MUMBAI, India—Amitabh Bachchan said he was injured while shooting a film in southern India and is recovering at home. The 80-year-old Bollywood superstar posted on his blog Sunday night that he sustained a rib injury while working in Hyderabad on the science fiction film “Project K.” It’s being made in the Hindi and Telugu languages…
State-Funded ‘Anti-Disinformation’ Campaign Flagged Americans as Foreign Shills: Twitter File
A state-funded group got thousands of ordinary American users of Twitter flagged and banned as spreaders of “foreign” disinformation, according to the latest installment of “Twitter Files” released on Thursday by independent journalist Matt Taibbi. The flawed “anti-disinformation” blacklist campaign was led by the Global Engagement Center (GEC), a lesser-known unit within the State Department. Established…
State-Funded ‘Anti-Disinformation’ Campaign Flagged Americans as Foreign Shills: Twitter Files
A state-funded group got thousands of ordinary American users of Twitter flagged and banned as spreaders of “foreign” disinformation, according to the latest installment of “Twitter Files” released on Thursday by independent journalist Matt Taibbi. The flawed “anti-disinformation” blacklist campaign was led by the Global Engagement Center (GEC), a lesser-known unit within the State Department. Established…
Magnitude 7.2 Earthquake Strikes Tajikistan, Near Border With China
An earthquake of about 7.2 magnitude shook Tajikistan at 8:37 a.m. local time on Thursday at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles), Chinese state television CCTV reported, citing the China Earthquake Networks Center. The epicentre was about 82 kilometers from the nearest border with China and was strongly felt in some areas in China’s…
US, India Vying for ‘Practical’ Cooperation in Civil Nuclear Energy: Official
February 20, 2023
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The United States and India are exploring ways for “practical” civil nuclear energy cooperation amid a global energy crisis triggered by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, reviving a 2008 deal that had fallen into disuse. Geoffrey R. Pyatt, assistant secretary of state for Energy Resources, said on Feb. 20 that he discussed with his Indian counterparts…
India, Soon World’s Most Populous Nation, Doesn’t Know How Many People It Has
NEW DELHI—In two months, India is projected to become the world’s most populous country with over 1.4 billion people. But for at least a year, and possibly longer, the country won’t know how many people it has because it hasn’t been able to count them. India’s once-in-a-decade census, due in 2021 and delayed due to…
Tax Officials Search BBC’s India Offices After Government Blocked Modi Documentary
India’s income tax officials searched the BBC India offices in Delhi and Mumbai on Tuesday, just weeks after the government blocked the airing of a BBC documentary about Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The authorities conducted “surveys” on the UK-based broadcaster to probe its “violation of the transfer pricing rules and diversion of profits,” The Indian…
Air India Reveals Orders for 470 Boeing, Airbus Jets
LONDON—Air India unveiled orders Tuesday for 470 Boeing and Airbus passenger jets as it races to tap surging demand for increasingly affordable air travel from the nation’s growing ranks of middle-class consumers. India’s largest international airline and second-largest domestic carrier is buying 220 Boeing aircraft valued at $34 billion. It marks the U.S. plane maker’s…
India Discovers 5.9 Million Tonnes of Lithium Reserves in Jammu and Kashmir
India has found 5.9 million tonnes of lithium reserves in Jammu and Kashmir provinces, the country’s first major discovery, which experts believe could help India advance its goal to increase the production of electric vehicles (EVs). The Geological Survey of India made the discovery in the Salal-Haimana region of Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, according…
India Scraps COVID Test Requirement for Arrivals From China, 5 Other Nations
Travelers arriving from China, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, Thailand, and Japan will no longer need to take a pre-departure COVID-19 test before entering India starting Feb. 13, the Health Ministry said on Friday. The Indian Health Ministry said the decision was made due to a “sustained and significant decline in the trajectory of COVID-19…
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