1. Ukraine war: Conflicting
claims over embattled
town of Solider
January 10, 2023
Russia's mercenary Wagner Group
has claimed control over the town of
Soledar in eastern Ukraine - but
Kyiv says its soldiers are holding
out.
Russia's media carried a statement purported to
be by the Wagner head, Yevgeniy Prigozhin, who
2. said Ukrainians were now encircled in the city
centre.
Ukraine's Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar
earlier said that "heavy fighting is continuing".
The claims by both sides have not been
independently verified.
In the reported statement late on Tuesday, Mr
Prigozhin said: "Wagner units took control of the
entire territory of Soledar. A cauldron has been
formed in the centre of the city in which urban
fighting is going on."
3. The statement stressed that only Wagner fighters
- who are not part of the Russian armed forces -
were taking part "in the storming" of Soledar.
Meanwhile, Ms Maliar said a few hours before
that "the enemy does not pay attention to the
large losses of its personnel and continues to
actively storm".
"The approaches to our positions are simply
strewn with the bodies of dead enemy fighters.
Our fighters are defending bravely," she added.
The fall of Soledar - a small salt-mining town in
the Donetsk region - could help Russian troops to
encircle the nearby strategic city of Bakhmut.
4. The UK said earlier on Tuesday that Russian
troops and the mercenary Wagner Group were
"likely" to now be in control of the town.
On Monday, Ukraine President Volodymyr
Zelensky said there was "almost no life" left in
Soledar and "no whole walls left".
"This is what madness looks like," he added.
And in a new address late on Tuesday, Mr
Zelensky praised the resilience of Ukrainian
forces.
The strategic importance of Soledar is debated,
but its capture would be significant for two
reasons.
5. First, it would allow Russian forces to inch closer
to the regional city of Bakhmut. Russia could use
access to Soledar's deep, city-like network of salt
mine tunnels, dormant since April, to penetrate
Ukrainian-controlled territory.
Secondly, invading forces would be able to give
Ukraine a taste of its own medicine.
One thing that has helped Kyiv liberate territory
has been its ability to target Russian supply lines.
Long-range missile strikes have often left
thousands of invading troops unable to replenish
personnel, ammunition, fuel, and rations, and
stopped them freely moving military hardware.
6. The capturing of Soledar - which had a
population of 10,000 before the war - would
effectively cut Bakhmut off from a major supply
line from nearby Sloviansk.
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The UK said it believed Soledar was close to
falling to Russia - but added that the Kremlin was
"unlikely" to take Bakhmut immediately due to
Ukraine's "stable defence lines".
A senior military official from the US Department
of Defense said earlier on Monday there was a
"good portion" of Soledar in Russian hands.
7. Fighting around Bakhmut has been going on for
months, and the US official described the most
recent exchanges as "savage".
Two British nationals have gone missing in the
region and were last seen heading to Soledar
.
8. Despite the long and intense battle, Oleh
Zhdanov - a highly respected military analyst in
Ukraine - believes that neither Soledar nor
Bakhmut are especially important from an
operational point of view.
Mr Zhdanov said in an interview on Monday with
the Ukrainian newspaper Gazeta that Russia "is
trying to prove to the whole world that its army is
capable of winning".
The Institute for the Study of War, a US-based
think-tank, has said that Mr Prigozhin, "will
continue to use both confirmed and fabricated
Wagner Group success in Soledar and Bakhmut
to promote the Wagner Group as the only
Russian force in Ukraine capable of securing
tangible gains".
9. Russia has suffered several major setbacks in
Ukraine since its invasion nearly a year ago,
including losing control of the only regional
capital in the south it had managed to
capture.
Capturing Solar would just as much be a
propaganda victory for the Kremlin as a military
one.
The gains for Russia are relatively small and
costly, but the town would be a much-needed
trophy to present to critics back home.
11. Moonlighting in India -
What, Why and
Should of this HR
nightmare
December 18, 2022
How does moonlighting work? What,
though, is moonlighting? To find out,
let's consult the dictionary. Moonlighting
is defined by Cambridge Dictionary as
"the act of working at an additional job,
especially without disclosing it to your
primary workplace." According to
rumors, Sachin and Binny Bansal
launched Flipkart while they were
employees of Amazon. While employed
12. by Zoho, Girish Mathrubootham founded
Freshdesk, which is now known as
Freshworks. In India, many startups were
created by entrepreneurs who were also
full-time employees of another company.
Moonlighting is a behavior that
practically every knowledge- and
services-based company engages into
some extent. It is not exclusive to IT
services companies. Listings for creative
work, such as design, writing, and
translation, are abundant on gig job
platforms. On these sites, there is
demand for even non-creative
service-based positions in HR, finance,
sales, and marketing, as well as in the
legal and educational s
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December 09, 2022
India is not prepared for electric
automobiles, unfortunately. The absence
of infrastructure for electric vehicles is
the main problem. India's lack of a
well-organized charging station
infrastructure restricts travel. Power
theft costs India more than $16 billion
annually and is a very prevalent
occurrence. The progress will be
14. hampered if such a large amount of
money is lost to electricity theft. Power
outages will be detrimental because
electricity will be used to power the
entire system. Today, power outages
occur in India's large cities as well as
villages and other places. Compared to a
fuel-powered vehicle, an electric
vehicle's top speed is significantly lower.
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15. Make in India: The
idea will make India a
manufacturing hub
December 26, 2022
Making India a manufacturing hub is the
aim behind "Make in India." The
discussion of the Make in India
campaign's effectiveness drew not just
economists, bureaucrats, and politicians
to analyze the project's advantages and
disadvantages, but also top MBA schools
in India. Topic Background The "Make in
India" initiative was started by the
government of Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi with the goal of putting
the Indian economy on a high growth
trajectory. The concept seeks to entice
corporations from all around the world
16. to invest and produce in India. The goal
of the program is to turn India become a
major worldwide producer of things like
vehicles, software, satellites, submarines,
paper, power, and much more. Make in
India-key facts A realistic initiative called
"Make in India" seeks to boost
manufacturing's current 16% share of
GDP to 25%. With the introduction of the
"Make in India" campaign, India has
established itself as
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