NEW DELHI: Delhi minister Parvesh Verma on Thursday acknowledged that toxic air has become a serious menace for the national capital, while squarely blaming former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for what he described as years of inaction on pollution control.“We accept that toxic air is a big menace,” Verma said, alleging that the previous AAP government failed to...
WASHINGTON: United States Senate on Thursday confirmed Indian American Richard Verma as Deputy Secretary of State, Management and Resources, a position which is normally seen as the CEO of the powerful State Department in the US Government.Verma, 54, was confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 67-26.He served as the US' Ambassador to India from January 16, 2015, to January 20, 2017, and is currently the...
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