Centre’s Special Representative on J&K Dineshwar Sharma on Thursday called on state Governor N.N. Vohra and Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti here, an official statement said. It said that Sharma, the Special Representative of the Government of India for the Dialogue in Jammu and Kashmir, who is currently visiting the State and meeting representatives of different […]
British Prime Minister Theresa May has named a pro-Brexit lawmaker to succeed Priti Patel as secretary of international development a day after the latter resigned. May named Penny Mordaunt on Thursday after Patel resigned on Wednesday over revelations that she held more than a dozen unauthorised meetings with senior Israeli officials, Efe news reported. To […]
Germany’s Hamburg airport was reopened on Thursday evening after being closed for over one hour due to field trespassing by two persons fleeing from custody, according to local media. According to German media Bild, the two persons are deportees who escaped from the immigration authorities’ exit custody, Xinhua reported. The Focus Online quoted a spokesperson […]
The facility of “First Responder Bike Ambulance” will be introduced, to tackle the congested roads during peak traffic hours, in three districts of Delhi from January next year, an official statement said on Thursday. The decision was taken in meeting chaired by Lt. Governor Anil Baijal to explore feasibility of improving emergency response services through […]
US President Donald Trump on Friday departed from Beijing for Vietnam, after an official three-day visit to China where he urged all countries to stop arming, financing and trading with the “murderous” North Korean regime. The presidential Air Force One aircraft took off from the Chinese capital at 9.15 a.m. (local time) for the coastal […]
Catalan Parliament Speaker Carme Forcadell has been taken to a prison here after failing to post the bail set by the Spanish Supreme Court in a sedition case involving the region’s secession bid. Forcadell was transported to Alcala-Meco detention facility with a women’s section on Thursday night, Efe news reported. Judge Pablo Llarena set Forcadell’s […]
Key Indian equity market indices opened in the red on Friday ahead of the crucial Goods and Services Tax Council meet. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) was trading 67.70 points or 0.20 per cent lower during the early session. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was also trading 11.20 points or […]
European Council President Donald Tusk has hailed the “clear and important” message conveyed by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China(CPC). Tusk made the remarks on Wednesday when he received the credentials presented by Ambassador Zhang Ming, the new head of the Chinese Mission to the European […]
Mexican negotiators in North America Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) talks will defend the country’s stance on maintaining current automotive rules of origin requirements, an official has said. Eduardo Solis, president of the Mexican Automotive Industry Association (AMIA), on Wednesday, said: “Our proposal is unique and we are not preparing any other.” Solis was speaking at […]
After the deadly smog in Delhi, the hazardous weather conditions have hit the state of Uttar Pradesh with various cities recording dangerously poor air quality, an official said on Thursday. The Air Quality Index (AQI) of Noida has been noted as the worst in the state in the past 24-hours. The Indian Medical Association (IMA) […]