Category: World News

RBI deputy governor calls for ‘effective independence’

MUMBAI – India’s central bank needs to be independent to improve the macroeconomic stability, and policies need to be rule-based, the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Deputy Governor Viral Acharya said on Friday. “To secure greater financial and macroeconomic stability, these efforts need to be extended to effective […]

Man arrested trying to steal Magna Carta from UK cathedral

LONDON— A man suspected of trying to steal a Magna Carta from its display case at Salisbury Cathedral has been arrested after he was wrestled to the ground by cathedral employees, British authorities said Friday. Wiltshire Police said cathedral alarms sounded Thursday afternoon in the southwestern English city […]

More suspicious packages found, these to Booker, Clapper

WASHINGTON— Suspicious packages addressed to New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and former National Intelligence Director James Clapper — and similar in appearance to pipe bomb devices sent to other prominent Democrats — have been intercepted, the FBI said Friday, as investigators scrambled from coast to coast to locate […]

Spain to ban speedboats used by drug, migrant traffickers

MADRID — The Spanish government is moving to ban the high-speed semi-inflatable boats used by traffickers to bring both drugs and migrants across the Strait of Gibraltar to Spain from North Africa. Police in Spain have identified groups of African migrants arriving in the rubber inflatable boats, known […]

Report: More than 500,000 US households had water cut off

OKLAHOMA CITY— Water service was cut off to an estimated 1.4 million people living in more than a half-a-million American households that got behind on their bills two years ago, as some struggled to keep up with rising costs and governments didn’t do enough to help, a group […]

The Latest: UNICEF highlights perils for children on caravan

PIJIJIAPAN, Mexico — The Latest on the caravan of Central American migrants hoping to travel through Mexico to the U.S. (all times local): 5:35 a.m. UNICEF says some of the estimated 2,300 children traveling with the migrant caravan in southern Mexico are ill or suffering from dehydration. The […]

A delegation of MES officials meet MoS, Dr Jitendra Singh their service matters

open view web desk A delegation of MES (Military Engineering Service) officials, representing All India MES Barrack & Stores Cadre Association met Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and […]

Turkey to Saudi Arabia: Where is Khashoggi’s body?

ANKARA, Turkey— The Saudi officials who killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi in their Istanbul consulate must reveal the location of his body, Turkey’s president said Friday in remarks that were sharply critical of the kingdom’s handling of the case. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also said Saudi Arabia’s chief prosecutor […]

Highlights of SC hearing on Verma’s plea

New Delhi, Oct 26: The following are the highlights of the Supreme Court hearing in CBI Director Alok Verma’s petition challenging the Centre’s decision to divest him of all his powers: – Enquiry into the allegations made in the August 24 note/ letter of the Cabinet Secretary on Verma […]

Turkey’s Erdogan to Saudis: Who gave order to kill Khashoggi?

ISTANBUL- Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged Saudi Arabia on Friday to disclose who gave the order to kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as well the location of his body, saying Turkey had more information about the case than it has shared so far. Erdogan also said Riyadh needed to […]

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