APRIL 19, 2022
Rwandan, British officials to hold news conference on migration partnership in Kigali. - Reuters/JEAN BIZIMANA
LONDON - British interior minister Priti Patel overruled reservations from officials about her plan to send thousands of asylum seekers to the East African country of Rwanda, documents published by the government on Tuesday showed.
The plan, unveiled by Prime Minister Boris Johnson last...
APRIL 18, 2022
It is here, on this island off the Jaffna peninsula in the Northern Province, where India has displaced China to sign a pact with the Sri Lankan government for a joint renewable energy project.
Its 5,000 inhabitants, all fisherfolk, are unaware of the intense geopolitical jostling over their island and two others nearby, Nainatheevu and Analatheevu, that went...
APRIL 18, 2022
Effectively, one can get up to 75,000 in tax deductions on purchasing a health insurance policy for self and parents.
We have made headway into the new year, which also happens to be the time for financial goal setting and planning for most people. A well-planned beginning helps set the tone for the rest of your year, so...
APRIL 18, 2022
Tugboats pull on the Ever Forward container ship in Pasadena, Maryland, on March 29, 2022, trying to free the cargo ship as it sits in the Chesapeake Bay after it ran aground near Baltimore.- NBC Washington D.C.
More than a month after the Ever Forward ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay, the container ship was successfully refloated...
APRIL 18, 2022
Anatoly Antonov. Hans Punz (Associated Press)
Russia's ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov told Politico he has been iced out by officials in DC.
Antonov also said that he has not spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin in years.
The two have not had a conversation since before Antonov left for Washington in 2017, Antonov said.
Russia's ambassador...
APRIL 18, 2022
FILE - Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks to the Atlantic Council, on April 13, 2022, in Washington. Yellen plans to meet with Ukraine's prime minister Denys Shmyhal during this week's spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington. At the same time, she'll be trying to avoid contact with Russian officials who plan...
APRIL 18, 2022
Washington, D.C — The Biden administration is taking a key step toward ensuring that federal dollars will support U.S. manufacturing — issuing requirements for how projects funded by the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package source their construction material.
New guidance issued Monday requires that the material purchased — whether it's for a bridge, a highway, a water pipe or...
APRIL 18, 2022
Contrary to President Vladimir Putin’s optimism, two senior Russian officials cautioned on Monday that the real economic pain was yet to come. - Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP
Russia’s central bank chief warned on Monday that the consequences of Western sanctions were only beginning to be felt, and Moscow’s mayor warned that 200,000 jobs were at risk in the Russian capital...
APRIL 16, 2022
Was Lord Hanuman born in Karnataka or Andhra Pradesh? If we are to believe the stand taken by both states, the mighty god seems to be torn between them.
There has been a raging debate on Lord Hanuman’s real birthplace — Anjanadri hills near Tirumala hills in AP or the Anjaneya Betta in Karnataka’s Hampi. Amidst this, celebrations...
APRIL 16, 2022
Amid Hanuman Jayanti celebrations across the country, a hamlet in Maharashtra has distanced itself from all associations with the monkey god. Villagers do not worship Hanuman, they do not name their children after the deity, nor do they buy Maruti cars. Misfortune will befall anyone who purchases a Maruti vehicle, they believe.
This is an account from Daityanandur...
