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Officials in Moldova’s Russia-backed breakaway region of Transnistria have appealed to Moscow for protection as tensions escalate with the pro-Western government

FanCode, the leading sports destination in India, has announced that it will serve as Formula 1's official broadcast partner in the country for the 2024 and 2025 seasons. Indian fans can watch the longest-ever F1 season, featuring 24 races starting February 29 in Bahrain, on FanCode across various devices like smart TVs, mobile phones, and tablets. FanCode will provide comprehensive coverage of Formula 1 races, including practice sessions, qualifying sessions, F1 Sprint events, and Grand Prix throughout the season.

BJP on Thursday dubbed the arrest of Shahjahan Sheikh as a «legal protection» given to him and slammed the West Bengal police for not charging him with the crime of sexual assault and land grab levelled against the Trinamool Congress (TMC) strongman by many women in Sandeshkhali. BJP national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said at a press conference that Sheikh has been arrested in the case involving violent attack on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials by a mob affiliated to him. He asked as to why the West Bengal police has in such a case not handed over his custody to the central agency. He said the video of Sheikh striding ahead with the cops following him looked more like a case of him being escorted instead of being under arrest.

suicide rates, according to a study conducted in China. Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara, estimate that China's efforts to reduce air pollution have prevented 46,000 suicide deaths in the country over just five years. The team used weather conditions to tease apart confounding factors affecting pollution and suicide rates, arriving at what they consider to be a truly causal connection. The results, published in the journal Nature Sustainability, unearth air quality as a key factor influencing mental health.

₹25,000-30,000 for two years and provides coverage of $100,000 in the US. Despite this, the plans are not very popular. “Lack of awareness and convenience are reasons why parents tend to go with a university-backed plan.

NEW DELHI : The Union cabinet has approved ₹75,021 crore towards subsidies for installing solar power equipment on the rooftops of 10 million homes, an ambitious scheme that could result in substantial household savings as well as reduce the strain on electricity grids. Under this scheme, called the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana, the government will provide a financial assistance, or subsidy, of ₹30,000 for installing solar power equipment of 1 kilowatt (kW).

entire India-Myanmar border would be fenced. On February 8, Shah said that the Centre decided to scrap the India-Myanmar Free Movement Regime to maintain the country's internal security and demographic structure of the northeastern states. ALSO READ: What comes under India's Free Movement Regime with Myanmar and why was it scrapped? Top points Before this, in January, Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma maintained that he was opposed to the Free Movement Regime and fencing of the border.

(Reuters) -Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce exceeded estimates for first-quarter profit on Thursday, driven by gains in its domestic personal and business banking unit that offset a blow from higher provisions it set aside for potential bad debts.

India on Thursday pitched for re-examination of the implications of the customs duties moratorium on e-commerce trade for developing and least developed member nations of the WTO. India is not in favour of further continuation of the moratorium of customs duties on e-commerce trade as it is impacting developing countries. The issue came up for discussion during a session of a work programme on e-commerce at the World Trade Organization's 13th Ministerial Conference, which entered its last day on Thursday.

Moscow has long established itself not only as a business hub, but also as a leisure destination and the city offers a high-tech, accessible, and comfortable environment for every tourist, according to Bulat Nurmukhanov, Head of the International Cooperation Division of the Moscow City Tourism Committee. The increasing interest in Moscow as a tourist destination has lent additional impetus to developing more attractive infrastructure offerings for tourists. As of today, Moscow offers a wide range of services and various events that may be of interest to visitors from India – from purely business activities to cultural events. “Before the pandemic, tourist traffic from India was growing at 12-15 percent annually. Now we are on the way to recovery — all the necessary conditions have been created for this. Thus, Moscow was visited by 24.5 million tourists in 2023, of which 2.3 million were international tourists. In comparison, in 2019 the figure was 25.1 million tourists, with over 600,000 in the summer alone,” Nurmukhanov told ET.

ministry has built around 92,000 km of national highways in nine-and-a-half years and this will go up to 95,000 km by the end of March 2024, road transport and highways secretary Anurag Jain. Speaking at the two-day conference of road infrastructure, organised by the International Road Federation, Jain said the focus going forward will be on building more high-speed access controlled highways. “We are focusing on high speed corridors with a vision for the next 30 years,” he said, adding these are being built for the next fifty years keeping in mind prospective congestion and increasing population needs. “This will help avoid construction of bye passes and redoing of roads again and again,” he said.

national security risks and could impose restrictions due to concerns about «connected» car technology. The U.S. Commerce Department probe is because Chinese assembled smart vehicles could collect sensitive data about U.S. citizens and infrastructure and send the data to China, the White House said.

Vladimir Putin warned Western countries on Thursday that there was a genuine risk of nuclear war if they sent their own troops to fight in Ukraine, and he said Moscow had the weapons to strike targets in the West. Addressing parliament and other members of the country's elite, Putin, 71, repeated his accusation that the West is bent on weakening Russia, and he suggested Western leaders did not understand how dangerous their meddling could be in what he cast as Russia's own internal affairs. He prefaced his warning with a specific reference to an idea, floated by French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday, of European NATO members sending ground troops to Ukraine — a suggestion that was quickly rejected by the United States, Germany, Britain and others.

BERLIN (Reuters) — Inflation fell in six economically important German states in February, preliminary data showed on Thursday, suggesting that German inflation is continuing on its downward trajectory.

Real-time data platform Aerospike has appointed Khushal Bhansali as its country head for India and South Asia. In his new role, Bhansali will lead Aerospike's business operations for these markets, focusing on expanding the company's presence, driving growth, and delivering exceptional customer service.

Pakistan after it raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir at the UN Human Rights Council, India has said it cannot pay any attention to a country which is soaked in red due to the bloodshed from terrorism that it sponsors around the world. First Secretary in the Permanent Mission of India to the UN in Geneva Anupama Singh exercised India's Right of Reply at the ongoing high-level segment of the 55th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Wednesday. India exercised the Right of Reply to respond to Turkiye and Pakistan after the two countries made references to Kashmir in their statements at the high-level segment.

PM Modi and said that it marks another great moment for the remarkable and exemplary partnership between Mauritius and India. He added that with the digital payment connectivity, the ties between India and Mauritius have entered a new dimension. “Indeed we are making history today on the Islands of Agaléga, where the inauguration of new airstrip, new jetty, and several other development projects.

UK Visas and Immigration information on gov.uk, the UK sponsor licence was a must for people who want to employ someone from outside the UK, including citizens of EU member countries, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland who arrived in the UK after December 31, 2020. Education providers, too, needed a sponsor licence to get overseas students and faculty into the UK.

By Marc Jones and Olena Harmash

Authorities in Nigeria have detained two senior Binance executives and confiscated their passports as the country cracks down on crypto exchanges.

market, as per an Economic Times report. This potential move would position Reliance against competitors such as Tata's Zudio, Max from Landmark Group, and Shoppers Stop's new value format InTune, it added. The 55-year-old Primark brand, known for its affordably priced clothing and shoes, has been assessing the Indian market for several years and might collaborate with Reliance through a joint venture or licensing agreement, two sources told the paper.