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September 17, 2024 6:54 PM

World Bank commits $2 billion of new support to Bangladesh

Bangladesh: World Bank Country Director Abdoulaye Seck on Tuesday said that the World Bank can mobilise about two billion US dollars new financing in this fiscal year to support critical reforms, flood response, better air quality and health. Seck spoke about the new assistance when he met the Head ...

September 17, 2024 6:30 PM

Arvind Kejriwal resigns as Delhi CM, Atishi stakes claim to form govt

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal resigned as Delhi Chief Minister on Tuesday and the party’s newly-elected legislative party leader Atishi has staked claim to form the new government. Kejriwal tendered his resignation to Delhi LG Vinai Kumar Saxena. Talking to reporters, A...

September 17, 2024 6:06 PM

Manoj Kumar Verma appointed as new Kolkata Commissioner of Police

IPS officer Manoj Kumar Verma has been appointed as the new Commissioner of Police (CP) for Kolkata following the removal of Vineet Kumar Goyal from the position on Tuesday. The decision comes after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee agreed to the demands made by junior doctors prot...

September 17, 2024 5:10 PM

J&K gears up for first phase of assembly elections

Ahead of the first phase of the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, electronic voting machines (EVMs) and polling personnel were dispatched on Tuesday to remote areas of Doda district, as well as to Ramban and Kishtwar districts In the first phase, a total of 24 assembly constitue...

September 17, 2024 5:13 PM

SC questions West Bengal govt’s ‘no night shift’ policy for women doctors

The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the West Bengal government's decision to prevent women doctors from working night shifts and beyond 12 hours. A three-judge bench, led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, was hearing a suo motu case regarding the rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar...

September 17, 2024 5:33 PM

What is the European Commission?

European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen announced on Tuesday the new lineup of the executive arm of the European Union that runs the affairs of the 27-nation bloc on a daily basis and makes sure EU countries abide by the bloc's laws. Here is what the Commission does: It is one of the three m...

September 17, 2024 3:47 PM

Zimbabwe to cull 200 elephants to feed people left hungry by drought

Zimbabwe plans to cull 200 elephants to feed communities facing acute hunger after the worst drought in four decades, wildlife authorities said on Tuesday. The El Nino-induced drought wiped out crops in southern Africa, impacting 68 million people and causing food shortages across the region. "We ...

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