facilities and makeshift hospitals are expanding across the mainland to deal with the largest surge of cases on record. Panic buying … Read more
Cities are once again locking down thousands of neighborhoods and sending people into quarantine, even as local Chinese authorities are tasked with easing COVID restrictions. (Image credit: Bloomberg via Getty Images) Source link
A child pushes a bicycle with groceries past a giant replica football placed to promote the Qatar FIFA World Cup in Beijing on November 20, 2022. | Photo Credit: AP Millions of Chinese viewers who this week tuned in to watch the football World Cup in Qatar were given, what was for many, a surprising … Read more
Days after the northern Chinese city of Shijiazhuang reopened from a Covid-19 lockdown, barista Lu Mengyuan donned her apron, applied her eye glitter and was again whipping up coffee and hot Chinese crepes for the trickle of residents venturing slowly from their homes. Like many others, Lu believed the city’s abrupt reopening in the middle … Read more
The volunteer project lead and developer for Shiba Inu known only as ‘Shytoshi Kusama’ has reported on social media that the World Economic Forum, or WEF, wants to work with the meme-based cryptocurrency on global policy. In a poll posted to Twitter on Nov. 22, Kusama said the WEF had “kindly invited” the Shiba Inu … Read more
CNN — Several Republican-led states asked a court to let them intervene in a case striking down Title 42 rule, so that the states could defend the Trump-era policy, which has allowed for the expulsion of more than 1 million migrants at the US-Mexico border. The 15 GOP states filed the request to intervene on … Read more