Intense rain and heavy flooding caused at least 12 Russian workers to fall into a sewer where they were swept away on Sunday, reports said. According to several reports, workers in Moscow were cleaning the sewers, when water levels began to rise as heavy rain fell. At least 12 of the workers were swept away in the sewer. "Unfortunately, three workers have died, rescue workers have brought their bodies to the surface," the Russian Civil Defense reportedly said to the Interfax news agency on Sunday. Russian reports state that five of the workers managed to climb out of the sewer on their own, and four were rescued by emergency personnel and received medical attention. A video of one of the rescues was posted on Telegram by Mash, a Russian news outlet. The bodies of the three missing workers were found later on Sunday. "First, the body of one victim was found, then two," Lyudmila Nefedova, head of the press service of the Moscow prosecutor's office, told RIA Novosti. Law … [Read more...] about Russian workers fall into sewer, are swept away by heavy rain
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Macrovariable projections in uncertain times
The Fed has raised its benchmark interest rate again by a whopping 0.75%. The Reserve Bank of India has also been forced to raise interest rates further but also take other steps. These decisions in the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting are based on what the members of the MPC see as the likely course of the economy in the months ahead. But, the trajectory of the world economy, and its likely impact on the Indian economy, is imponderable. So, Indian policymakers would face two crucial problems. First, the main uncertainty is due to Russia’s war on Ukraine and the resultant economic sanctions on Russia, as well as the zero-COVID-19 policy in China that repeatedly implements lockdowns leading to global supply bottlenecks. Second, policy has to base itself on data. If it is deficient, it introduces additional uncertainty, making projections for the future difficult and causing policies to fail. This will compound the problem that results from the global uncertainty. … [Read more...] about Macrovariable projections in uncertain times
Man applauded for defending wife after she cursed out mother-in-law
Online commenters have applauded a man for taking his wife's side in an argument against his mother. Posting in Reddit 's "Am I The A**hole" (AITA) forum under the username u/dadof2throwWay, the man asked: "AITA for taking my wife's side after she screamed and cursed at my mother?" The post has garnered over 14,000 upvotes and more than 2,000 comments slamming the man's "controlling" mother. You can read the full post here . In his post, the man said his wife Melody, who is currently pregnant with their first child, doesn't get along with his mother. "[My mother is] very nit-picky about Melody, how much she does around the house, how emotional she is (Melody already cries very easily, and being pregnant has made her even more sensitive which is fine), the fact that she wants to be a stay-at-home mom...it just seems like nothing Melody does is okay," the man said. On Monday, the women's relationship went from bad to worse after Melody brought home a rotisserie chicken for … [Read more...] about Man applauded for defending wife after she cursed out mother-in-law