New Delhi, Nov 1: Pleasant weather conditions prevailed in the national capital Thursday, with the maximum temperature settling at 31.1 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average. The minimum temperature was recorded at 16 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of the year, said a MeT Department official. […]
New Delhi, Nov 1: Doctors at the premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here removed a 15-kg tumour from the uterus of a 20-year-old woman from Hapur in Uttar Pradesh. Her case posed a challenge for the surgeons at the central government-run premier hospital as the tumour […]
Chandigarh, Nov 1: Aam Admi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal Thursday played down the dissidence led by the party MLA Sukhpal Khaira in its Punjab unit, terming it as the “party’s internal matter”. The AAP’s MLA from Bholath, Khaira is leading a group of eight dissident legislators who revolted against […]
New Delhi, Nov 1: Opposition parties will work together to defeat the BJP, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said on Thursday in the presence of TDP leader and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu. The parties will work to ensure that the attack on democratic institutions stops, Gandhi […]
NEW DELHI : India’s prime minister on Wednesday unveiled a towering bronze statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, a key independence leader being promoted as a national icon in the ruling party’s campaign ahead of next year’s general elections. Patel, who hailed from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s native Gujarat […]
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena lifted his suspension of parliament and called a meeting for Monday that could end an increasingly bitter power struggle between two rival prime ministers, officials said. The climbdown Thursday by Sirisena, who sparked the crisis by sacking Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister and […]
Japan’s anti-trust authorities will probe whether tech giants such as Google and Amazon are using their market-leader positions to exploit contractors or obstruct competition, the country’s fair trade chief said Thursday. In an interview with the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper, the head of Japan’s Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) said […]
HONG KONG : The economic impact of the intensifying trade war between Washington and Beijing appeared to deepen last month with factory activity and export orders weakening across Asia, but analysts warned the worst was yet to come. In a sign conditions for exporters and factories were deteriorating, […]
NEW DELHI : Long known for its bureaucracy, India has made major strides in improving prospects for businesses in the country, the World Bank said in a report on Wednesday. India rose 23 places to 77th in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index for 2019, up […]
BENGALURU : There will be little respite for the bruised Indian rupee over the coming year, depressed by an escalating U.S.-China trade war and rising domestic political risks ahead of a general election, a Reuters poll showed Investors have generally shunned emerging market assets this year, made riskier […]
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