New Delhi, 3/4: India’s merchandise exports spurted to a record high of $418 billion in 2021-22 fiscal on higher shipments of petroleum products, engineering goods, gem and jewellery and chemicals, according to official data released on Sunday. Outbound shipments touched an all-time high of $40 billion in a month in March 2022, Commerce and…
Islamabad, 3/4: Pakistan’s army said on Sunday that it was not involved in politics after the country was thrown into uncertainty when Prime Minister Imran Khan dodged an attempt to oust him and sought fresh elections. “Army has nothing to do with the political process,” Major General Babar Iftikhar, the head of the military’s…
Kolkata, 3/4: The Trinamool Congress has been pushing to bring a motion in Rajya Sabha in the last week of the Budget Session on the long-pending Women’s Reservation Bill that provides for 33% reservation for women in Parliament and State Assemblies. Trinamool Rajya Sabha floor leader Derek O’Brien has submitted a notice under Rule…
New Delhi, 3/4: Army Lieutenant General Manoj Pande is all set to become Chief of the Army Staff with incumbent Army Chief General M M Naravane, seen as the frontrunner for the Chief of Defence Staff’s post, due to retire by the end of this month. Lt Gen Pande will take over the reins…
Auckland, 3/4: Australia, led by a sublime 170 from Alyssa Healy, rewrote the record books to beat a valiant England by 71 runs in the Women’s World Cup final in Christchurch on Sunday. Australia amassed a daunting 356 for five but the defending champions England, faced with a record target, kept up with…
Islamabad, 3/4: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s career was at stake on Sunday as he faced a difficult vote to oust him, potentially leading to fresh political instability in the nuclear-armed country of 220 million people. A united opposition has tabled a no-confidence motion against Khan for a parliamentary session starting at 11:30 a.m….
Colombo, 3/4: The Sri Lankan government on Sunday blocked social media platforms, such as WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram after declaring a nationwide public emergency and imposing a 36-hour curfew ahead of a planned anti-government rally over the worst economic crisis in the island nation. The move is aimed at preventing masses from gathering…
Mumbai, 2/4:Ahead of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray inaugurating two new metro rail lines in Mumbai, the opposition BJP on Saturday said the Shiv Sena was taking credit for the work done under the previous Devendra Fadnavis dispensation. The state unit of the BJP tweeted that these metro lines as well as several…
Ahmedabad, 2/4: Saying that he didn’t come here to “defeat BJP or Congress” but to make “Gujarat and Gujaratis win”, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday launched his party’s public outreach by conducting a roadshow — Gaurav Tiranga Yatra — in Ahmedabad ahead of the state Assembly polls slated for the end of 2022….
Colombo, 2/4: Sri Lanka declared a 36-hour nationwide curfew Saturday and deployed troops backed with sweeping new powers under a state of emergency to quell protests against the president, his relatives and even his most trusted shaman. The lockdown will go into effect at dusk Saturday and be lifted on Monday morning, police said…
