Poor air quality in India could be causing cognitive deficits in babies and toddlers, according to new research. Researchers from the University of East Anglia in the UK worked with the Community Empowerment Lab in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, to see how in-home air quality affects infants’ cognition.
The PDM leaders in Pakistan have openly said that elections to the Punjab Assembly will not be held on 14th May, despite the clear order of the Pakistan Supreme Court, which was only seeking to enforce Article 224(2) of the Pakistan Constitution.
Justice Markandey Katju says: In my judicial career of 20 years, I had never heard of such an order that has been issued Pakistan SC. I thought the petition was premature, and should have been dismissed forthright as such. But on deeper thinking, I concluded that extraordinary situations require extraordinary remedies, and therefore the order was correct and justified.
India is not seeking permanent immigration visas from any country under a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and is only looking to engage with trading partners on mobility like temporary visas for students, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its flagship World Economic Outlook projected that India will be the fastest growing economy in the world amid financial sector turmoil, high inflation, ongoing effects of the Russia-Ukraine war, and three years of COVID.
The US nominee for World Bank President Ajay Banga, upon his arrival in New Delhi on Thursday, tested Covid positive and is now under quarantine as per the local guidelines. Soon after he arrived, he tested positive and has not met any Indian counterparts yet.
Even as tech giant Google continues to cut down staff, a sacked Indian-origin employee said that he was laid off just two weeks after the tech giant promoted and transferred him to Switzerland.
After the Indian High Commission in the United Kingdom (UK) was vandalised by separatist and extremist elements on March 19, the High Commissioner of India to the UK Vikram Doraiswami held a meeting with the members of the Indian community who had concerns regarding the incident.
Justice Markandey Katju says, “The truth is that India counts for little in the world stage, despite all claims by some that its leader is a ‘Vishwa Guru’.”
As a result of India’s investment-led growth trajectory, several experts have produced an upbeat appraisal of the economy, resulting in the rapid rise of a $5 trillion GDP. The impressive performance of the Indian equity market isn’t seen as an isolated incident, but rather as the start of a long-rising trend. In addition, China’s weight in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index has decreased by 7 percentage points, compared to an increase of 5 percentage points for India.
