Author: Prisha Rastogi

While the United States is urging China not to assist Russia in the Ukraine crisis, Beijing and New Delhi are growing increasingly concerned that they will bail out Moscow from a debacle imposed by the West. Following US officials’ assertions over the weekend that Moscow was seeking military supplies and economic assistance from China as a result of becoming embroiled in the Ukraine crisis, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met with China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Rome on Monday to express Washington’s concerns about possible military and financial assistance to Russia. China has categorically denied the reports as…

Piyush Goyal, the commerce and industry minister, said on Sunday that the government is exploring the possibility of establishing a fund for agritech entrepreneurs. Agritech is a broad term that encompasses agricultural technology, which ranges from artificial intelligence to genetically modified crops. During a webinar, the minister also stated that technology and innovation would be the driving forces behind India’s growth and that the government anticipates a large number of startups participating in defence R&D, for which the government is willing to establish an agritech fund. He also stated that the government would like to see more companies participating in…

The Delhi Police reported on Sunday that Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma was detained and given bail last month for allegedly slamming his car into the official vehicle of the Deputy Commissioner of Police (South). On February 22, the incident occurred. According to police, Sharma was detained the same day and released on bail by the case’s investigating officer.  The allegations suggest the circumstances of the arrest are “exaggerated,” according to a Paytm spokeswoman. The complainant, constable Deepak Kumar, who was driving DCP Benita Mary Jaiker’s car, alleged in the FIR that the incident occurred while he and…

According to media reports on Friday, Meta, the parent company of social networks Facebook and Instagram, plans to allow the publication of calls for violence against Russians in response to the invasion of Ukraine. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, we temporarily made exceptions to commonly forbidden forms of political expressions, such as violent speech such as ‘die before the Russian aggressors’. According to Andy Stone, a spokesman for Meta, threats of violence against Russian civilians will not be tolerated. According to the Sputnik news agency, the US media behemoth will allow posts in several countries, including Russia, Ukraine, and Poland,…