Beijing:China’s economic growth plunged to 0.4 per cent over a year earlier in the latest quarter after Shanghai and other cities were shut down to fight coronavirus outbreaks, but the government said a “stable recovery” is underway. Growth slid from the previous quarter’s already-weak 1.3 per cent after restrictions were imposed starting in late March […]
Jerusalem:Saudi Arabia on Friday opened its airspace to “all air carriers,” signalling the end of its longstanding ban on Israeli flights overflying its territory — a key step toward normalization between the two nations as President Joe Biden visits the region. In a statement posted to Twitter hours before Biden is set to become the […]
Beijing:Global stocks and Wall Street futures sank on Thursday after higher US inflation stoked expectations of more rate hikes that investors worry will chill economic growth. London and Frankfurt opened lower. Shanghai, Hong Kong and Seoul retreated, while Tokyo gained. Oil prices fell more than USD 1 to below USD 100 per barrel. Wall Street’s […]
SRINAGAR: The University of Kashmir (KU) is all set to announce summer vacations of main and satellite campuses from July-23. The vacations are slated for nine days from July—23 Top officials of the varsity informed that the vacations will begin from July—23 “However, the examinations slated during the vacation period will be held as per […]
New Delhi: Opposition parties will meet on July 17 to discuss the joint candidate for the vice presidential election. Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said all parties would meet on Sunday and will hold discussion on who will be their joint candidate for the post of vice president. […]
Colombo,: Sri Lankan authorities on Thursday reimposed curfew in the Western Province as confusion sparked over President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s resignation after he fled the country amid the country’s worst economic crisis in decades. Rajapaksa, the 73-year-old leader who had promised to resign on Wednesday, appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the acting President hours after […]
Jammu: A man and his son were killed in a landslide in a remote village in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Thursday. Mohammad Shafi (65) and his son Abdul Rashid (30) were on the way to home when they came under a landslide, triggered by rains, at Thillu-Kalad village in Arnas […]
New Delhi:”Demolition of homes due to protests” in some parts of the country, reservation of jobs for ‘Agniveers’ in paramilitary forces, riots and police firings are a host of subjects expected to be raised by MPs in the monsoon session of Parliament beginning Monday. According to the tentative list of questions related to the Union […]
Colombo: Sri Lankan Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena on Thursday informed Gotabaya Rajapaksa that he should submit his letter of resignation as the President as soon as possible or else he will consider other options to remove him from the office, according to a media report. On Wednesday, the Parliament Speaker said that the President in […]
Srinagar,: Rains continue to lash Jammu and Kashmir, bringing mercury down to below normal on Thursday. The weatherman has forecast more intermittent light to moderate rain and thunderstorm in J&K for next 24 hours. “Intermittent light to moderate rain at many places of Kashmir and few places of Jammu as the day progresses,” said a […]