India rejoices at inclusion of Karnataka’s ‘Sacred Ensembles of Hoysalas’ in UNESCO World Heritage list

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], September 18 (ANI): India rejoices at the inclusion of Karnataka’s ‘Sacred Ensembles of Hoysalas’ on the World Heritage list, the permanent representative of India to UNESCO, Vishal V Sharma said in Riyadh on ...

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Monday, 18 September 2023
History beckons India as U17 Women’s National Team arrive in Thailand

Buriram [Thailand], September 17 (ANI): In the local language, the city of Buriram conveys the meaning of ‘city of happiness’ or ‘peaceful city’. And while driving through the city roads, around 400 kilometres away from Bangkok, any ...

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Monday, 18 September 2023
Delhi: Two phone snatchers arrested after 2-km chase by woman, auto driver

New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): Two phone snatchers were arrested after a 33-year-old woman whose phone was snatched by the duo chased the thieves for nearly two kilometres in an auto-rickshaw near north Delhi’s Wazirabad. ...

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Monday, 18 September 2023
Iran Security Forces Deter Most Protests Marking Amini’s Death

Iranian security forces cracked down on protests in Kurdish areas of the country on Saturday and briefly detained the father of Mahsa Amini, a year after the young woman’s death set off some of the worst political unrest in four dec ...

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Monday, 18 September 2023
Value of Qantas frequent flyer points plummet

SYDNEY, NSW, Australia — Qantas has pitched business and first class seats on almost its entire network at unreachable levels for its millions of frequent flyers. Flights from Sydney or Melbourne to U.S. destinations such as Los ...

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Monday, 18 September 2023
Amid talks with Tesla, India assures it will draft new EV policy

NEW DELHI, India: This week, Piyush Goyal, India’s commerce minister, said the government will draft a new policy to attract electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers and encourage more investment in the sector. Goyal’s comments came a ...

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Monday, 18 September 2023
Dow Jones tumbles 287 points as Wall Street takes a breather

NEW YORK, New York — U.S. stock markets retreated despite a general global uptrend on Friday. Inflation concerns linger ahead of next week’s monthly Federal Reserve monetary meeting. "There was initial investor enthusiasm around ...

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Friday, 15 September 2023
Ukrainian commander slams dangerous Western training

A special forces officer told the Financial Times he?d be dead if he?d followed the ?bad advice? given by foreign instructors Tactics taught by Western trainers could get Ukrainian servicemen killed, according to a special forces ...

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Friday, 15 September 2023
Bangladesh Dengue Outbreak Kills 778 People

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh is struggling with a record outbreak of dengue fever, with experts saying a lack of a coordinated response is causing more deaths from the mosquito-transmitted disease. The World Health Organization ...

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Friday, 15 September 2023
Mexican Journalist in US Wins Asylum Appeal, Media Group Says

WASHINGTON — Mexican journalist Emilio Gutierrez Soto has won his asylum appeal to remain in the United States, 15 years after seeking refuge amid fear of persecution in Mexico and deportation efforts by U.S. officials, a media orga ...

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Friday, 15 September 2023
North Korea’s Kim Tours Russian Fighter Jet Plant

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un continued his official visit to Russia on Friday, stopping to inspect a fighter jet factory that is under Western sanctions due to the war in Ukraine. The visit comes just days after Kim and Russian Pres ...

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Friday, 15 September 2023
"There was a big gang of people...India can’t do this": Vivek Agnihotri about his movie ‘The Vaccine War’

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 15 (ANI): Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri, whose upcoming film’The Vaccine War’ is set to hit the theatres on September 28. Speaking with ANI about his film, he said that there was a big gang of ...

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Friday, 15 September 2023