- World
Bangladesh plans to build 6 more metro rail lines in capital by 2030
Dhaka: Bangladeshi Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said the country is to construct six more metro rail lines in the capital Dhaka by 2030. He added on Thursday that…
- Pakistan
5 killed in soldier-terrorist clash in Pakistan: Military
Islamabad: Five people, including three soldiers and two terrorists, were killed in an exchange of fire in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a military statement said. The intense gun battle took place…
- Middle East
Israel’s universities call out against new govt’s discriminatory legislative initiatives
Jerusalem: More Israeli universities have voiced opposition against the discriminatory legislative initiatives against women, LGBT and Arabs by the newly formed rightist coalition government. The Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) on Thursday…
- Middle East
Israel detects bird flu at southern turkey farms
Jerusalem: The highly pathogenic bird flu has been detected in two turkey farms in southern Israel, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said. Nearly 7,300 infected turkeys were detected in the village…
- World
UN committed to delivery of humanitarian aid in Afghanistan: Envoy
United Nations: The UN and its humanitarian partners are committed to delivery of life-saving services to the people of Afghanistan despite the Taliban-run administration’s decision to ban women from working in humanitarian…
- Middle East
Netanyahu’s new hardline Israeli Government sworn in
Tel Aviv: Benjamin Netanyahu, the longest-serving Israeli leader, has returned to power as the country’s Prime Minister at the helm of an extreme-right coalition. In an official inauguration ceremony at Parliament on…
- Sports
Rishabh Pant injured in car accident on Delhi-Dehradun Highway
Roorkee: Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant was injured in a car accident on Thursday near Uttarkhand’s Roorkee, according to authorities. The accident took place near Hammadpur Jhal while the cricketer was returning home…
- Business
Despite headwinds, Indian financial system resilient says RBI report
Delhi: The Indian economy is confronting strong global headwinds, yet sound macroeconomic fundamentals and healthy financial and non-financial sector balance sheets are providing strength and resilience and engendering financial system stability, an…
- Sports
Football legend and 3-time World Cup winner Pele passes away
Mumbai: Called by various names such as ‘Gasolina’, ‘The Black Pearl’ and ‘O Rei’ (The King), the nickname that stuck like glue to Edson Arantes do Nascimento, who, as ‘Pele’, became the…
- Politics
BJP concedes reservation demands by Lingayats, Vokkaligas
Belagavi: Karnataka’s BJP government on Thursday announced moving of Panchamasali Lingayat subsect from Category 3 B to Category 2C and Vokkaligas from Category 3 A to Category 2D, thus bringing both the…
- World
China rail project aims to link Tibet to Kathmandu, may be extended to Indian border
New Delhi: China has sent a team of experts to Nepal to launch a feasibility study for a cross-border railway project dogged for years by technical challenges, political instability in the Himalayan…
- India
Khurshid insulted Sanatan Dharma by comparing Rahul with Lord Ram: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Patna: Former union law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad claimed that Congress leader Salman Khurshid has insulted Sanatan Dharma by comparing Rahul Gandhi with Lord Shri Ram on Thursday. While speaking to media…
- World
Former Afghan soldiers ready to join Russia’s war against Ukraine
Kabul: Lost status and a desperate existence in Iran are driving thousands of former Afghan troops — many of them elite commandos trained by the US — to consider fighting as mercenaries…
- India
Cough syrup row: Legal action by Uzbekistan, consular help being given, says MEA
New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said that Uzbekistan has initiated legal action in the cough syrup death row. “Legal action initiated in Uzbekistan. We’re providing consular assistance to…
- India
‘Trust in electoral system paramount’: Congress objects to remote voting proposal
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday expressed its objections to the Election Commission proposal inviting political parties to observe the functioning of a prototype Multi-Constituency Remote Electronic Voting Machine on January 16,…
