America’s jobless rate tumbled in September to its lowest level in 50 years, according to government data released Friday, delighting the White House even though it may not assuage recession fears as President Donald Trump’s trade wars persist. Meanwhile, with a strong dollar and slowing global economy the […]
YANGON – The 18-year-old protester shot in the chest by Hong Kong police this week was throwing bricks and “rioting” at the time he was wounded, a prosecutor told a court packed with his supporters on Friday. Tsang Chi-kin, also known as Tony Tsang, who was shot at […]
HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s embattled leader Carrie Lam invoked colonial-era emergency powers on Friday for the first time in more than 50 years in a dramatic move intended to quell escalating violence in the Chinese-ruled city. Lam, speaking at a news conference, said a ban on face […]
BENGALURU – India’s dominant services sector slipped into contraction in September as new business orders fell for the first time since early 2018, according to a private survey which also found business optimism at its lowest in 2-1/2 years. Friday’s survey adds to the deepening gloom around businesses […]
MUMBAI – The Reserve Bank of India on Friday cut the key policy rate to its lowest levels in nearly a decade, stepping up its efforts to kickstart an economy growing at its slowest pace in six years. The central bank, which also sharply trimmed its 2019-20 growth […]
Open view news desk The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, presented the Vayoshreshtha Sammans – a scheme of National Awards for senior citizens of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment – today (October 3, 2019) in New Delhi. Speaking on the occasion, the President said […]
Bengaluru, Oct 4 : The match between Mumbai and Hyderabad in the Elite Group A of the Vijay Hazare Trophy was abandoned because of inclement weather here on Friday. The game was scheduled to be played at Alur cricket stadium III, but was abandoned without a single ball being […]
New Delhi, Oct 2 : The Juvenile Justice Committee of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has told the Supreme Court that 144 juveniles were detained in the state after the Centre abrogated provisions of Article 370, but 142 minors were later released. The committee, in its report filed […]
HONG KONG — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam banned protesters from wearing masks Friday in a hardening of the government’s stance on the territory’s most disruptive crisis since it reverted to Chinese rule in 1997. Lam announced the ban at an afternoon news conference where she decried a […]
Doha, Oct 4 : India’s Asian Games gold medallist duo of shot putter Tejinder Pal Singh Toor and 1500m runner Jinson Johnson crashed out of the World Athletics Championships after failing to qualify for the finals of their respective events. The 24-year-old Toor produced a season’s best effort of […]
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