Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif paid a high-level visit to Iran on Monday, where he held a meeting with the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei, in Tehran. The two leaders engaged in a discussion on the challenges facing the Muslim world, regional stability, and strengthening bilateral ties between Pakistan and Iran. PM Sharif described…
NEW DELHI: India’s chemical industry is well-positioned to capitalise on ongoing disruptions in European chemical operations, according to a recent analysis by B&K Securities, as reported by news agency ANI. The report highlights that high operational costs across the EU27 have eroded production efficiency, opening a window for Indian chemical manufacturers to expand their presence…
Two Indian-origin MPs in New Zealand have introduced members’ bills to tackle important social issues. While the bill presented by Priyanca Radhakrishnan was aimed at criminalising virginity testing and hymenoplasty, the one by Parmjeet Parmar sought a balance between alcohol licensing and community well-being. Radhakrishnan is an MP from the Opposition Labour Party. She became…
Noor Abdalla, the wife of jailed Columbia University graduate and Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, has announced the birth of their son. On Monday evening, Noor released an statement saying, “I welcomed our son into the world earlier today without Mahmoud by my side. Despite our request for ICE to allow Mahmoud to attend the birth,…
Britain and France will work on a peace deal with Ukraine and present it to Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Sunday, describing it as a step in the right direction following Friday’s explosive meeting in the White House. Starmer, due to host Western leaders in London in a bid to revive…
NEW DELHI: It is literally a 14-year-long kachcha-banian fight by a reputed hosiery manufacturing company to get hold of an acre of land in New Town, Kolkata. The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave an ultimatum to the West Bengal chief secretary – register the sale deed by March 2 or remain present in court.Rupa &…
NEW DELHI: There is no proposal at present to hike the salary and allowances of Supreme Court and high court judges, the government said in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. The last time their salary, allowances and pensions were hiked was in 2017. “Presently, no proposal for enhancing pay, allowances and pension etc for the…
FM Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget 2025 as part of Parliament’s Budget session which began on January 31, 2025. The first phase of the Budget session will end on February 13, 2025. Sitharaman’s Budget 2025 speech is eagerly awaited by the middle class, common man, women and salaried taxpayers in hopes of changes…
Budget 2025 date, time: The first phase of the Parliament’s Budget session starts on January 31, 2025. Budget 2025 speech date, time: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to deliver the Union Budget 2025 speech this week in Parliament during the Budget session that commenced today. The first phase of the Parliament’s Budget session starts…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday lashed out at the government’s decision to conduct former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s cremation at Nigambodh Ghat instead of a designated memorial site, calling it a “grave insult” to the late leader.In a post on X, Gandhi said, “The great son of Mother India and the first…