NEW DELHI: Business activity in June got further strengthened amid the gains in manufacturing and services sectors, a survey by HSBC said on Friday. The survey also noted that the pace of job creation was at its strongest in over 18 years. As per the survey, the headline flash composite Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) figure […]
NEW DELHI: The Centre is committed to procuring Tur, Urad and Masur at Minimum Support Prices (MSP) to ensure crop diversification and achieve self-sufficiency in pulses production, Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Friday. Chairing a virtual meeting with agriculture ministers of various states at Krishi […]
NEW DELHI: Climate change intensified the deadly heatwave that claimed the lives of at least 550 Haj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia, making it 2.5 degrees Celsius warmer, according to a rapid analysis by an independent group of climate scientists and researchers. Natural variability likely played a minor role, they said. Large parts of the eastern […]
JERUSALEM: Thousands of Israelis turned out for fresh protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government in a renewed show of anger at the failure to agree on a ceasefire in Gaza and bring about the return of hostages. According to Israeli media, the largest rally took place in front of a private home of the […]
HANOI: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said South Korea would be making a “big mistake” if it supplies arms to Ukraine. “If that happens, then we will make corresponding decisions that will not please the current leadership of South Korea,” Putin said during a trip to Vietnam. The South Korean government had earlier expressed concern […]
NEW DELHI: Counterfeit diabetes drugs have been in circulation since 2022, a problem affecting all regions of the world, the WHO warned in a statement. The health authority on Thursday referred specifically to findings in Britain, the US and Brazil since October 2023. The drug concerns Ozempic, a medicine containing the active ingredient semaglutide, which […]
WASHINGTON: The US will ban the sale of antivirus software made by Moscow-based cybersecurity company Kaspersky. The company’s operations in the US presented a national security risk “due to the Russian government’s offensive cyber capabilities and capacity to influence or direct Kaspersky’s operations,” the US Department of Commerce said in a statement. “Kaspersky will generally […]
NEW DELHI: About 53 per cent of adults with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) chose to keep their diagnosis to themselves, with 66 per cent of young women (aged 18–34) choosing to remain silent compared to 42 per cent of young men, signalling an inherent societal bias. According to the non-profit organisation Understood.org, about 63 […]
LAHORE: Pakistan’s disastrous T20 World Cup campaign in the USA has expectedly triggered a backlash against the players, who are being criticised for taking their families along, even as their beleaguered cricket board mulled invoking a new defamation law to tackle “unsubstantiated claims and reports”. According to a local media report, apart from the nearly […]
FRANKFURT: England must wait to secure a berth in the knockout stage of the European Championship after a 1-1 draw with Denmark on Thursday, a game that Harry Kane brought to life with an early goal but which ended with the Three Lions clinging on for a single point. It was a second successive lacklustre […]