Month: January 2020

India believes in Multilateralism and Strengthening WTO

open view news desk India strongly believes in multilateralism and will work for the strengthening of the WTO with other stakeholders said Union Minister of Commerce and Industry & Railways,Piyush Goyal, in New Delhi today. He was part of a panel discussion at the Raisina Dialogue being held […]

Prime Minister addresses at the international conclave on “Globalizing Indian Thought “at Kozhikode through video conference.

open view news desk Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today unveiled a life size statue of Swami Vivekananda at IIM Kozhikode through video conference. He was participating in the international conclave on “Global Indian Thought” that is being organised by IIM Kozhikode. Addressing the gathering the Prime Minister […]

Ladakh Food Processing Summit gathers huge participation

open view news desk Ladakh Food Processing Summit “Building Partnerships for Inclusive Growth in Food Processing Sector” was organised by the Department of Industries & Commerce, Ladakh in partnership with the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India and Invest India, the national investment promotion & facilitation […]

Putin fast-tracks effort to extend his rule, new PM approved

MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin on Thursday fast-tracked work on constitutional changes that could keep him in power well past the end of his term in 2024 while lawmakers quickly sealed his choice for new prime minister. Speaking to a working group created to draft constitutional changes, Putin […]

Watchdog: White House violated law in freezing Ukraine aid

WASHINGTON — The White House violated federal law in withholding security assistance to Ukraine, an action at the center of President Donald Trump’s impeachment, a federal watchdog agency said Thursday. T he Government Accountability Office said in a report that the Office of Management and Budget violated the law in […]

Supreme Court rejects telecom firms’ plea for relief on government dues

NEW DELHI – India’s top court on Thursday rejected petitions by mobile operators including Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea seeking a review of its order late last year that they must pay the bulk of nearly $13 billion in dues to government. The Supreme Court in October 2019 […]

Musharraf approaches Pak SC to suspend death sentence ruling by special court in high treason case

Islamabad, Jan 16: Pakistan’s self-exiled former dictator Pervez Musharraf on Thursday approached the Supreme Court to challenge the ruling of a special court that had handed him death sentence on charges of high treason. The special court in Islamabad on December 17 last handed down the death penalty to […]

Bulls awe tamers, jallikattu events in TN continue to be crowd-pullers

Madurai, Jan 16: Jallikattu, the popular bull taming sport of Tamil Nadu lived up to its reputation of being a huge crowd-puller as the contest unfolded on Thursday at Palamedu here and Suriyur in Tiruchirappalli district. As thousands of spectators continued to flock both the events, the tamers were […]

Eye on 2021 WB assembly polls, BJP re-elects Dilip Ghosh as state chief

Kolkata, Jan 16: With an eye on the 2021 assembly polls the BJP on Thursday re-elected Dilip Ghosh, who is credited for the growth of the saffron party in West Bengal, as president of its state unit for the second consecutive term. Ghosh being the only nominee for the […]

Guj: Cop held for killing man in accidental firing

Ahmedabad, Jan 16: A police sub-inspector was arrested on Thursday for allegedly shooting a man dead in an accidental firing at a police outpost in Gujarat’s Rajkot district, an official said. Sub-inspector P P Chavda was arrested for culpable homicide not amounting to murder after he shot dead […]

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