NEW DELHI — The faceless transport services were launched in the capital of India, Delhi, on Aug. 11 by the state chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal. Under this initiative, 33 transport services will go completely faceless and online from Aug. 12, except for vehicles’ driving and fitness tests. During the launch, Kejriwal locked the doors of the IP Estate Regional Transport Office (RTO). “After the introduction of faceless transport services, Delhi government has shut down its four RTOs. Apart from the IP Estate RTO, RTOs in Sarai Kale Khan, Janakpuri, and Vasant Vihar have also been closed,” Kejriwal said. On the launch occasion,…
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NAIROBI, Kenya — A Chinese firm is demanding billions of shillings in pending bills that Kenya borrowed to build the $3.6 billion Standard Gauge Railway line from the coastal town of Mombasa to the capital, Nairobi. Africa Star Railway Operation Company Limited, known as Afristar, the Chinese company contracted to run the train service, has listed clearing its debts as a condition before fully transferring railway operations to Kenya in May 2022. Parliament in 2020 revealed that Kenya had not paid Sh38 billion [$348million] to Afristar, which is majority-owned by China Road and Bridge Corporation. It was contracted in May 2017…
TIZI OUZOU, Algeria – Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune , on Aug. 11, 2021, announced a three-day mourning for people who lost their lives in the wildfires that keep raging across the country. Along with other Mediterranean nations, Algeria is struggling with intense wildfires that have already claimed 65 lives, including 28 military and 37 civilians. “In connection with the martyrdom of civil and military persons in wildfires that engulfed several provinces, President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune decided to declare national mourning for a period of three days, starting on Aug. 12,” the president’s office said in a statement .…
ATHENS, Ga. — Smartphones have definitely made our lives easier but have they complicated our personal relationships? A study by researchers at the University of Georgia reveals various factors that may drive individuals to ignore their friends in favor of an electronic screen. The study also highlighted how snubbing friends to look at a phone screen is linked to various mental health issues, including depression and anxiety. The findings of the study were published in the journal of Behaviour and Information Technology. Smartphones have made multi-tasking easier, more understandable, and at times compulsive. But in social settings, these devices can lead to a form of contemporary rudeness…
TEXAS CITY, Texas — It’s out! The salary gap between men and women may be due to certain gender-disposed personality traits, a study by a psychology researcher at the University of Houston reveals. The study, ‘Can Gender-Disposed Personality Traits Explain Who Initiates Negotiations?‘ reveals how personality traits, specifically ‘assertiveness,’ can play a role in the salary gap. The findings of the study were published in the journal Group Decision and Negotiation. “We found that women are higher in politeness and compassion than men, but neither of these personality traits was related to the propensity to initiate a negotiation,” said Denise L. Reyes, assistant professor of…
Muhsin Cason, the younger brother of former undisputed heavyweight champion, Hasim Rahman, has started his boxing career with eight wins and no losses, including five knockouts. While Muhsin Cason didn’t put on a pair of gloves until he was 21 years old, by all accounts a late bloomer in the boxing world, he has rubbed elbows with some of the best boxing trainers and minds in the sport. Those experiences, Cason feels, will expedite his surge toward the belt holders. In a division that has been dominated by European fighters, Cason vows to bring the belts back to the U.S.…
NAIROBI, Kenya — After waiting for months in vain for Covid-19 vaccines as infections rise in the continent, several African countries have opted to build their own vaccine production lines. Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda are setting up vaccine production facilities to reduce reliance on donations from rich countries accused of “vaccine apartheid”. Almost 79 million vaccine doses have reached Africa, but only 21 million people, or just 1.6 percent of Africa’s 1.3 billion people, are fully vaccinated, according to the World Health Organization. Globally, 30 percent of the world population has received the first Covid-19 dose, and 15.5 percent is fully vaccinated. Canada leads the pack of…
WASHINGTON — Congress is set to power up renewable energy after the Senate made a big investment into the nation’s electric grid as part of a comprehensive bipartisan infrastructure bill passed on Tuesday. From hydrogen pipelines and electric vehicle charging stations to green school buses, the sprawling $1.2 trillion infrastructure package approved in a 69-30 vote features a list of energy projects of all types. But it’s the upgrades to the grid that drew the biggest cheers from renewable energy advocates, who have said lack of capacity is slowing down deployment of wind, solar, high-capacity batteries and other green energy staples.…
As the crisis at the border between Lithuania and Belarus deepens, a video shows Lithuanian border guards dragging an unconscious pregnant refugee across the border with Belarus. “The footage clearly shows how the Lithuanian border guards move an unconscious pregnant woman from the Lithuanian side to the border line, and leave her there,” a statement from the press service of the State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus says. “This is nothing more than deliberately leaving a person in danger without the possibility of obtaining the necessary medical care. “First aid was provided on the spot by the border…
A seal whose flesh was cut by an abandoned fishing net suffered one of the worst injuries conservationists have seen, according to those who rescued him. The young male seal, named Nylon by his rescuers, is recovering, and they are optimistic he may eventually be released back into the wild. Staff at Ecomare, a museum, aquarium and animal-rescue center in De Koog on the Dutch Wadden island of Texel, found the seal on the beach on Aug. 9. They arrived after a passerby spotted the animal and alerted the center. Staff brought the animal back to their shelter, where a…