New Delhi: Foreign direct investment into India increased by 60 per cent to USD 4.44 billion in April as against USD 2.77 billion in the same month last year, government data showed on Wednesday. Total FDI, including equity, re-invested earnings and capital, rose 38 per cent to USD 6.24 billion in April this year, as […]
New Delhi: On the occasion of Olympic Day on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India is proud of the contributions of athletes who have represented the country at the Olympics over the years to sports. Olympic Day is a global celebration of the founding of the International Olympic Committee and the modern Olympic movement, […]
Dubai: India’s Ravindra Jadeja on Wednesday dislodged West Indian Jason Holder as the world’s top all-rounder in the latest ICC Test rankings. Jadeja is two points ahead of Holder (384) while England all-rounder Ben Stokes is third with 377 points. Another Indian, Ravichandran Ashwin is fourth with 353 points, followed by Shakib Al Hasan of […]
LONDON: Indian tennis player Ankita Raina’s attempt to qualify for the women’s singles main draw of Wimbledon failed after she went down in the first round of the Qualifiers here. The 28-year-old Indian, lost 3-6 6-7 to a higher-ranked American Varvara Lepchenko in one hour 22 minutes late Tuesday night. Unable to hold her serve […]
New Delhi/Srinagar: Most of the 14 leaders including four ex-chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir invited for an all-party meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the union territory on June 24 have arrived here by Wednesday evening. The Thursday’s meeting will be the first between the Centre and mainstream Jammu and Kashmir politicians […]
Srinagar:Some suspects are being questioned in connection with the killing of a cop in Nowgam area of the city here on Tuesday, even as the CCTV footage of the incident showed that two militants opened fire at the officer with pistols, officials said on Wednesday. Inspector Parvez Ahmad Dar […]
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has refused to stay the Competition Commission of India (CCI) notice asking Facebook and WhatsApp to furnish certain information in relation to a probe ordered by it into the instant messaging app’s new privacy policy. (GB Whatsapp apk download) A vacation bench of Justices Anup Jairam Bhambhani and Jasmeet […]
New Delhi:India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases crossed the 3-crore mark with one crore infections being added in 50 days. The total tally mounted to 3,00,28,709, with 50,848 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day. The death toll climbed to 3,90,660 with 1,358 fresh fatalities, according to the Union Health […]
Dubai: American authorities took down a range of Iran’s state-linked news websites under unclear circumstances on Tuesday, the US and Iran said, a move that appeared to be a far-reaching crackdown on Iranian media amid heightened tensions between the two countries. The US seized roughly three dozen websites, the majority of which are linked […]
Jammu: A narcotics smuggler was shot dead by the BSF along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district and 27 kg of heroin worth crores of rupees recovered from his possession on Wednesday, officials said. A spokesperson of the Border Security Force (BSF) said the incident […]