JANUARY 3, 2023
New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government has rolled out new integrated food security Scheme beginning 1 January 2023. As per the decision made by cabinet last week, the government envisions to provide free food grains to 81.35 crore beneficiaries under NFSA, for the year 2023.
Under the scheme, Government of India will provide free foodgrains to all NFSA...
JANUARY 3, 2023
Qin Gang in 2022. - hotographer: Catalina Fragoso/NBAE/Getty Images
New Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang offered effusive praise of Americans after stepping down as his nation’s top envoy to Washington, signaling that ties between the world’s biggest economies appear to be warming despite recent tensions over Taiwan.
“I have been deeply impressed by so many hard-working, friendly and talented...
JANUARY 2, 2023
Nearly six years and two months after the government announced demonetisation on November 8, 2016, currency with the public is at a new high. With cash remaining the preferred mode of payment, currency with public for the fortnight ended December 16, 2022 stood at a record high of Rs 31.27 lakh crore — up 74 per cent...
JANUARY 2, 2023
The cost of getting into the housing market has sky-rocketed over the past year. Zillow estimates that a typical American home today costs 55% more than it would have a year ago.
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JANUARY 2, 2023
The SpaceX Starbase facility under construction in Brownsville, Texas, U.S., on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022.
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. is raising $750 million in new fundraising, which values the company at $137 billion, CNBC reported, citing correspondence it obtained.
Andreessen Horowitz will likely lead the new funding round in the Elon Musk-led company known as SpaceX, the outlet reported....
JANUARY 2, 2023
On Monday, a five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court delivered its judgment on a bunch of petitions that challenged the validity of the Modi government's November 2016 decision to demonetize Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes. The top court upheld the government's decision and dismissed the petitions.
Most petitions challenged the validity of the shock move...
JANUARY 2, 2023
Indian authorities have clarified that international travelers arriving in India from six high-risk countries - China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, and Singapore - will have to upload a negative RT-PCR test report 72 hours before boarding their flights, even if their flights are only passing through these nations. This has come at a time when...
JANUARY 2, 2023
Dumbbell flyes. - Shutterstock
Some exercises can leave you wondering why on earth you put yourself through them (I’m looking at you, squats of all kinds), and some leave you with a profound sense of achievement. The dumbbell fly is definitely in the second category.
The dumbbell fly is a popular exercise in gyms. It’s a great move for...
JANUARY 2, 2023
Adults who aren't sufficiently hydrated may age faster, face a higher risk of chronic diseases and be more likely to die younger than those who stay well-hydrated, according to a new study from the National Institutes of Health.
The results, published Monday, are based on data collected over 25 years from more than 11,000 adults in the U.S....
JANUARY 2, 2023
This year is going to be tougher on the global economy than 2022, the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) chief Kristalina Georgieva has warned.
“Why? Because the three big economies, US, EU, China, are all slowing down simultaneously,” she said in an interview that on the CBS Sunday morning news program “Face the Nation.”
“We expect one third of the...
