Former PM Winston Churchill was the last head of state to be accorded with this honour London: The Queen’s state funeral will be UK’s first in more than half a century, with former Prime Minister Winston Churchill being the last head of state to be accorded with this honour in 1965. Queen Elizabeth II, the […]
Kathmandu: Nepal’s Foreign Secretary Bharat Raj Paudyal will visit India next week to hold talks with his Indian counterpart Vinay Mohan Kwatra on a range of bilateral issues covering the entire range of multi-faceted cooperation between the two countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday. During the two-day official visit, from September 13 […]
National flag will be flown at half mast on Sept 11 NEW DELHI: One day state mourning will be observed across India on September 11 as a mark of respect to UK’s Queen Elizabeth II, the government announced on Friday. The queen died on Thursday at Balmoral Castle in Scotland after remaining the UK’s longest-serving […]
Islamabad: The cataclysmic floods in Pakistan has caused economic damages to the tune of around USD 18 billion to the country’s teetering economy, wiping out more than 8 million acres of crops and displacing more than 33 million, media reports said on Friday. Record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in northern mountains brought floods that […]
New Delhi: “We don’t want the Supreme Court to be ‘tareekh pe tareekh’ court,” Supreme Court judge Justice DY Chandrachud said on Friday, trenchantly deprecating the practice of lawyers seeking repeated adjournments. A bench of Justice Chandrachud and Hima Kohli got annoyed when a lawyer sought time to argue a matter and said he has […]
Bhubaneswar: In a bid to encourage people to extend helping hands to the road mishap victims immediately, Odisha government has modified its Good Samaritan Policy, 2018 and made provision that police officers can also endorse a person for cash reward. Police officers can now endorse and give recommendation letters to the saviours of road accident […]
Shimla: The AAP on Friday promised to create 6 lakh government jobs in Himachal Pradesh and pay Rs 3,000 per month as unemployment allowance to jobless youth till they find work if the party is voted to power in assembly polls scheduled to be held later this year. The party said a consultation board would […]
Kolkata: Imaging products major Nikon India is expecting to clock a revenue of Rs 900 crore this fiscal, riding on a robust sales recovery with the waning COVID-19 pandemic, a company official said. It is hoping to cross the Rs 1,000-crore sales mark by the 2023-24 financial year (FY24), he said. In a bid to […]
Guwahati: Zerund, a Guwahati-based manufacturer of sustainable bricks, has raised USD 1 million (around Rs 7.8 crore) funding from a clutch of strategic investors, including Dreamweaver Investments, a senior official said on Friday. The investment was facilitated through the Gruhas ASPIRE accelerator programme, a joint initiative of Gruhas Proptech Fund, The DLF Family office and […]
Dubai: Virat Kohli got the most-awaited hundred in international cricket as he reached the elusive three-figure mark after 1020 days to set up India’s massive 101-run win over Afghanistan and lighten up the dead rubber in the Asia Cup here on Thursday. Kohli struck a high-quality 122 not out off 61 balls for his 71st […]