IMAGE: Dalits enforce the closure of markets during a protest in Ahmedabad July 20 against the assault by cow protectors in Rajkot. Photograph: PTI 'Only the smoke is coming out now. Let us prevent the lava from coming out by taking proper measures.' T hough P S Krishnan , 84, retired after three decades of service as an IAS officer in 1990, as the secretary to the Government of India, he continues his work for the socially deprived classes in India. Krishnan, below, left , has been on numerous government committees after retirement, and is currently the advisor to the government of Telangana on backward classes, and the government of Andhra Pradesh on identification of and reservation for socially and educationally backward classes among Muslims. He is also a member of the National Monitoring Committee for Education of SCs, STs and Persons with Disabilities, and a member of the Central Monitoring Committee of the National Mission for Empowering Women. One of the ... » Learn More about ‘You are sitting on a volcano of Dalit anger’
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Not about looks: Here’s what makes men more attractive to women
There's something about music and tattoos Representational photograph: @Beckham/Facebook A new study has revealed that women rate photographs of male faces more attractive and are more likely to date the men pictured when they have previously heard music. Moreover, highly arousing music led to the largest effect on sexual attraction. 'There are currently few empirical findings that support Darwin's theory on the origin of music. We wanted to use a new experimental paradigm to investigate the role of music in choosing a mating partner,' said Manuela Marin, the leader of the study and former associate of the Institute for Basic Psychological Research and Research Methods at the University of Vienna. In the current study, Marin and her colleagues investigated the impact of musical exposure on the subjective evaluations of opposite-sex faces. 'Facial attractiveness is one of the most important physical characteristics that can influence the choice of a ... » Learn More about Not about looks: Here’s what makes men more attractive to women
Russian LNG, natural gas shouldn’t compete in export markets, Gazprom says
MOSCOW: Russia should ensure its natural gas and LNG supplies do not compete in international markets , Gazprom said on Thursday, amid signs a local LNG rival is becoming increasingly important in the European market traditionally dominated by Gazprom. Moscow has for years said its pipeline gas, which only Gazprom has a right to export, and liquefied natural gas (LNG), would never compete, with its LNG targeting mainly Asia and parts of Europe not served by natural gas pipelines. However, Yamal LNG, led by Russia's top private gas producer Novatek , shipped 33.5 million tonnes of LNG to Europe between 2018 and 2020, Refinitiv Eikon data showed, compared with 8.8 million tonnes sent to Asia. Russia, home to the world's biggest gas reserves and the second largest gas producer globally after the United States, aims to boost LNG output nearly threefold to 140 million tonnes in 15 years, to add to the gas it supplies the pipelines. Some in the industry hope its LNG may ... » Learn More about Russian LNG, natural gas shouldn’t compete in export markets, Gazprom says
Eradicating absolute poverty amid pandemic to benefit world: UAE ambassador
Video Player Close BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) ambassador to China, Ali Obaid Al Dhaheri, has praised China's achievements of eradicating absolute poverty despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The achievements showed the country's high-standard planning, and will have ripple effect globally and benefit the whole world, the ambassador told Xinhua in a recent interview. The removal of all national-level poverty-stricken counties from the poverty list represents an achievement in China's endeavor to eradicate absolute poverty, which caps off a long-standing government policy of reducing inequities in society, he said. When the World Bank first released poverty figures in 1990, two thirds of the Chinese population were estimated to be living below the poverty line. So, in just two generations, a significant percentage of the world's population has been lifted out of poverty, the ambassador said. It is also a strong indicator that China is right on ... » Learn More about Eradicating absolute poverty amid pandemic to benefit world: UAE ambassador
Interview: Strong, committed government assures China’s poverty alleviation success — expert
Video Player Close WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- China's success in poverty alleviation cannot be achieved without the "remarkable commitment" made by a "strong, command-down" government led by the Communist Party of China (CPC), a leading U.S. expert on China has said. "China's poverty alleviation story is one of the great stories of the world. I believe future historians will look back to (it) as a defining feature of our age. Certainly, it is China's great achievement," Robert Lawrence Kuhn, chairman of the Kuhn Foundation, told Xinhua in a recent interview. Those who recognize China's unprecedented poverty-alleviation success must also "recognize its causal relationship" to China's system led by the CPC and a strong government, Kuhn said. The expert believed that Chinese President Xi Jinping's leadership and commitment to poverty alleviation are one of the prime reasons for such an achievement. It is a "remarkable commitment" that Xi, also general secretary of the ... » Learn More about Interview: Strong, committed government assures China’s poverty alleviation success — expert
What are the future plans of Tata Steel?
