IAS rebukes flood-hit villagers in UP, goes viral

UP, 16/10: A senior IAS officer in rain-hit Uttar Pradesh was caught rebuking people of a flood-affected village who complained about unavailability of food, saying that the government was not “running Zomato service”, even as the Yogi Adityanath-led establishment came under fire for poor flood management and for failing to take measures to provide succor…

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CBI summons Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia for questioning on October 17

New Delhi, 16/10: The CBI has summoned Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday for questioning in connection with alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of the excise policy for the national capital, officials said.     The federal probe agency has asked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader to appear before it…

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India unlikely to be hit as hard by global recession as other countries: SBI chairman

New Delhi, 15/10: The impact of a global recession, which is increasingly being feared by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, is unlikely to be as pronounced in India as compared to other countries, State Bank of India Chairman Dinesh Khara said. With a projected growth rate of 6.8 per cent and inflation…

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Global Hunger Index: India’s ranking slips to 107 of 121 countries

New Delhi, 15/10: India’s ranking slipped in the 2022 Global Hunger Index with the nation being ranked 107th out of 121 countries.     The report, prepared jointly by Irish aid agency Concern Worldwide and German organisation Welt Hunger Hilfe, scored India of 29.1, terming the level of hunger “serious”.   In 2021, GHI had…

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Defiant Putin says Russia doing everything right in Ukraine

Moscow, 15/10Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow was “doing everything right” in its nearly eight-month invasion of Ukraine despite a string of embarrassing defeats, as Kyiv said it was “stronger than ever” and would emerge victorious.   Putin’s comments came hours after Kremlin-installed officials in the southern region of Kherson urged residents…

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