Day: June 6, 2019

D-Day 75: Nations honor veterans, memory of fallen troops

OMAHA BEACH, France — With the silence of remembrance and respect, nations honored the memory of the fallen and the singular bravery of all Allied troops who sloshed through bloodied water to the landing beaches of Normandy, a tribute of thanks 75 years after the D-Day assault that […]

PM Imran Khan Complete Speech at Islamic Summit in Mecca

PM Imran Khan Speech at 14th OIC Summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Mecca Video Courtesy: SAMAA TV Published on May 31, 2019

In rare move, Pakistan military agrees to budget cut amid economic woes, PM says

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s powerful military has agreed in a rare move to cut its hefty budget for a year to help ease the South Asian country’s “critical financial situation”, Prime Minister Imran Khan said. Pakistan has struck an agreement in principle with the International Monetary Fund for a […]

U.S. pursues sale of over $2 billion in weapons to Taiwan, sources say, angering China

WASHINGTON – The United States is pursuing the sale of more than $2 billion worth of tanks and weapons to Taiwan, four people familiar with the negotiations said, sparking anger from Beijing which is already involved in an escalating trade war with Washington. An informal notification of the […]

Nepal waits for relatives to claim bodies brought down from Mount Everest

KATHMANDU – Nepal on Thursday urged friends and families of four climbers whose bodies were brought down from Mount Everest to come forward and identify them, as the deadliest climbing season since 2015 came to an end. The corpses, retrieved as part of a clean-up of the world’s […]

Exclusive: India to order taxi aggregators like Uber, Ola to go electric – documents

NEW DELHI – India plans to order taxi aggregators like Uber and Ola to convert 40% of their fleet of cars to electric by April 2026, according to a source and records of government meetings to discuss new rules for clean mobility. Uber and Ola, both backed by […]

Vice President calls for out-of-box ideas and innovations to protect data

Cyber security must become an essential part of technology culture: Vice President Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are capable of solving many complex problems; India must become global leader in cutting-edge technology; Inaugurates Seminar on ‘New Paradigms in Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security’  open view news desk The […]

Swachh Bharat has led to reduced ground water contamination: Study by UNICEF

open view news desk Union Minister for Jal Shakti Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has said that Swachhata affects all aspects of the environment – be it groundwater, surface water, soil or air – as well as health and well-being of the communities in ODF regions. Praising the Swachh […]

Exchange Rate of conversion of the Foreign Currencies relating to Imported and Export Goods notified

open view news desk In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), and in supersession of the notification of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) No.37/2019-CUSTOMS (N.T.), dated 16th May, 2019 except as respects things done or omitted to […]

Reconstitution of Cabinet Committees- 2019

open view news desk Under the Transaction of Business Rules, the Government has reconstituted Cabinet  Committees. These include – Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, Cabinet Committee on Accommodation, Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs, Cabinet Committee on Security, Cabinet […]

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