CAIRO: Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and his Canadian counterpart Melanie Joly have discussed efforts to facilitate a ceasefire in Gaza. During a phone conversation on Tuesday, the two ministers exchanged views on developments in the Middle East, especially the situation in the Gaza Strip, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Abdelatty reviewed […]
NEW DELHI: Jay Shah is one of the most powerful people in cricket and his tenure as BCCI General Secretary Jay Shah has seen India further establish their grip as the most powerful board in the sport. It now seems that Shah is likely to be named as the Chairman of the International Cricket Council […]
LAHORE: Set to play nine Test matches in the next five months, Pakistan’s hectic schedule in red-ball cricket got off to a damp start with a wet outfield due to overnight rain delaying the start of the opening Test against Bangladesh here on Wednesday. Pakistan are hoping to build up their push for a spot […]
Jammu/New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi will be visiting Jammu and Srinagar on August 21 and 22 for key meetings in preparation for the upcoming assembly elections. The visit comes after Congress president Kharge and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi met general secretaries, in-charges and […]
New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday appointed its former national general secretary Ram Madhav and Union minister G Kishan Reddy as in-charge for the upcoming assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. A statement to this effect was issued by party national general secretary Arun Singh here. “BJP national president JP Nadda has appointed Ram Madhav, […]
NEW DELHI: In a significant development, the Government has decided to halt lateral entry into the bureaucracy, a move that had sparked widespread controversy and criticism from the Opposition as well as its NDA coalition partners. Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh has formally asked the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to cancel the recent advertisement […]
NEW DELHI: Amid nationwide protests by medical professionals over the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor in West Bengal’s Kolkata, the Supreme Court on Tuesday constituted a National Task Force (NTF) for doctors. The NTF has been tasked with developing comprehensive recommendations aimed at ensuring the safety, well-being, and dignified working conditions for […]
RAE BARELI: After meeting the family members of a Scheduled Caste youth, Arjun Pasi of Pichwaria village, who was shot dead, Rahul Gandhi alleged police officers are protecting the main culprits in the murder case. The Congress MP from Rae Bareli and the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha assured the family of […]
NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday said India is committed to achieving Net Zero Carbon Emission. ”Our efforts to adopt clean energy on a large scale are in line with this goal,” she said while presenting the National Geoscience Awards-2023 at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. She emphasised that green transition requires greater […]
NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, at a meeting held here, told the chiefs of Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) to adopt a policy of active outreach in MSME clusters to ensure credit is extended to small and micro enterprises. The meeting was attended by the Secretary-Designate, Department of Financial Services (DFS and other senior officials […]