Australian Prime Malcolm Turnbull on Tuesday announced that his newly-elected New Zealand counterpart Jacinda Ardern will visit the country on November 5, saying he was looking forward to meet her. Confirming the visit at a press conference here, Turnbull said that Australia and New Zealand have shared a close bond for decades, likening the relationship […]
President Ram Nath Kovind and Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday paid tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 142nd birth anniversary. Kovind remembered Patel as “India’s Man of Iron, of Integrity and of Integration” in the tweet he posted after paying floral tribute at Patel Chowk here. Naidu too, paid floral tribute to […]
The Congress party on Tuesday paid rich tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 142nd birth anniversary saying his “uncompromising efforts” kept India united after Independence. “Remembering Iron Leader Sardar Patel, whose uncompromising efforts were instrumental in keeping India united after Independence,” the party said in a tweet. The party also posted alondside a picture […]
US federal judge has partially blocked enforcement of key provisions of President Donald Trump’s memorandum banning transgender people from serving in the military, the media reported. On Monday, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia found the administration’s justification for the ban, which was set to take effect in […]
The US State Department has issued a travel warning to Niger and urged American citizens not to travel to the African country or surrounding areas due to “terrorist activity, kidnappings and high rate of crime”, the media reported. “Terrorist organisations, armed groups, and smugglers operate in the areas bordering Mali, Libya, and throughout northern Niger,” […]
The price band of Rs770-800 for the New India Assurance IPO values the state-owned insurance company at Rs64,392-67,940 crore. State-owned general insurer New India Assurance Co. Ltd (NIA) will launch its Rs9,600crore initial public offering (IPO) on 1 November. It is the second largest this year after General Insurance Corp. of India Ltd’s Rs11,372crore IPO. […]
Carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations in the Earth’s atmosphere surged to a record high in 2016, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) announced on Monday. Last year’s increase was 50 per cent higher than the average of the past 10 years, reports the BBC. The WMO said a combination of human activities and the El Nino weather […]
With almost 73 per cent of LED bulb brands found not conforming to the standards set by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Delhi stands as the city with the highest number of BIS norms violations in the country, a study said here on Monday. According to a Nielsen study conducted across four major Indian […]
Overcoming the freeze in ties on the marines issue for over five years, India and Italy on Monday agreed to boost economic ties from the current bilateral trade level of $8.8 billion as the two sides signed six agreements, including on mutual investments and energy, following delegation-level talks headed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]
China is set to block a resolution at the UN this week to declare Pakistan-based JeM chief Masood Azhar an international terrorist, frustrating India and the US who want the chief plotter of a deadly attack on Indian military bases punished. After Beijing blocked and put a technical hold on India’s application that lapsed last […]