India on Saturday delivered 40,000 tonnes of diesel to crisis-hit Sri Lanka, the island nation’s NewsWire said, quoting Ceylon Petroleum Corporation chairman Sumith Wijesinghe. NewsWire said distribution will start this evening – welcome news for hundreds of fuel stations across Sri Lanka that had no supply over the past few days. An equal-sized consignment of […]
A slew of opportunities have opened for India with the new agreement that has been signed with Australia, Union minister Piyush Goyal said on Saturday as the two countries hailed the trade pact. Goyal signed The India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (“IndAus ECTA”) with Australia minister Dan Tehan at a virtual event that was […]
Punjab Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa has expressed surprise at the recent transfer of the Hoshiarpur SSP. In a tweet, the Qadian MLA says, “Instead of Badlav as promised by AAP the officer is awarded with Badli. The SSP of Hoshiarpur is transferred after seizing Rs. 1.53 Cr. and breaking a sand mining gang. Surprising […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba on Saturday inaugurated a cross-border railway network, a power transmission line and launched India’s RuPay payment card in Nepal after they vowed to significantly expand the bilateral ties in wide-ranging talks. The two sides also inked four pacts to expand cooperation in areas of […]
Top Indian-American US advisor Daleep Singh discussed goals and mechanisms of US sanctions imposed on Russia during his recent trip to New Delhi, the White House has said. Singh, considered a key architect of Washington’s punitive economic sanctions against Moscow, was in New Delhi this week to discuss ways to deepen US-India economic cooperation and […]
India and Australia on Saturday signed an economic cooperation and trade agreement under which Canberra would provide duty-free access in its market for over 95 per cent of Indian goods such as textiles, leather, jewellery and sports products. The India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement was inked by Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and […]
Defending champions France learned their opponents as the draw ceremony for FIFA World Cup 2022 at the Doha exhibition center on Friday as much-criticised Qatar gears up to host football’s biggest showpiece event. France, who won the title in 2018, will face Denmark and Tunisia in Group D at the World Cup, which gets underway […]
Sri Lanka’s president declared a state of emergency giving sweeping powers to security forces a day after hundreds tried to storm his house in anger over an unprecedented economic crisis.President Gotabaya Rajapaksa invoked the tough laws allowing the military to arrest and detain suspects for long periods without trial as demonstrations calling for his ouster […]
The National Medical Commission on Friday unveiled a new competency-based medical education for undergraduate course curriculum to be applicable to the current batch of MBBS students for 2021-2022 admitted to colleges in February and March 2022. Highlights of the course are replacement of Hippocratic Oath with Maharishi Charak Shapath; introduction of yoga and preferable celebration […]