New York, Sep 5 (IANS) The US state of New York will sue President Donald Trump if he scraps a program shielding from deportation immigrants who came to the US illegally as children, officials said….
Cape Town, Sep 5 (IANS) The South African government refuted claims that foreign nationals in South Africa, and in particular Somalians, are being killed every second day in Cape Town. “The discourse of Somalian isolation…
Houston, Sep 5 (IANS) More than 60 people have died or are feared dead in flooding or circumstances connected to Tropical Storm Harvey, according to local officials on Monday. Medical examiners are in the process…
Washington, Sep 5 (IANS) The White House said that US President Donald Trump talked with South Korean and German leaders over phone on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue. The White House on Monday said Trump…
Addis Ababa, Sep 5 (IANS) Heads of three UN food agencies have jointly called on the global community to strengthen drought response interventions in Ethiopia. The call was made on Monday in Ethiopia’s capital Addis…
Berlin, Sep 5 (IANS) German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that funding to help federal states and towns battle pollution by vehicles would be doubled to reach 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion). Speaking alongside Vice Chancellor…
Vientiane, Sep 5 (IANS) Air transport officials of member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are gathering in Laos to discuss the ASEAN Single Aviation Market, which is seen as one of…
Nairobi, Sep 5 (IANS) Kenya’s electoral body on Monday set October 17 for a repeat of presidential elections following the directive from the Supreme Court on Friday last week. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The government has extended the deadline for filing the GST sales return — GSTR-1 — which was to expire on Tuesday, for another five days till September 10, according to…
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress on Monday termed demonetisation a “Modi-made disaster” and demanded he apologise to the nation apart from ordering an enquiry into the…
Mumbai, Sep 4 (IANS) German luxury car manufacturer Audi on Monday launched the “Audi Q7 40 TFSI quattro” priced at Rs 67.76 lakh onwards in India. “With the introduction of the Audi Q7 40 TFSI…
Mumbai, Sep 4 (IANS) IT major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Monday said that Ishaat Hussain has retired as a Director of the company. “We would like to inform… Ishaat Hussain has ceased to be…
Mumbai, Sep 4 (IANS) Commodity Exchange MCX had to halt trading on its platform as a problem was observed around Monday evening. The exchange said that normal trading resumed at 7:36 p.m. and that members…
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) The extension of stock trading hours on the domestic bourses is a decision that should flow from the wisdom of market regulator Sebi, and not left to the exchanges, says…
Mumbai, Sep 4 (IANS) DBS Bank India on Monday said that it has received “in-principle” approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to convert its existing India-based franchise to a “locally incorporated wholly-owned subsidiary…
Guangzhou, Sep 4 (IANS) Nearly 70,000 people have been evacuated after Mawar, the 16th typhoon this year, made landfall in China’s Guangdong Province on Sunday night. At least four cities, Zhuhai, Zhongshan, Dongguan and Shenzhen,…
Mumbai, Sep 4 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday announced it has added private lender HDFC Bank to its list of “domestic systemically important banks” (D-SIBs) considered too big to fail. “In…
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Reiterating that the November 8 demonetisation of high-value currency notes was “an immature decision”, rebel JD-U leader Sharad Yadav on Monday said recent RBI reports have vindicated his earlier denunciation…
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Piyush Goyal, who on Monday took office as Railway Minister, said that huge investments made in the railways in last three years will definitely lead to the development. “Huge investments…
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Bombay High Court to decide on challenge to provisions of the new real estate law which mandates builders to register their ongoing projects…