[ad_1] Bhagat Singh Memorial Foundation Pakistan Head, Advocate Imtiaz Rashid Qureshi, paid rich tributes to the independence hero. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Photo Library Bhagat Singh’s 116th birth anniversary was celebrated on September 28 by a non-profit foundation in Lahore, which demanded Pakistan’s highest gallantry award for the pre-partition era revolutionary leader. The […]
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Amid concerns raised by Moody’s Investor Services over the safety of Aadhaar, the government has said that not only the biometric citizen identity system but all applications under “India stack” remain highly protected against cyberattacks despite the country witnessing several hack attempts every single day.Abhishek Singh, the CEO and MD of Digital […]
[ad_1] President Emmanuel Macron said France will end its military presence in Niger and pull its ambassador out of the country after its democratically elected president was deposed in a coup. File | Photo Credit: AP President Emmanuel Macron announced on September 24 that France will end its military presence in Niger and pull its […]
[ad_1] MUMBAI: Global financial services major JP Morgan has decided to include Indian government securities (G-Secs) in its emerging market bond index, a move seen to boost dollar inflows into the country and bring down the rate of interest.This is the first time Indian G-Secs have been added to a major global bond index.JP Morgan […]
[ad_1] File picture of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman | Photo Credit: via Reuters Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said in a U.S. television interview that his country was moving steadily closer to normalizing relations with Israel and also warned that if Iran gets a nuclear weapon, “we have to get one.” […]
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Billionaire investor and hedge fund manager Ray Dalio has said that India has the highest growth potential among the top 22 countries in the world and has compared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, who unleashed a wave of economic reforms in the late 1970s which transformed the […]
[ad_1] Petrol and diesel have become costlier by 20% since the caretaker government took over in August in Pakistan. | Photo Credit: Reuters Amid double-digit inflation, Pakistan’s caretaker government has effected yet another hike in the prices of petrol and diesel taking them to a historic high — over (Pakistani) Rs 330 per litre — […]
[ad_1] LONDON: From his hardware store in Cambridge, England, Neil Mackay has seen a sharp rise in the number of tools being stolen. This year he’s lost more than £1,000 ($1,248) worth of pliers, while his shop was broken into in January. Stealing has become so common that Mackay, 68, keeps a rogues’ gallery of […]
[ad_1] Morocco’s King Mohammed VI visits injured quake survivors at Mohammed VI University Hospital Center, following a powerful earthquake, in Marrakech, Morocco. | Photo Credit: Reuters Morocco’s king showed solidarity with his suffering nation Tuesday as it counts the dead from a powerful earthquake, visiting some of the injured at a hospital not far from […]
[ad_1] New Delhi: Asserting that the Indian aviation sector‘s growth fundamentals are strong, Boeing has said significant skilling of people to meet demand, rationalisation of fuel taxes and continued infrastructure investments will keep the growth going. Boeing, which has hundreds of aircraft on order from Indian carriers, has also announced various investments, including $100 million […]