- Business
Sitharaman urges AIIB to invest in renewable energy in India
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday urged the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to scale up investments and mobilise private finance in India’s key priority areas like renewable energy, energy…
- Technology
Koo offers to hire affected Twitter employees
New Delhi: As Twitter’s new boss Elon Musk has laid off employees in a series of firings, homegrown microblogging platform Koo has offered to hire the affected Twitter employees. Koo co-founder Mayank…
- Pakistan
Imran claims Army chief, President discussed ‘early elections’
Lahore: Chairman Imran Khan claimed on Friday that Pakistan President Arif Alvi has met Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa to discuss immediate and transparent elections, according to a media.…
- India
Party will oppose if ED’s action is one-sided, says Soren
Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, while addressing the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha’s workers said that the party possesses the power to oppose if the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) action turned out to be…
- India
2 minors drown, 3 rescued from Arabian Sea off Mumbai’s Worli
Mumbai: Two minors drowned while three others were rescued from the Arabian Sea off Worli here on Friday evening, the BMC Disaster Control said. The tragedy happened when the minors were reportedly…
- Science
‘Rocket Boys’ at Skyroot have roots in ISRO
Sriharikota: The top men of rocket startup Skyroot Aerospace have their roots in Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). On Friday, Skyroot Aerospace etched its name in the annals of Indian space history…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Bommai’s PA honey-trapped; confidential documents leaked
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavraj Bommai’s Personal Assistant was honey-trapped and confidential documents were extracted from him, police sources said on Friday. Nataraja Sharma, president of Janma Bhoomi Foundation, a registered public…
- Middle East
Turkish-Israeli ties enter ‘new era’: President Erdogan
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that the bilateral ties between Turkey and Israel have entered a new era “thanks to the strong will of both sides”. Erdogan made the…
- World
UK reaffirms support for India as permanent member in UNSC
New Delhi: The UK has reaffirmed its support for a permanent seat for India in the UN Security Council (UNSC). It has called for an expansion of the UNSC in both permanent…
- World
Sri Lanka to conduct elephant census in 2023
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Wildlife and Forest Resources Conservation Ministry has decided to conduct a new countrywide census on the elephant population in 2023, Parliament’s media unit said in a statement on Friday.…
- Telangana
Will slap with chappal, Kavitha warns BJP MP
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s daughter and TRS MLC K. Kavitha on Friday warned BJP MP D. Arvind that if he continues to make personal comments against her she will…
- World
Nancy Pelosi ends historic term as first woman US speaker
Washington: Nancy Pelosi, the first and so far only woman to be Speaker of the US House of Representatives ended her historic term Thursday and announced she will stay on as just…
- Pakistan
Islamabad HC says Imran’s life under threat as per intel reports
Islamabad: Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Aamer Farooq said intelligence reports have revealed that there were fears of an attack on former Prime Minister Imran Khan, adding that “the government and the…
- Middle East
7 children among 21 Palestinians killed in massive fire in Gaza
Gaza: At least 21 Palestinians, including seven children, were killed and more than 30 others were injured in a massive fire inside a residential building in the northern Gaza Strip, said security…
- Pakistan
20 killed in Pakistan road accident
Islamabad: Twenty people were killed and 13 others injured when a passenger van fell into a ditch in Pakistan’s Sindh province, local reports said on Friday. The accident took place late Thursday…
