APRIL 13, 2023
The allowances of IPL chairman has also been bracketed in the office-bearers’ category. Twitter@BCCI
The increase in allowances doled out to the BCCI office bearers was tabled in the Apex Council meeting on Sunday but came into effect last October.
New Delhi: An office bearer of the all-powerful BCCI will now be paid a daily allowance of US$1000...
Britain
Indian PM Modi speaks to UK PM Rishi Sunak over phone, seeks progress on return of economic offenders
APRIL 13, 2023
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held a telephonic conversation with UK's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
During the phone conversations, the two leaders reviewed the progress on a number of bilateral issues, particularly in trade and economic sectors. The Prime Minister also sought progress on the return of economic offenders.
"PM Modi raised the issue of...
Agriculture
Fort Lauderdale airport to remain closed until Friday morning after the rainiest day in the city’s history causes severe flooding
APRIL 13, 2023
Fort Lauderdale experienced the rainiest day in its history Wednesday – a 1-in-1,000-year rainfall event – sparking a flash flood emergency in Broward County that has prompted emergency rescues, forced drivers to abandon cars, shuttered schools and shut down the airport through 5 a.m. Friday. And more rain is on the way.
The region recorded widespread rainfall totals...
Business
Get a remote job while you still can: More and more companies are calling workers back to the office — or outsourcing to cheaper workers overseas
APRIL 13, 2023
Finding a remote job is getting more and more difficult.
Openings are tapering off, and companies are outsourcing some remote positions overseas.
10% to 20% of US service support jobs could move overseas over the next decade.
Landing a remote job could become more and more challenging.
That's because competition for remote work in the US remains fierce,...
APRIL 12, 2023
A group of Indian startups, represented by the Alliance of Digital India Foundation (ADIF), has petitioned the Delhi High Court to suspend Google's new in-app billing fee system, known as the User Choice Billing system (UCB) until the Competition Commission of India (CCI) investigates the tech giant for alleged non-compliance with its directives. The startups argue that...
Asia
India’s March retail inflation eases further to 5.66 pc from 6.44 pc in February; back within RBI’s comfort zone
APRIL 12, 2023
India's retail inflation moderated further to 5.66 percent in March from 6.44 percent in the previous month, data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) showed on Wednesday.
In January 2023, India’s headline inflation based on consumer price index (CPI) had jumped to a three-month-high of 6.52 percent from 5.7 percent in December 2022.
The Reserve...
APRIL 12, 2023
Kolkata Underwater Metro Rail Station.
Metro Railway General Manager P Uday Kumar Reddy travelled from Mahakaran station in Kolkata to Howrah Maidan station of the East-West Metro corridor in the rake.
Later, another rake also reached Howrah Maidan station by the same route.
Terming it a 'historic event', the Metro general manager said, "Trial runs between Howrah Maidan and Esplanade...
APRIL 12, 2023
FILE - A Twitter logo hangs outside the company's offices in San Francisco, on Dec. 19, 2022. Twitter has labeled National Public Radio (NPR) as “state-affiliated media” on the social media site Wednesday, April 5, 2023, a move some worried could undermine public confidence in the news organization. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
National Public Radio is quitting Twitter...
APRIL 12, 2023
An electric vehicle charges at a charging station in Detroit. The Biden administration is proposing strict new auto pollution limits that would require as many as two-thirds of new vehicles sold in the U.S. to be electric by 2032. ((Nam Y. Huh / AP))
The Biden administration is proposing strict new automobile pollution limits that would require as...
APRIL 11, 2023
The Colorado River near Hoover Dam on the Arizona-Nevada border, March 13, 2023. - Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images
Federal officials are proposing a plan to cut water allotments to states dependent on the Colorado River system to combat dwindling water levels on one of the country's most important bodies of water.
The U.S. Department of Interior's Bureau...