New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday inaugurated the his country’s Rivatex East Africa Ltd revamped with Indian help, the High Commission of India in Nairobi Rahul Chhabra said on Saturday. The once sick textile factory has been modernised with a concessional loan of $29.95 million[Read More…]
Buenos Aires, June 22 (IANS) Argentine football great Mario Kempes said on Saturday that Lionel Messi should take a break from international football in his and his team’s interests. “As things stand I think that giving Messi a break would not be a bad thing,” the 1978 World Cup winner[Read More…]
San Francisco, June 22 (IANS) Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, who initiated the call to break up the social networking giant, has termed the new digital currency Libra “frightening”. In a series of tweets, Hughes said Libra has a long way to go before being successful, but in theory, it’s “brilliant[Read More…]
Colombo, June 22 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Saturday further extended the state of emergency by a month considering the security situation in the country. The President signed an extraordinary gazette notification which said the emergency was in effect for public security, the preservation of public order and[Read More…]
Srinagar, June 22 (IANS) A three-wheeler driver was injured late on Friday evening in alleged army firing in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Police sources said Muhammad Shafi Ganai, a three-wheeler driver was flagged down by army soldiers at a check post in Romishi Nallah late on Friday. “The driver[Read More…]
Unnao (Uttar Pradesh), June 22 (IANS) A 11-year-old girl was raped and murdered in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district. The incident took place on Friday in Safipur police circle. The girl, who was sleeping outside her house, was found missing when her father woke up in the middle of the night.[Read More…]
Lucknow, June 22 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Minister of Minority Affairs and Dairy Development Chaudhary Laxmi Narain has landed in a controversy after a video of a government employee helping him wear his shoes went viral on the social media. The incident took place in Shahjahanpur where the Minister was participating[Read More…]
Chennai, June 22 (IANS) Tamil Nadu’s Opposition DMK on Saturday began protests across the state against the AIADMK government’s failure to take prompt action to meet the state’s water crisis. The ruling party officials, meanwhile, were holding yagnas in temples seeking God’s blessings for the rains. With Chennai and several[Read More…]
Srinagar, June 22 (IANS) A non-local militant was killed on Saturday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district. An encounter started in morning between militants and the Rashtriya Rifles and special operations group of state police in Boniyar area of Uri sector, police sources[Read More…]
Leeds, June 22 (IANS) Pacer Lasith Malinga was the star of the show as Sri Lanka fashioned a stunning 20-run win over hosts and tournament favourites England at the 2019 ICC World Cup. In his 10 overs, Malinga took four wickets for 43 runs. England were chasing 233 and it[Read More…]
By Yajurvindra Singh The 2019 cricket World Cup has reached its halfway stage. South Africa and Afghanistan are now not in contention whereas the West Indies, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and the peppy Bangladesh side are all in the precarious position of having to win all their remaining matches. The four[Read More…]
Bangkok, June 22 (IANS) The leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Saturday gathered in Bangkok for a summit to discuss economic matters affecting the region amid the ongoing trade tensions between the US and China, as well as to broach an array of policies promoting a path[Read More…]
By Amit Kapoor The trade war between US and China seemed like a distant conflict to most Indians. As the two largest economies in the world dished out threats and counter-threats of tariff hikes, India was largely a disinterested bystander with the only consequential fear of slower global trade. However,[Read More…]
Leeds, June 22 (IANS) Sri Lankan captain Dimuth Karunaratne hailed pacer Lasith Malinga as a “legend” after the latter’s performance in their recent shock win over tournament favourites England at the 2019 ICC World Cup. “I think he’s a legend. He knows what he has to do,” said Karunaratne in[Read More…]
San Francisco, June 22 (IANS) Facebook has reversed its ban on British rock band Led Zeppelin’s 1973 album “Houses of the Holy” cover that features nude children. The social media platform had removed the posts circulating the images — originally created by the designer Aubrey Powell — citing community standards,[Read More…]
Guadalajara (Mexico), June 22 (IANS) A police officer and two suspects were killed in a shootout in the Mexico’s Tlajomulco, an official has sid. The confrontation began on Friday after the police on a routine patrol spotted “suspicious-looking people” around a residence used as a safe house by organized crime,[Read More…]
Phnom Penh, June 22 (IANS) Three people were killed and dozens others trapped after a seven-storey under-construction building collapsed on Saturday morning in Cambodia’s Preah Sihanouk province. “So far, three people were found dead, as 19 others were rescued,” Xinhua news agency quoted Provincial Governor Yun Min as saying. All[Read More…]
By Taponeel Mukherjee The ten-year United States (US) Treasury yield dipped below two per cent recently. The Indian market participants must view this move as an opportunity to improve and strengthen the investment markets in India. Low yields in developed markets and the consequent need for higher investment returns from[Read More…]
By Anand Singh New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project is missing on its deadline of land acquisition as till date only 39 per cent of the 1,380 hectares of land required has been acquired. A senior National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd.[Read More…]
By Milinda Ghosh Roy Kolkata, June 22 (IANS) Kolkata has witnessed a string of hooliganism related incidents in recent months, with its long time denizens putting the blame on rising communalism, strained socio-political conditions and a lackadaisical attitude of the administration in catching or punishing the ruffians. While many of[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Excess expenditure over and above the limit of one-third of the provisions in the vote-on-account by the Public Financial Management System (PFMS) has forced the Finance Ministry to defer the salaries of Group A and B employees in the Department of Expenditures for the month[Read More…]
New Delhi/Lucknow, June 22 (IANS) In a bid to unravel the nexus between the gangsters and jail authorities, the CBI has questioned several officials of Uttar Pradesh’s Deoria jail over the alleged kidnapping and assaulting of a real estate dealer in its premises. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) action[Read More…]
Washington, June 22 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has spoken over phone with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud on Iran. The two leaders on Friday discussed issues related to Iran and Saudi Arabia’s role in ensuring stability in the Middle East and the global oil market,[Read More…]
New York, June 22 (IANS) US stocks ended slightly lower as investors digested a batch of mixed data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Friday was down 34.04 points, or 0.13 per cent, to 26,719.13. The S&P 500 shed 3.72 points, or 0.13 per cent, to 2,950.46, Xinhua news agency[Read More…]
New York, June 22 (IANS) Take out time for travelling amid your busy schedule as frequent vacations not only help de-stress but also reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases, reveals a new study. The study, published in Psychology and Health journal, found that a vacation can help people reduce their[Read More…]
