India’s forex reserves rise by $816 million to scale 653.7 billion mark
Mumbai; India's foreign exchange reserves rose by $816 million to $653.71 billion in the week ended June 21, according to figures released by the RBI on Friday.
The country's forex reserves had contracted by $2.92 billion to…
Gaffaney, Illingworth named on-field umpires for India v South Africa final
Bridgetown (Barbados); Christopher Gaffaney and Richard Illingworth will be the on-field umpires when India play South Africa in the final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 here on Saturday.
South Africa reached the final for the…
Annu Rani wins javelin throw gold, fails to qualify for Paris
Panchkula (Haryana); Seasoned woman javelin thrower Annu Rani bagged the gold medal in her discipline but could not dip under the Olympic Qualification mark in the 63rd National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships 2024 here on…
Sports minister Mandaviya welcomes PT Usha’s move to get Yoga into Asian Games
New Delhi; The Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Mansukh Mandaviya has thrown his weight behind the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president P.T Usha in her proposal to include Yoga in the Asian Games sports programme as a…
Vaani Kapoor on doing comedy in ‘Badtameez Gill’: ‘A genre I haven’t explored…
Mumbai: Actress Vaani Kapoor said that with her upcoming comedy film 'Badtameez Gill', she is exploring a genre that she hasn’t had the chance to dive into yet.
Vaani, who is heading to the UK for the second schedule of the…
India, US extend agreement on 2 per cent digital tax
New Delhi: India and the US have decided to extend a 2 per cent equalisation levy or digital tax on e-commerce supplies until June 30, the Finance Ministry announced on Friday.
In a major reform of the international tax system,…
Shivraj Chouhan launches portal to speed up settlement of claims
New Delhi; Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched a web portal to automate and speed up the process of settlement of interest subvention claims of banks submitted under the Agriculture…
Apple launches Vision Pro in China, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore
New Delhi: Apple on Friday launched its virtual reality (VR) headset Vision Pro in China, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore.
This marks the first time that the device has been officially available outside of the US.
"Apple Vision…
RBI is using AI for real-time data analysis: Shaktikanta Das
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank has ventured into Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) analytics in multiple areas in order to develop cutting-edge systems for high frequency and real-time data monitoring and analysis, RBI…
Hyundai Motor, labour union agree to hire 1,100 new plant workers by 2026
Seoul: Hyundai Motor and its labour union on Friday reached an agreement to hire 1,100 new manufacturing workers by 2026.
The agreement was reached in the tenth round of negotiations related to wages and working conditions held at…
Anti-polio campaign launched in Pakistan
Islamabad: A polio vaccination campaign was launched in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province with a target to vaccinate nearly 1.3 million children, the Provincial Emergency Operation Center said.
Around 9,921…
Sri Lanka releases $39 mn for welfare benefits program
Colombo: The Sri Lankan government disbursed nearly 12 billion Sri Lankan rupees ($39 million) to the bank accounts of people selected as beneficiaries under Aswesuma welfare benefit payment program, the President's Media Division (PMD)…
UN Security Council urges enhanced efforts to protect civilians in armed conflict
United Nations; The UN Security Council has adopted a presidential statement calling on member states to redouble efforts to strengthen the protection of civilians in armed conflict.
Expressing concern about the reports of a…
Voting ends in Iran’s 14th presidential election
Tehran: Voting for Iran's 14th presidential election ended at Friday midnight after 16 straight hours, said Spokesman of Iran's Election Headquarters Mohsen Eslami.
He made the remarks in a live interview with Iran's state-run IRIB…
Mongolia’s ruling party declares victory in parliamentary elections
Ulan Bator; Mongolia's ruling party, the Mongolian People's Party (MPP), declared victory in the parliamentary elections held after provisional results from the General Election Commission (GEC) showed that the party had won a majority.…
Putin says Russia needs to start production of INF strike systems
Moscow: Russia needs to start the production of intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF) strike systems in response to the actions of the US, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
"In 2019, we announced that we would not produce…
Australian PM reveals threat from alleged teen terrorist
Canberra: Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has revealed he and his family were threatened by an accused teenage terrorist.
Albanese said on Friday that he and his family were among those threatened in an extremist…
Let’s keep going, says Biden as Democrats deal with debate shocker
Washington: US President Joe Biden said he did well at the Thursday debate with former President Donald Trump and dismissed the likelihood of him stepping aside, as being demanded by some Democrats disappointed by his performance,…
Today’s Motto: ‘The real opportunity for success lies within the person and not in the…
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