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China inflation hits nine-month low in December

China narrowly avoided slipping into deflation in December with prices rising at their slowest pace in nine months, official figures showed Thursday, as Beijing struggles to kickstart consumer activity in the world's number two economy. "Recent economic data stabilised but the momentum is not strong enough to generate upward pressure on consumer prices yet," Zhiwei Zhang, chief economist at Pinpoint …

China Inflation Hits

17 hours, 59 minutes ago

Donald Trump wants Greenland: Here's what the island might cost

India Today

President-elect Donald Trump has reignited interest in Greenland, proposing it as a valuable strategic addition to the U.S. territory. Greenland’s mineral wealth, including rare earth metals, copper, and cobalt, coupled with its strategic Arctic location, has pushed valuations between $230 million to over $1.1 trillion. Furthermore, compensating Greenland’s 57,000 residents for such a transition could add another $5.7 billion to …

Trump Strategic Greenland

River interlinking, the fount of environmental disaster

The Hindu

On December 25, 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the Ken-Betwa River Link Project, which aims to solve the water scarcity in the Bundelkhand region that covers parts of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Initially termed the ‘National Water Grid’, this concept re-emerged as the ‘River-Interlinking Project’ from the Ministry of Water Resources to transfer surplus …

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1 day, 8 hours ago

India eyes intra-state river linking to combat drought

Live Mint

NEW DELHI : India’s water crisis is a tale of extremes—while some regions battle floods, others face parching droughts. A new paradigm With water being a state subject, the Union government has left it to individual states to identify and propose intra-state river-linking projects, officials said. NWDA’s role and identified projects NWDA in its pre-feasibility report identified a few potential …

India Bihar Water Projects Project Official River Linking

1 day, 11 hours ago

Bengaluru Suburban Railway Phase 2 to cover 146 km, aligns with proposed circular rail network

The Hindu

The second phase of the Bengaluru Suburban Railway Project is expected to be limited to 146 km, as plans for a Circular Rail Network for the city are also in progress. Subsequently, K-RIDE sought approval from the Union Ministry of Railways to conduct a feasibility study for integrating the suburban rail expansion with the proposed Circular Rail Network. Initially, K-RIDE …

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3 days, 21 hours ago

In Mohali, Metro to run only on elevated tracks: RITES

Hindustan Times

While Metro lines will run fully underground in parts of Chandigarh, in Mohali district, these will be entirely on elevated tracks, as presented by Rail India Technical and Economic Services in its findings. The first phase of Metro includes three routes: Sultanpur, New Chandigarh, to Sector 28, Panchkula ; Sukhna Lake to Zirakpur ISBT via Mohali ISBT and Chandigarh airport …

Panchkula Project Metro Chandigarh Mohali Sector Gmada

6 days, 17 hours ago

'One Island, One Resort' policy to open unexplored islands to tourism

New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: According to the ministry officials, the Government is working on the ‘One Island, One Resort’ concept for Andaman and Nicobar, Lakshadweep, Daman and Diu, where it had proposed to create a single resort on an islet. The policy is expected to be aimed for holistic development of identified unexplored and untapped islands for promotion of sustainable ecotourism soon …

Island Tourism Development

1 week, 5 days ago

Manmohan Singh was a visionary, always listened, never interfered, Raghuram Rajan says

Hindustan Times

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was a brilliant economist with a visionary outlook on India's potential, along with with a fine sense of political feasibility, former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan said on Friday, according to news agency PTI. In this Aug. 17, 2013 file photo, then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with economist Raghuram Rajan, in New Delhi. …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Manmohan Singh was a visionary economist with integrity: Raghuram Rajan

Live Mint

New Delhi, Dec 27 Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was a brilliant economist with a visionary outlook on India's potential, combined with a fine sense of political feasibility, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said on Friday. Rajan described Singh as understated and soft-spoken, qualities that enabled him to attract some of the brightest minds to his team, including Montek Singh …

India Singh Rbi Rajan

2 weeks, 1 day ago

Telecom service providers told to alert subscribers about 'international calls'

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi:The department of telecommunication has formed a dedicated task force comprising various stakeholders that is actively working to address such spoofed calls. "This system identifies and blocks calls that appear to originate from Indian numbers but are manipulated by cybercriminals abroad using tampered calling line identities. Spoofed calls have been linked to various cyber-crimes, including impersonation as officials from …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Soil testing clears path for Lko’s Awadh Crossing underpass

