Category: Government News

Authorities in India’s southern Kerala state have issued an alert after a ship carrying oil and hazardous cargo leaked and sank off the state’s coast in the Arabian Sea. The spill occurred in a Liberian-flagged vessel that capsized near Kochi city on Sunday. The coastal stretch is rich in biodiversity and is also an important…

Angry-looking thunderstorms stand guard over Mumbai, Kerala-Karnataka coast as well Vijayawada-Vishakapatnam on the east coast on Monday noon. The monsoon has further advanced into Mumbai today (Monday), at least 15 days earlier than normal (June 10), increasing the lead time by more than a week compared to Kerala, the monsoon gateway, where it arrived on…

UN officials have warned the group risks enforcing displacement of Gaza’s population in the north of the enclave An NGO backed by Israel and the United States has announced that it is set to start distributing aid in besieged Gaza, despite its chief walking out, citing concerns over its independence. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF)…

Founded in 2010, Drools distributes its products across 40,000+ retail outlets in India and exports to 22 countries.  | Photo Credit: ARND WIEGMANN/Reuters Drools Pet Food Private Limited, a home-grown pet food company, said on Monday that it had bagged a financial investment from Nestle S.A, the parent company of Nestle India. This is likely…

A fight involving machetes at a Melbourne shopping centre has prompted an Australian state to fast-track the country’s first-ever ban on the weapon’s sale. The ban – to start in Victoria this Wednesday, instead of September – comes after two gangs attacked each other at Northland shopping centre in Preston on Sunday afternoon. A man,…

Governing party celebrates big win as just 42 percent of voters take part in legislative and governors vote. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s governing party has swept parliamentary and regional elections that were boycotted by the opposition. Preliminary results released by the National Electoral Council (CNE) on Monday showed that the United Socialist Party of Venezuela…

 Saloni Wagh, Managing Director at Supriya Lifescience “There are so many markets that are getting impacted on a daily basis. You need to always have a Plan B,” says Saloni Wagh, the 34-year-old Managing Director at Supriya Lifescience, on navigating a volatile business landscape and learning from it. Wagh was appointed to the top job about nine…

A college in Beijing has found itself at the centre of public fury after it allegedly asked a student to prove she was on her period to qualify for sick leave. A viral video, filmed inside what appears to be a clinic and posted to social media this month, shows a young woman asking an…

The international community should look to impose sanctions on Israel to stop its war in Gaza, Spain’s foreign minister has said, at a Madrid meeting of European and Arab nations, urging a halt to Israel’s punishing offensive in which Palestinian deaths and the spread of starvation are increasing each day. The high-level talks on Sunday…