open view web desk Government is continuously taking steps to facilitate industrial development in the country though no specific year-wise targets for industrial development are assigned. Key initiatives include Make in India under which thrust sectors have been identified to provide a push to manufacturing and Start-up India […]
open view web desk International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) launched the Certification with high security features in order to prevent use of forged certificates in New Delhi this week. This is a first of its kind initiative taken by any automotive certification agency in India for enhancing […]
MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the Taliban should be taken into account at peace talks on Afghanistan because of the amount of territory they control. Speaking at his annual news conference, Putin also said that Russia needed to beef up its military base […]
BEIRUT – The U.S. decision to withdraw from Syria will allow Islamic State to regroup at a critical stage in the conflict, Washington’s Kurdish partners said on Thursday, after Western allies expressed alarm at the sudden move. The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said President Donald Trump’s withdrawal […]
COLOMBO – Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena appointed a 30-member cabinet on Thursday, retaining control over the police while they investigate an alleged plot to kill him that triggered a row with the premier and led to a lengthy political crisis. The cabinet announcement follows the reinstatement of […]
Three members of the International Space Station’s crew returned safely to Earth on Thursday, landing in Kazakhstan on a Russian Soyuz craft, NASA reported. It was the first return from the space station since October, when U.S. astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin landed unharmed on […]
JAIPUR/TONK, India – When India votes in a general election next year, it will be the world’s largest democratic exercise, and the biggest ever test of the role of social media in an election. As the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) readies for battle with the newly energized […]
An exhausted Taiwanese delivery driver who smashed into three Ferraris has been inundated with donations after his plight and eye-watering repair bill sparked a deluge of public sympathy. Lin Chin-hsiang had a particularly miserable day at work in the early hours of Sunday morning when he drifted off […]
Carlos Ghosn could soon be freed on bail after a Japanese court Thursday threw out a bid by prosecutors to extend his detention, in a move nearly as unexpected as the auto tycoon’s sudden arrest. The 64-year-old Franco-Brazilian-Lebanese executive has languished in a Japanese detention centre since his […]
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said he would take Russia into “a new economic league,” during an annual press conference that follows months of growing discontent at home. International tensions, from an ongoing stand-off with Ukraine to increasingly frosty relations with Washington, also loomed large at the event. […]
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