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Europe has finally recognised the elephant in the room: immigration. This neglected pachyderm is one large reason for the hard-right gaining traction in EU countries as varied as Italy and the Netherlands, where outright anti-immigration parties engaged with, and then owned, this 'problem' bothering enough citizens to worry about their jobs and 'way of life'.

National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) was launched with 6,835 projects and has expanded to capture over 9,288 projects with a total outlay of Rs 108.88 lakh crore between 2020-25, the finance ministry said on Thursday. «NIP comprises brownfield and greenfield infrastructure projects of above Rs 100 crore across both economic and social infrastructure,» the Finance Ministry said in a post on X.

«The shooter has been eliminated!!! The entire building is currently being evacuated and there are several dead and dozens of injured,» police said on X, formerly Twitter.

To placate a war-weary population, Russia has doled out billions of dollars of cheap loans for its citizens to buy new homes. That money is now creating an economic headache that few predicted: a fast-building housing bubble. A debt-fueled surge in housing prices, along with fast-rising inflation, has exposed stark divisions among Russia’s leaders even as the battle rages on in Ukraine.

of 2023, the latest World Bank data reveals. The cost of remitting money can be high, particularly via banks, the report further shows. Besides India, other top remittance recipient countries are Mexico ($67 billion), China ($50 billion), Philippines ($40 billion), and Egypt ($24 billion) Here, we explain an array of alternatives through which one can remit money to India from overseas: 1.

Narendra Modi used Bhashini, the Government of India’s national public digital platform for languages that develops services and products for citizens by leveraging AI, at two recent public events to enable travellers and students from southern India to understand his speech. Bhashini counts among its various products and technologies, real time speech to speech machine translation, and automatic speech recognition, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi used on December 19 to interact with students in various parts of India via video conferencing.

India stint is seen as a big plus in their career graphs. It is not difficult to gauge why. This unique country/market can throw up unique challenges that can test the best.

Justin Trudeau said he senses a change in India's tone with Ottawa after the United States warned New Delhi about its involvement in a thwarted plot to kill a Sikh separatist leader on U.S. soil, the CBC reported on Wednesday. «I think there is a beginning of an understanding that they can't bluster their way through this and there is an openness to collaborating in a way that perhaps they were less open before,» Trudeau said in an interview with the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. «There's an understanding that maybe, maybe just churning out attacks against Canada isn't going to make this problem go away,» he added. Trudeau announced Sept.

Lok Sabha passed the three criminal laws — the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill — on Wednesday. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita will replace the Indian Penal Code-1860, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita will replace the CrPC of 1973 and the Bharatiya Sakshya Bill will replace the Indian Evidence Act of 1872.

University Grants Commission (UGC) Tuesday asked universities and colleges across the country to integrate voter education and electoral literacy in their curricular framework, and evolve a robust mechanism to fulfil the aspirational goal of the Election Commission of India (ECI) of handing over voter IDs to every eligible student, organise mock polls and administer a pledge to vote by students. The UGC wrote to the Vice Chancellors of all Universities and principals of all colleges across the country informing them that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Ministry of Education and Election Commission on November 2, 2023 to incorporate voter education and electoral literacy formally into the University/ and College education system to prepare future and new voters for greater electoral participation under the SVEEP programme.

end-of-life vehicles to their owners. Justice Jasmeet Singh observed that the court was «flooded» every day with petitions by aggrieved people in the absence of a policy, and that although the government was trying to control pollution «at the same time the citizens cannot be harassed». «This is troublesome.

hijacked in the Middle Eastern sea with 25 people on board by Houthi rebels. This disruption is significant as approximately 12 percent of global shipping traffic navigates through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal.

Tamil Nadu in response to the relentless rains causing widespread devastation in the southern districts of the state. Taking to X the Office of Defence Minister said, “The IAF helicopters carrying out rescue and relief operations in the flood-affected areas of Tamil Nadu. The Central Government is providing all possible assistance to Tamil Nadu." Meanwhile, an inter-ministerial central team is likely to visit Tamil Nadu on Wednesday to assess the damage caused by unprecedented flooding and rainfall in four southern districts over the last two days, PTI reported.

Narendra Modi in an interview on Wednesday raised concerns of extremists engaging in violence and intimidation overseas under the guise of freedom of expression while saying that the country is committed to the rule of law. In an interview with The Financial Times, PM Modi responded to allegations of India's plot to assassinate Khalistani extremist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in the United States, saying that he will 'look into any evidence' pertaining to the incident. «If someone gives us any information, we would definitely look into it. If a citizen of ours has done anything good or bad, we are ready to look into it.

It’s been almost a month since news broke of an alleged plot to assassinate pro-Khalistan figure Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in the United States, with possible Indian involvement. In the weeks since, India and the US have scrambled to minimise damage to their relationship. Mint takes a look at how the two countries have responded and the impact on India-US relations.

Financial Times, PM Modi said, "If someone gives us any information, we would definitely look into it". The Prime Minister added, "If a citizen of ours has done anything good or bad, we are ready to look into it. Our commitment is to the rule of law".

doubled down on anti-immigrant “blood" purity remarks in front of several thousand supporters in New Hampshire. “They’re poisoning the blood of our country," Trump said in New Hampshire about the record numbers of immigrants coming to the U.S.

Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday declared former President Donald Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution's insurrection clause and removed him from the state's presidential primary ballot, setting up a likely showdown in the nation's highest court to decide whether the front-runner for the GOP nomination can remain in the race. The decision from a court whose justices were all appointed by Democratic governors marks the first time in history that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment has been used to disqualify a presidential candidate.

Bandhan Bank on Tuesday announced the introduction of a new facility aimed at the senior citizens of the country. The bank launched 'INSPIRE' which will offer 8.35 per cent interest per annum on fixed deposits for a tenor of 500 days.

The new telecom bill is a big improvement over the law covering this vital part of national life that, at present, lies fragmented in terms of being contained in separate statutes and in terms of coherence. It is welcome for prioritising the efficiency needs of the sector over partisan political considerations. Allocation of satellite spectrum by administrative means rather than compulsorily via auctions is the sensible way to go about it, even if it cuts the ground from under the feet of the so-called Devas scam alleged against the UPA government.

Bandhan Bank can now celebrate a new initiative tailored just for them, known as ‘INSPIRE’, recently introduced by the bank. The ‘INSPIRE’ program extends the existing perks, including preferential interest rates, priority banking services, and doorstep banking facilities, to senior citizen customers of the bank. Additionally, this initiative offers life care benefits such as exclusive discounts on medication purchases, diagnostic services, and medical treatments.