PM Modi casts his votes for Vice Presidential election 2022
As the voting begins to elect next Vice President of India on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the first to cast his vote. Apart from PM, Union home minister Amit Shah, Union Ministers Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Rajnath Singh and Piyush Goyal also casted their vote for the Vice Presidential election […]
Musk accuses Twitter of fraud in court
SAN FRANCISCO: Elon Musk has accused Twitter of fraud, alleging the social media platform misled him about key aspects of its business before he agreed to a $44 billion buyout, as their court battle heats up. The Tesla boss lodged the claim late on Thursday as he fights back against Twitter’s lawsuit seeking to force […]
UN chief calls for windfall taxes on profits of oil, gas firms
ISLAMABAD: The Global Crisis Response Group (GCRG) on Food, Energy and Finance, formed by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, has asked governments to find the most effective way to fund energy solutions to protect vulnerable communities everywhere, including through windfall taxes on the largest oil and gas companies. Launching the third report of the crisis […]
Sena MP Raut’s custody in ED extended till Monday by Mumbai court
A special court here on Thursday extended till August 8 the Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody of Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut in a money laundering case. While extending the custody, the court noted that the ED has made “remarkable progress” in the investigation. The central agency had arrested Raut on Sunday midnight in connection with […]
Taliban tight-lipped over US strike that killed Zawahiri
KABUL: Top leaders of Afghanistan’s Taliban were holding discussions on Wednesday about how to respond to a US drone strike in Kabul that the United States said killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, three sources in the group said. The United States killed Zawahiri with a missile fired from a drone while he stood on […]
Congress, Shiv Sena seek to raise misuse of probe agencies in Rajya Sabha; Chairman disallowes
The Congress and the Shiv Sena on Wednesday tried to raise the issue of alleged misuse of central investigating agencies by the government in the Rajya Sabha but Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu disallowed them from doing so. Leader of the Opposition and senior Congress leader M Mallikarjun Kharge and his colleague Deepender Singh Hooda, Shiv […]
China drills amount to air and sea blockade, says Taiwan
Taiwan’s government has issued strong condemnation of China’s plans for live fire drills in locations around the island – Beijing’s main response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit, media reports said. Such drills “have invaded Taiwan’s territorial space” and “amount to a blockade of Taiwan’s air and sea space”, the military said, BBC reported. […]
New Zealand reopens borders, but cautious on arrivals
WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s borders fully reopened on Monday, but the return of international visitors and students is only expected to start with a trickle following the lifting of Covid-based travel restrictions. New Zealand reported 52,538 cases of the coronavirus over the last seven days yet is ready to re-start welcoming back visitors. The final phase […]
India records 16,464 Covid cases, 24 fatalities in a day
India added 16,464 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,40,36,275, while the active cases increased to 1,43,989, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll climbed to 5,26,396 with 24 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases comprise 0.33 per cent […]
Thousands take to streets in Sudan to protest military rule
KHARTOUM: Thousands of Sudanese protesters rallied in the capital on Sunday to demand an end to military rule and tribal clashes that have killed over 100 people, correspondents said. “Down with Burhan,” they chanted, referring to General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the army chief who last year led a military coup that upended a transition to […]