WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Tuesday voiced confidence that he could beat his predecessor Donald Trump in a 2024 rematch — even as he acknowledged the country could sink back into recession under his leadership. The 79-year-old Democrat was asked if he’d be announcing a run for a second term after November’s midterm elections […]
New Delhi: The Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, today has given its ex-post facto approval for payment of Productivity Linked Bonus to railway employees for the financial year 2021-22. Payment of PLB to eligible railway employees is made each year before the Dussehra/Puja holidays. This year also, PLB amount equivalent to 78 […]
Washington/Islamabad: The US has put “adequate tracking mechanisms” in place to ensure that its flood aid reaches those affected, Department of State spokesperson Ned Price has said, amid allegations of corruption and looting of relief aid in Pakistan. More than 1,700 people have been killed, 33 million displaced and a third of the country was […]
DUBAI: Iran suffered a “major disruption” in internet service Wednesday amid calls for renewed protests weeks after the death of a 22-year-old woman who had been detained by the country’s morality police, an advocacy group said. The demonstrations over the death of Mahsa Amini have become one of the greatest challenges to Iran’s theocracy since […]
Washington: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has announced that she will travel to India next month to attend the ninth edition of the US-India Economic and Financial Partnership meeting, as she pitched for strong ties between the two nations to address the world’s most important economic challenges. The announcement by Yellen came as she met with […]
WASHINGTON: Germany and Italy will slip into recession next year, becoming the first advanced economies to contract in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, an IMF forecast showed on Tuesday. While the eurozone will avoid a recession, the output of the 19-nation single currency area will slow sharply, eking out 0.5 per cent growth […]
Srinagar: Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court was appointed its chief justice on Tuesday, according to an order issued by the President of India Droupadi Murmu. Incumbent Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Justice Pankaj Mithal was transferred to the Rajasthan High Court in the same capacity. Justice […]
Srinagar: The government on Tuesday ordered transfer of seven IAS and JKAS officers in the interest of administration with immediate effect. Also, five JKAS officers on their promotion in August this year have been designated as Director Generals till they hold the post. According to a government order, a copy of which lies with GNS, […]
New Delhi: Jailed Kashmiri separatist leader Altaf Ahmad Shah, the son-in-law of late Hurriyat veteran Syed Ali Shah Geelani, died of cancer at the AIIMS here on Tuesday, a few days after he was taken to the hospital on the orders of the Delhi High Court. Shah, popularly known as ‘Altaf Fantoosh’, was 66 and […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Tuesday expressed grief over the death of jailed Kashmiri separatist leader Altaf Ahmad Shah. Shah, the son-in-law of late pro-Pakistan Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, died of cancer at the AIIMS on Tuesday, days after he was taken to the hospital on the orders of […]