Hindustan Times

The long-awaited two-lane underpass at Awadh Crossing has officially moved into high gear, with soil testing confirming the project’s feasibility. Once completed, the 887.36-metre-long underpass will connect Hardoi Road with VIP Road, easing bottlenecks at Awadh Crossing The soil testing report, which validates the quality and load-bearing capacity of the area, ensures a stable foundation for the underpass’s supporting pillars. …

Soil Testing Road Underpass Hardoi Road Vip Road

2 weeks, 3 days ago

Amicus Curiae visits Maradu sites, seeks feasibility report on new apartment construction

The Hindu

The Amicus Curiae of the Supreme Court in the Maradu apartment case has asked the Maradu Municipality to ascertain whether the construction of apartments would be possible in the holdings where they existed earlier. The local body shall submit the documents related to the holdings before January 6, suggested Gaurav Agarwal, the Amicus Curiae. Four apartment complexes that were built …

Apartment Maradu Seeks Feasibility

2 weeks, 3 days ago

BSNL's affordable plans with Netflix, Amazon Prime to pose threat to Jio, Airtel

India TV News

BSNL is reportedly gearing up to introduce new recharge plans that will be bundled with popular OTT platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime. Recently, during the AskBSNL initiative, a user inquired with the Director of CM, BSNL about the possibility of launching mobile prepaid plans that include OTT apps such as Netflix and Amazon Prime. In response, he mentioned that …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Pie in the sky: On the idea of simultaneous elections

The Hindu

With the Union government introducing two Bills in the Lok Sabha to implement its idea of simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and the State Assemblies, the stage is set for Parliament to debate the feasibility, or otherwise, of the idea of what the government calls “One Nation, One Election”. The content in the Bills themselves are in line with …

Assembly Lok Sabha Lok Sabha Nda Bill Idea

2 weeks, 3 days ago

HMRTC to extend Metro from Gurugram to Jhajjar

Hindustan Times

The Haryana Mass Rapid Transport Corporation is working to extend the Metro from Basai in Gurugram to Bhadsa in Jhajjar and the ridership survey for the project is expected to be completed by the end of January, an official from the corporation said. “The ridership survey is going on and we expect that the report will be submitted to the …

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Civil society outfits urge President to withdraw central forces from Siang Hydropower project survey

New Indian Express

Hundreds of environmentalists, civil society organizations urged the President of India Droupdi Murmu to withdraw paramilitary forces deployed to quell indigenous people’s protest against proposed 11000 MW hydropower dam surveys in Siang valley of Arunachal. According to the letter written to the Murmu, over 351 concerned citizens – activists, researchers, lawyers, scientists, journalists, experts, community representatives and 109 people’s organisations …

Siang Paramilitary Forces

2 weeks, 6 days ago

46-km twin-tube tunnel roads, 124.7-km elevated corridors, double deckers and underpasses, among traffic management infrastructure plan for Bengaluru

The Hindu

Forty-six kilometres of twin-tube tunnel roads, 124.7 km of elevated corridors, double deckers and underpasses: these are among the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s comprehensive traffic management infrastructure plan for Bengaluru. A feasibility report on the road infrastructure projects has estimated the total cost at ₹54,964 crore. According to the document, Altinok Consulting Engineering Inc. has conducted the feasibility study of …

Bengaluru Project Road Crore Circle Tunnel Elevated Corridors

3 weeks ago

Bengaluru metro expansion to Hoskote, Nelamangala, and Bidadi? DK Shivakumar says government is considering It

Hindustan Times

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar announced on Wednesday that the state government is considering extending the Bengaluru Metro Rail network to Hoskote in the east, Nelamangala in the west, and Bidadi in the southwest. Additionally, Shivakumar highlighted that around 10,000 people commute daily from Kolar to Bengaluru by train for work. Metro stations to be developed at ₹ 100 …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Copy Of Other Prospective Resolution Applicants' Plans Cannot Be Shared When Suspended Management Is Also A Resolution Applicant: NCLAT

Live Law

The NCLAT New Delhi bench of Justice Ashok Bhushan and Mr. Barun Mitra has held that copy of the Resolution Plans submitted by other Prospective Resolution Applicants cannot be shared in advance with the suspended management of the corporate debtor when the suspended management is also a Resolution Applicant. It was further submitted that the CoC had approved the resolution …

