India

NEW DELHI, March 14 - Lahore in Pakistan jumped more than 10 places to become the city with the worst air in the world in 2022, according to an annual global survey by a Swiss maker of air purifiers.

The report published on Tuesday by IQAir also said that Chad in central Africa had replaced Bangladesh as the country with the most polluted air last year.

IQAir measures air quality levels based on the concentration of lung-damaging airborne particles known as PM2.5. Its annual survey is widely cited by researchers and government organisations.

New Delhi, Mar 11 (PTI) Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Ramchandra Pillai, arrested in a money laundering case related to the alleged Delhi excise scam, has moved a city court accusing the Enforcement Directorate (ED) of forging his statements in the matter.

NEW DELHI, Mar 19 (NNN-PTI) – In a bid to tighten oversight of digital assets, the Indian government has imposed money laundering provisions on cryptocurrencies or virtual assets, officials said yesterday.

A gazette notification, issued by the country’s federal finance ministry, said, the anti-money laundering legislation has been applied to crypto trading, safekeeping, and related financial services.

With this decision, digital assets, cryptos or virtual asset businesses, will now fall under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.

BENGALURU, March 7 (Reuters) - Embattled Indian conglomerate Adani Group said it prepaid share-backed financing of 73.74 billion rupees ($901.16 million), as it looks to allay fears over leverage and debt since a U.S. short seller's critical report sparked a stock rout.

Hindenburg Research had in its Jan. 24 report alleged stock manipulation and improper use of tax havens by Adani, and flagged "substantial" debt levels, which the group has denied.

Kanpur: The confidence builds up following success in the examinations. The students start paying more attention to their studies for the next promoted class.

Such a kind of attitude was seen among a few students when they began attending tutorial classes, particularly for tougher subjects like mathematics before the start of the new academic session.

As they are very well aware of the fact that Hook festivals are continuing, they do not want to waste their time on frivolous things. 

BENGALURU, March 3 (Reuters) - Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) iPhones will soon be assembled at another site in the southern Indian state of Karnataka and 300 acres have been aside to set up a factory, the state government said on Friday.

Bloomberg News had earlier reported that Apple partner Foxconn Technology Group planned to invest about $700 million in the Karnataka site to ramp up local production.

The state's investment promotion division said in a tweet that the move would generate 100,000 employment in the next 10 years.

NEW DELHI, March 3 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the United States of hypocrisy after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Russia cannot be allowed to wage war in Ukraine with impunity, during a security forum they attended in New Delhi on Friday.

The top diplomats from Moscow and Washington had both attended the Group of 20 foreign ministers gathering in the Indian capital earlier this week, and met in person for the first time since Russian forces invaded Ukraine a year ago.

NEW DELHI (AP) — The top diplomats of Australia, India, Japan and the United States said Friday their Indo-Pacific-focused bloc is not aimed at countering China but released a statement filled with buzzwords and phrases that reflect growing unease over China’s influence in the region.

Meeting in New Delhi, the four foreign ministers barely mentioned China by name and insisted that the so-called “Quad” group is designed to boost their own national interests and improve those of others through enhanced cooperation in non-military areas.

NEW DELHI, March 2. /TASS/: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke on the sidelines of a G20 meeting in New Delhi and called on Russia to reverse the decision to suspend its participation in the New START treaty, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing a senior US official.

The diplomats spoke for less than 10 minutes, according to the report. Blinken also said the US is prepared "to support Ukraine's defense as long as it takes."

NEW DELHI, March 2. /TASS/: Some Western delegations turned the G20 agenda into a farce, trying to blame Moscow for their own economic failures, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday.

In New Delhi, he held talks with counterparts from Brazil, India, China and Turkey and had a quick word with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the latter’s request when their paths crossed.