Crisis-ridden Sri Lanka on Tuesday said it was defaulting on its external debt of around $51 billion pending a bailout from the International Monetary Fund, with whom talks are scheduled for later this month. Sri Lanka’s finance ministry said creditors, including foreign governments, were free to capitalise interest payments due from Tuesday afternoon or opt […]
Subhash Shankar Parab, a close aide of fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi, was brought to India from Cairo on Tuesday morning and arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), people familiar with the development informed to Hindustan Times. The 49-year-old, believed to be the right hand man of Nirav Modi and a senior director in […]
PM Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden hold virtual meeting ahead of ‘2+2’ ministerial dialogue. We share strong and growing major defence partnership: President Joe Biden in virtual meeting with PM Modi.“As world’s two largest and oldest democracies, we are natural partners,” said PM Modi.Our talks today are taking place at a time when […]
Shehbaz Sharif — the 70-year-old brother of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the leader of opposition PML-N — has been elected unopposed as the next Prime Minister of Pakistan, succeeding Imran Khan, who was removed by a no-trust vote on Saturday. Ahead of the election of the new Prime Minister, Imran Khan resigned as […]
The Centre on Monday said the Supreme Court, in an order dated March 24, had fixed timelines to file the claims for the compensation of Covid-19 deaths. For deaths that occurred prior to March 20, the claims have to be filed within 60 days, while for any future deaths, 90 days’ time has been given […]
The Delhi Police on Monday said they have registered a first information report (FIR) against unknown Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) members in connection with Sunday’s clash at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). The clash between two student groups over a hostel mess serving chicken for dinner on the occasion of Ram Navmi left at least […]
Some students were injured in a scuffle that broke out on Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus on Sunday evening.According to a student union, tension was brewing on the campus since late afternoon after some Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) members allegedly tried to stop non-vegetarian food from being cooked in the Kaveri hostel mess. On […]
Pakistan’s parliament begins voting on a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan, ending a 13-hour impasse. A request has been put in Islamabad high court to put Imran Khan Shah, Mehmood Qureshi, and Fawad Chaudhary be put on Exit Control List, reports Pakistan’s media.New Pakistan PM to be declared today at 2 PMEven as […]
Former Punjab transport minister Amrinder Raja Warring was on Saturday appointed Punjab Congress president, days after Navjot Singh Sidhu tendered his resignation from the post after the party’s debacle in the recent state elections. Ex-Punjab Congress president Partap Singh Bajwa has been named the leader of Congress Legislature Party in the Punjab Assembly.Former state minister […]
