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Formula E race case: Senior IAS officer Arvind Kumar appears before ACB

Formula E race case: Senior IAS officer Arvind Kumar appears before ACB

Hyderabad, Jan 8 (PTI) Senior IAS officer Arvind Kumar, one of the accused in the FIR registered in Formula E race issue, appeared before the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) here on Wednesday. The ACB had earlier summoned Arvind Kumar for questioning in connection with the alleged irregularities in conducting the Formula-E race, and accordingly he reached the agency’s headquarters. The ACB in December 2024 registered a case against BRS Working President and MLA KT Rama Rao, who was Municipal Administration Minister in the previous BRS regime, over alleged payments, most of it in foreign currency without approvals, to conduct the race

Better sleep, more energy and feeling in control: the reported benefits of Dry January

Better sleep, more energy and feeling in control: the reported benefits of Dry January

Sussex, Jan 8 (The Conversation) Since it was started in 2013 by the charity Alcohol Change UK, the Dry January challenge has significantly grown in popularity, becoming a very popular new year’s resolution. In 2023, 175,000 people officially signed up to take on the challenge of going alcohol-free for the entire month of January – and it’s likely many more will have done it unofficially. Taking a month-long break from alcohol can have many benefits. And these benefits appear pretty quickly – across various aspects of health and wellbeing. At the biological level, one month of abstinence is associated with

Indian army divers retrieve the body of one of at least 9 miners trapped in a flooded coal mine

Indian army divers retrieve the body of one of at least 9 miners trapped in a flooded coal mine

GUWAHATI, India, January 8, 2025 (AP) — Indian army divers retrieved the body of one of at least nine miners trapped inside a flooded coal mine in India’s northeastern Assam state, officials said Wednesday. The miners became trapped on Monday when water gushed in from a nearby unused mine in the Umrangso area in Dima Hasao district, about 125 miles (200 kilometers) south of the state capital, Guwahati. “Army deep divers have found and retrieved one body from the flooded mine. The divers will go into the mine again to continue their search operations,” said Kaushik Rai, a local government

Rupee logs biggest one-day gain in over a month as regional peers jump

Rupee logs biggest one-day gain in over a month as regional peers jump

MUMBAI, Jan 7 (Reuters) – The Indian rupee logged its biggest one-day gain in more than a month on Tuesday as the dollar dipped towards a one-week low, boosting regional currencies, while foreign banks’ dollar sales also helped. The rupee closed up 0.1% at 85.7125 against the U.S. dollar, its strongest daily gain since late-November. The dollar index fell 0.3% to 107.9, while other Asian currencies rose between 0.2% and 0.9% as traders pondered whether U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s trade tariffs would not be as aggressive as anticipated. A report by the Washington Post on Monday said Trump’s aides were

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