Resolution Applicant Tribunal Plan Plans Shared Suspended

3 weeks, 2 days ago

Govt tables 'One Nation, One Election' bill in Lok Sabha

Firstpost

After accepting the recommendations of a committee led by former President Ramnath Kovind on simultaneous elections, the Narendra Modi government has now tabled the ‘One Nation, One Election’ bill in Lok Sabha The Narendra Modi government on Tuesday tabled the ‘One Nation, One Election’ bill in the Lok Sabha. Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal introduced a constitutional amendment bill …

Elections Election Lok Sabha Committee Lok Sabha Simultaneous Elections

3 weeks, 2 days ago

Chhattisgarh HC Allows Termination of Minor Rape Survivor's Pregnancy

Deccan Chronicle

The Chhattisgarh High Court has granted permission for the medical termination of a 20-week-old pregnancy of a 17-year-old rape survivor who is also a sickle cell anemia patient.The decision was delivered by Justice Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi, who noted that forcing the minor to continue the pregnancy could have severe physical, mental, and psychological consequences for both the victim and the …

Pregnancy Survivor

3 weeks, 2 days ago

The controversial machine sending CO2 to the ocean and making hydrogen

BBC

The controversial machine sending CO2 to the ocean and making hydrogen Equatic Equatic is among a wave of start-ups exploring how the ocean could be harnessed to capture and store carbon. "Marine CO2 removal is simply too risky," says Mary Church, geoengineering campaign manager at the Center for International Environmental Law, a non-profit environmental law firm based in Geneva, Switzerland. …

Climate Change Church Climate Ocean Earth Green Hydrogen Process

3 weeks, 3 days ago

Mirror bacteria may constitute ‘radical departure from known life,’ scientists warn

CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. While the science and technology necessary to create mirror bacteria in a laboratory is a decade or more away, the scientists argued that the possibly lethal risks posed by this new field of research are “unprecedented” and “overlooked.” “Driven by curiosity and plausible applications, some researchers had begun work toward creating lifeforms …

Science Research Life Bacteria Report Mirror Scientists

3 weeks, 5 days ago

This Week in Explainers: How Atul Subhash’s suicide has shocked the nation

Firstpost

The death of a 34-year-old Bengaluru-based techie Atul Subhash has rocked the country after his 24-page suicide note came to light, levelling serious allegations of harassment and extortion against his wife and her family. The Centre has taken a step closer to making ‘One Nation, One Election’ a reality, which will see the country holding simultaneous Lok Sabha and State …

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China inflation hits nine-month low in December

Donald Trump wants Greenland: Here's what the island might cost

River interlinking, the fount of environmental disaster

India eyes intra-state river linking to combat drought

Bengaluru Suburban Railway Phase 2 to cover 146 km, aligns with proposed circular rail network

In Mohali, Metro to run only on elevated tracks: RITES

'One Island, One Resort' policy to open unexplored islands to tourism

Manmohan Singh was a visionary, always listened, never interfered, Raghuram Rajan says

Manmohan Singh was a visionary economist with integrity: Raghuram Rajan

Telecom service providers told to alert subscribers about 'international calls'

Soil testing clears path for Lko’s Awadh Crossing underpass

Amicus Curiae visits Maradu sites, seeks feasibility report on new apartment construction

BSNL's affordable plans with Netflix, Amazon Prime to pose threat to Jio, Airtel

Pie in the sky: On the idea of simultaneous elections

HMRTC to extend Metro from Gurugram to Jhajjar

Civil society outfits urge President to withdraw central forces from Siang Hydropower project survey

46-km twin-tube tunnel roads, 124.7-km elevated corridors, double deckers and underpasses, among traffic management infrastructure plan for Bengaluru

Bengaluru metro expansion to Hoskote, Nelamangala, and Bidadi? DK Shivakumar says government is considering It

Copy Of Other Prospective Resolution Applicants' Plans Cannot Be Shared When Suspended Management Is Also A Resolution Applicant: NCLAT

Govt tables 'One Nation, One Election' bill in Lok Sabha

Chhattisgarh HC Allows Termination of Minor Rape Survivor's Pregnancy

The controversial machine sending CO2 to the ocean and making hydrogen

Mirror bacteria may constitute ‘radical departure from known life,’ scientists warn

This Week in Explainers: How Atul Subhash’s suicide has shocked the nation