Dhaka, Nov 7 (IANS) Boosted by ready-made clothing sales, Bangladesh’s total goods export income in the first four months of the current fiscal (July 2016-June 2017) grew about 7 percent year-on-year to nearly $11 billion,…
Kabul, Nov 7 (IANS) At least one person was injured and a police vehicle destroyed in a bomb attack near a government office in the Afghan capital on Monday, informed sources said.
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Ahead of the India-Palestine Joint Commission meeting, Minister of State for External Affairs M.J. Akbar on Monday met Saeb Erkat, Secretary General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation…
Kolkata, Nov 7 (IANS) Cities in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan stand to benefit most from tree planting, in terms of both heat and particulate matter reduction, according to a study that identifies the potential return…
Melbourne, Nov 7 (IANS) Australia’s iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) could be fitted with a retractable roof in what would be one of the biggest stadium redevelopments ever attempted. The MCG is in line for…
Tokyo, Nov 7 (IANS) A Japanese journalist who was detained in Iraq and thought to have been held by Kurdish authorities near the northern city of Mosul has been freed, the Japanese media reported on…
Mumbai, Nov 7 (IANS) Actor Aasif Sheikh says shooting with Govinda after 16 years for TV show “Bhabi Ji Ghar Par Hain” was a wonderful experience. “It was a wonderful experience to shoot with Govinda…
Mumbai, Nov 7 (IANS) Bollywood’s livewire actor Ranveer Singh has promoted Farhan Akhtar’s upcoming film “Rock On 2” by lip-syncing a number from the 2008 film “Rock On!!”. The 31-year-old actor on Monday took to…
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Union Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman here on Monday said two Memoranda of Understandings (MoU) were signed between India and the UK on ease of doing business and protecting intellectual property…
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Domestic mobile handset maker Intex Technologies on Monday launched two new speakers for Rs 5,700 and Rs 8,200, respectively. Sporting attractive LED screens, the new range of IT 6020 SUFB…
Bengaluru, Nov 7 (IANS) Software major Wipro on Monday unveiled an open banking application programming interface (API) platform to enable banks provide financial services to customers directly or through third-party developers. “The API platform will…
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Britain on Monday joined India in asking Pakistan to act against terrorists who perpetrated the 2008 Mumbai and 2016 Pathankot terror attacks, and reaffirmed its commitment to back India’s bid…
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) The Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party’s highest decision-making forum, on Monday passed a resolution demanding that the Narendra Modi government implement the One Rank One Pension scheme in a…
By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, Nov 7 (IANS) Kamal Haasan turned 62 on Monday with a very subdued birthday. There were no celebrations because, as the actor put it, there is nothing to celebrate. His…
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Union Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday hit out at Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and said whatever he said about democracy and curtailing the freedom of press “suits the…
Mumbai, Nov 7 (IANS) Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and choreographer-filmmaker Farah Khan have joined the list of guests to appear in the fifth edition of filmmaker Karan Johar’s popular chat show “Koffee With Karan”….
Bhubaneswar, Nov 7 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday said the state government would move the court to resolve the Mahanadi water sharing issue as the Centre did not show any sincerity to…
Gurugram, Nov 7 (IANS) The Sultanpur National Park in Gurugram has been shut in view of the bird flu outbreak in some parts of the country and smog, officials said on Monday. The park authorities…
Dhaka, Nov 7 (IANS) Abdul Rauf Daud Merchant, the convicted killer of Indian music baron Gulshan Kumar, and an alleged aide of Dubai-based Indian underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, has been released from Dhaka Central Jail,…
Greater Noida, Nov 7 (IANS) Sri Lanka is planning to introduce plain packaging of all tobacco products in a new step to curb its consumption, President Maithripala Sirisena said on Monday. Stating consumption of smokeless…