'Tata Steel will continue pruning debt after surpassing the $1 bn goal, while keeping an eye on profitable and value-added growth.' Tata Steel delivered one of its best financial performances ever in the third quarter of the current financial year, and surpassed its deleveraging target of $1 billion. In an interview, Koushik Chatterjee , executive director and chief financial officer, Tata Steel, tells Ishita Ayan Dutt that the company will continue to focus on deleveraging but profitable and value-added growth will be equally important. H ow do you read the commodity cycle and what is your expectation in the near future? Globally, commodities have recovered very sharply from the lows of the pandemic in April 2020 on the back of a weak dollar, the liquidity triggered demand for commodities, supply constraint in the industry, the strong demand pull in China over the recent quarters and the broad based demand recovery post the peak of the pandemic. If ... » Learn More about What are the future plans of Tata Steel?
If India can’t build Chabahar, China will
The Modi government’s appalling inefficiency and lack of purpose stand exposed, says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. M y archives on India-Iran relations include a clipping from DNA newspaper from Mumbai, going back to May last year. It is a Press Trust of India report, Iran’s Chabahar port to be operational by December 2016: Nitin Gadkari , based on an exclusive interview with the Union minister of transport, coinciding with his visit to Teheran to finalise the Chabahar project. Gadkari was quoted as saying, ‘Work has started on the Chabahar port. There is a joint venture of Kandla Port Trust and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust… We will start port activities in a year or a year-and-a-half… I have given the orders to bring out tenders for purchasing cranes for the port. An agreement will be signed within a month.’ Last week, however, when PTI took another exclusive interview with Gadkari, it transpired that the goal post has been shifted. Gadkari said : ‘The ... » Learn More about If India can’t build Chabahar, China will
India’s Chabahar port plan is to buffet China’s plans in Gwadar
The recent Indo-Iran deal to develop the strategic Chabahar Port is part of India's "larger geo-strategic calculations" to gain access to the Middle East and Central Asia and to counter Pakistan-China's plan to develop Gwadar port, a media report said in Beijing on Tuesday. "Actually, Chabahar is just the tip of the iceberg of India's geostrategic ambitions. Besides building new berths and upgrades to Chabahar, what interests New Delhi more is a comprehensive scheme that can reshape India's geopolitics to the northwest and extend its influence further into the Middle East, Central Asia and the Trans-Caucasus," an article in the state-run Global Times said on Tuesday. To this end, India has recently committed USD 400 million (Rs 26 hundred crore) in steel to construction of the railway connecting Chabahar and Zahedan, near Afghan border, the report said. "Although New Delhi ostensibly highlights economic considerations, such as facilitating trade along the ... » Learn More about India’s Chabahar port plan is to buffet China’s plans in Gwadar
May 23 to be observed as ‘Day of Chabahar’: Rouhani
IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with Iranian President Hassan Rouhan during a joint press conference after their meeting at the Saadabad Palace in Tehran on Monday. Photograph: Shahbaz Khan/PTI Photo Iranian President Dr. Hassan Rouhani on Monday announced that May 23 will henceforth be called the ‘Day of Chabahar’ as India, Iran and Afghanistan signed the historic Chabahar Agreement. ‘This is a very important day for Iranians and now on it is going to be even more important because today is going to mark the day of cooperation between three of us, Iran, India and Afghanistan and from now on this day can be called the day of Chabahar,’ he said at trilateral summit. Asserting that it was an important day in the history of the relationship between the three countries, Iranian President said that Tehran, Delhi and Kabul would give this message to the region that the path of progress of the countries of the region goes through cooperation and utilization of ... » Learn More about May 23 to be observed as ‘Day of Chabahar’: Rouhani
Agree, many don’t trust us, Twitter CEO Dorsey, a day after govt issued regulations
For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now 'Are poll dates announced as per suggestions of PM Modi, Shah?': Mamata questions 8-phase elections View Sample For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS For Daily Alerts #Guidelines New COVID-19 strain: Full list of fresh guidelines for travellers #Guidelines Maharashtra government issues guidelines for foreign tours of bureaucrats #Guidelines Full list of MHA’s latest COVID-19 guidelines #Guidelines New Year Eve: Read this before you think of partying in Mumbai this year #Guidelines Karnataka New Year celebrations: Guidelines to be issued today #Guidelines Karnataka govt to issue guidelines to curb New Year eve revelry in Bengaluru soon Just In 28 min ago PM Modi to virtually inaugurate India Toy Fair 2021 today 59 min ago UP govt orders rapid antigen tests for Air Passengers from Maharashtra, Kerala 1 hr ... » Learn More about Agree, many don’t trust us, Twitter CEO Dorsey, a day after govt issued regulations