Russia’s southern Belgorod region bordering Ukraine came under attack Friday from Ukrainian artillery fire, mortar shells and drones, authorities said, hours after two drones struck a Russian city in an area next to the annexed Crimea Peninsula. An officer of Ukraine’s 59th Motorized Brigade controls a drone from a shelter in the suburbs of Donetsk,…
The data show that nowhere do nursery costs tower higher over rent than in Kingston upon Hull. Full-time private preschool costs for one child came to £907 a month in the East Yorkshire port city, a full £279 more than the £628 average rent for a three-bedroom home. The second-biggest price disparity was found in…
Pedestrian deaths in the U.S. are at its highest point in the last 40 years. Residents in major U.S. cities such as Charlotte, Atlanta, and Salt Lake City want local governments to help improve public transportation and areas for walking or biking. Advocates face huge obstacles to creating more walkable and transit-friendly communities due to…
EESL was established in 2009. The public sector company Energy Efficiency Services Limited is planning to launch a national program for promoting eco-friendly cooking. Public sector company Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) is planning to launch a national programme to promote eco-friendly cooking. As part of the programme, the government will be providing induction stoves…
LUCKNOW: IITians from across the country would take free online classes for students of government schools in rural India. The initiative – Online Rural Education Initiative (OREI)- is taken by IIT Kanpur that has developed a platform through which all IITians will connect to teach rural India.Chief secretary Durga Shankar Mishra launched the initiative at…
Cyclone Mocha is expected to make landfall on Sunday. Sittwe, Myanmar: Thousands fled Myanmar’s west coast and officials in neighbouring Bangladesh raced to evacuate Rohingya refugees on Saturday as the most powerful cyclone in the region for over a decade churned across the Bay of Bengal. Cyclone Mocha was packing winds of up to 220…
The Ondo State House of Assembly says that the 2023 budget for the Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (OSOPADEC) will improve the well-being and standard of oil-producing areas. The post 2023 budget to improve well-being of oil producing areas – Ondo Assembly appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World…
Last Updated: May 04, 2023, 21:13 IST External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar (right) and his Chinese counterpart Qin Gang hold bilateral talks on the sidelines of a meeting of the SCO in Goa on May 4. (Image: S Jaishankar’s Twitter handle) Both the leaders also discussed the upcoming SCO summit, G20 summit, and BRICS summit…
GUWAHATI: The 19th century British-era Shillong Cantonment Board will soon shed its cantonment tag and have its civilian area separated and removed from Army control as the Centre has decided to discontinue the colonial era cantonment system.With the excision of the civilian area, the Army-controlled area will be tagged as military station. “Cantonments are colonial…
Research on a flat spot for air evacuations. Talk of old-style civil defense sirens to warn of fast-moving wildfires. Hundreds of urban firefighters training in wildland firefighting techniques while snow still blankets the ground. This is the new reality in Alaska’s largest city, where a recent series of wildfires near Anchorage and the hottest day…
Fresh official figures released today have revealed that the population of all UK regions is ageing, with London being the only region where the average age is below 40. Over the past decade, the number of residents aged 65-74 has increased by 20 percent, while those aged 35-49 have decreased by 16.5 percent, according to…
Published By: Pragati Pal Last Updated: April 30, 2023, 15:55 IST The administration was withdrawing the curfew in a phased manner, and the prohibitory orders were lifted from a few more areas on Saturday night, an official said. (Representational Image/REUTERS) The curfew was imposed in six police station areas following a clash between two groups…
The Biden administration’s transportation department has denied a special permit request from gas giant New Fortress Energy that was needed to run up to 200 liquified natural gas “bomb train” cars daily from north-east Pennsylvania to a New Jersey shipping terminal. The proposal’s opponents warned prior to the recent East Palestine wreck that a derailment…
Young people from rural and coastal areas are being trapped in ‘social mobility cold spots’, leaving UK companies without a truly diverse workforce, according to a report. Researchers found that children growing up in rural and coastal regions are half as likely to go to university and twice as likely to give up pursuing aspirational…
It’s not hard to spot a hoodie in Romford in east London – hooded tops have become almost as ubiquitous as jeans around the UK. So a new rule banning anyone from putting up their hoods in the town centre’s shopping areas has not gone down well with some. “It’s the most stupid thing I’ve…
CHENNAI: A knowledge paper, brought out by Deloitte on behalf of FICCI, has suggested Tamil Nadu to focus on three strategic areas – ‘Made in TN’, ‘Brand TN’ and ‘Led by TN’ – to become a $1 trillion economy by 2030-31. The paper, unveiled by CM M K Stalin here on Saturday, urged the state…
Army officers at a Tibetology class being taught by a lama. Tibetology is the study of culture, society, language, and politics of Tibet. (Image: News18) A batch of 25 to 30 army officers are taking the eight-week Tibetology course from the Central Institute of Himalayan Culture And Studies at Dahung in West Kameng district A…
Ekiti State Government has sought the intervention of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) in Abuja to resolve the problem of epileptic power supply in some rural areas in the state. The state governor, Biodun Oyebanji, who led a delegation of some state officials to a meeting at the agency’s head office in Abuja, said the…
