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Islamabad, Oct 4 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has planned to invest $5 billion in an oil refinery project in Pakistan by the end of 2019, said a top diplomat. “We are going to launch very soon one of the biggest investments in a refinery project in Hub (a[Read More…]

Islamabad, Oct 4 (IANS) The Pakistan Supreme Court has decided to constitute a special bench for the implementation of its 2014 judgement on the protection of minority rights and promotion of a culture of religious and social tolerance. Subsequently, a three-judge Supreme Court bench, headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial,[Read More…]

Mumbai, Oct 4 (IANS) The claws are out and they are ready to fight, day four in the “Bigg Boss 13” saw an ugly fight between contestants Shefali Bagga and Devoleena Bhattcharjee. On Thursday’s episode, “Bigg Boss” lovers got to see a fight dividing the house into 12 against 1[Read More…]

Chennai, Oct 4 (IANS) Even as Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to visit Mamallapuram, the Unesco Heritage site in Tamil Nadu this month, the first Premier of the Asian giant Zhou Enlai had visited Kulpanthandalam, a nearby village, way back in 1956 where he had opened a maternity and[Read More…]

San Francisco, Oct 4 (IANS) Google Shopping is getting a major overhaul in the US across both offline and online mobile sites and includes new features, including options to shop from local stores, track prices and find style inspiration through Google Lens. The new homepage is now more personalised to[Read More…]

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New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANSlife) Noida girl Shefali Sood, who recently won Miss Diva Supranational 2019 title, says beauty pageants are not a cakewalk and one needs to fight for their place there. According to the Sood, her journey to the crown has been a “long one”. The 24-year-old moved[Read More…]

New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) will showcase its newest acquisitions – the Apache and the Chinook helicopters – on the occasion of Air Force Day next week, defence officials said here on Friday. The Air Force Day celebrations will be held with a spectacular air[Read More…]

By Puja Gupta New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANSlife) India may not be the most fast forward country in consumption of fashion, but it is the best producer of slow fashion, says Rahul Mishra. The designer should know. Hailing from Kanpur, Mishra became the first Indian winner of the International Woolmark[Read More…]

Los Angeles, Oct 4 (IANS) An investigation into a stuntwoman’s death on the Vancouver set of “Deadpool 2” has attributed her fatal motorcycle accident to a series of safety errors. Government agency WorkSafeBC said the film’s makers should have ensured Joi Harris was wearing a helmet, reports bbc.com. It also[Read More…]

Panaji, Oct 4 (IANS) While mutual co-operation in the Indian Ocean region is the need of the hour, the co-operation is not directed against any country, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said on Friday. “We consider that anything that is good for one country, is going to contribute to the[Read More…]

Brussels, Oct 4 (IANS) Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, has said that the European Union (EU) was “open but not convinced” by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s new proposals for a Brexit deal with the bloc. Tusk made the comments on Thursday after speaking to Irish Prime Minister[Read More…]

Mumbai, Oct 4 (IANS) To reverse the consumption slowdown and shore-up growth, the Reserve Bank of India on Friday reduced key lending rates for the fifth consecutive time. Accordingly, the the RBI’s monetary policy committee (MPC) in its fourth policy review of the current fiscal reduced the repo, or short[Read More…]

New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the Central government on a plea seeking appointment of judicial and expert members for the National Green Tribunal (NGT) benches across the country. A bench headed by Justice N.V. Ramana issued notice to the Central government on[Read More…]

Amritsar, Oct 4 (IANS) Bollywood actor Vicky Kaushal visited the Golden Temple here before commencing the next shoot schedule for his upcoming film “Sardar Udham Singh”. Vicky on Friday took to Instagram, where he shared a photograph of himself praying. “Babaji, mehr bakshyo. #SardarUdhamSingh here we go!” he captioned the[Read More…]

Canberra, Oct 4 (IANS) An Australian research team on Friday announced that it had discovered the fossilized remains of a new species of gigantic pterosaur, a kind of prehistoric flying reptile, believed to have soared the sky some 96 million years ago. The species, named Ferrodraco lentoni, had a wingspan[Read More…]

Los Angeles, Oct 4 (IANS) British actress Cynthia Erivo will be seen playing ‘Queen of Soul’ Aretha Franklin for an upcoming season of “Genius” for the National Geographic. “Aretha Franklin has been a source of inspiration for me since I was a little girl. Her strength, passion and soul are[Read More…]

Mumbai, Oct 4 (IANS) Parineeti Chopra is currently prepping for the biopic Saina Nehwal. The star Badminton player has reacted and said that she cannot wait to see the actress to play the best athlete on screen. Parineeti on Thursday shared a photograph of herself from her badminton practice sessions[Read More…]

Mumbai, Oct 4 (IANS) Actress Parineeti Chopra says she has not done “glam” for months as she is busy with two realistic films — “The Girl On The Train” Hindi remake and a biopic on ace badminton star Saina Nehwal. Parineeti on Thursday took to Instagram to share her glamorous[Read More…]

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