Moscow, 30/3: The Centre is considering a proposal from Russia to use a system developed by the Russian central bank for bilateral payments, according to people with knowledge of the matter, as the Asian nation seeks to buy oil and weapons from the sanctions-hit country. The plan involves rupee-rouble-denominated payments using Russia’s messaging system…
New Delhi, 30/3: Former Indian captain Virat Kohli has suffered a loss in the latest ICC Test Rankings. He has dropped to the tenth place. Apart from him, Indian captain Rohit Sharma is also in 8th place. Virat has 742 rating points in his account. Australian batsman Marnus Labuschagne is still the number-1 batsman. At…
Islamabad,30/3: In a massive blow to the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government, one of the key allies of coalition government Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) struck a deal with the Opposition Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). MQM-P reportedly reached an agreement late Tuesday night to support the Opposition in the upcoming no-trust vote. A formal…
Nayagarh, 30/3: Todday on the allegation of acquisition of disproportionate assets to the known source of income by Sri Gobinda Chandra Sàhoo, Astt.Executive Engineer,Rural Works Sub-Division,Nayagarh, simultaneous house searches are being conducted by Odisha Vigilance led by 5 DSPs, 5 Inspectors and other staff on the strength of search warrants issued by Honourable Special Judge,…
Beijing, 30/3: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. led a $60 million investment in Chinese augmented reality glasses maker Nreal, joining rivals Tencent Holdings Ltd. and ByteDance Ltd. to stake a claim in the future of the metaverse. The so-called Series C+ funding round brings the total Nreal raised within 12 months to $200 million, the…
New Delhi,30/3: The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on Tuesday ordered a probe into the recent incidents of Ola Electric and Okinawa electric scooters catching fire. The news raised fresh concerns about the safety of electric vehicles and could make more Indians stay away from investing in them until there was more clarity, experts…
New Delhi, 29/3: The Central Universities Entrance Test (CUET) will neither make the board exams irrelevant nor give a push to “coaching culture”, University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Jagadesh Kumar said on Tuesday, asserting that students from state boards will not be at a disadvantage in the undergraduate admission process. The National Testing…
Bangalore, 29/3: Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri on Tuesday told the Karnataka Assembly that he would use his office to seek an explanation from the Election Commission about the 19 lakh “missing” electronic voting machines (EVMs). Kageri said this after senior Congress member HK Patil quoted statistics, based on RTI replies, on missing EVMs…
UP, 29/3: The Uttar Pradesh government has countered before the Supreme Court a charge as “completely false and untrue” that it did not effectively oppose a bail plea filed by Ashish Mishra, the prime accused and son of a Union minister, in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case before the Allahabad High Court. It also…
New Delhi, 29/3: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said FDI into the country during the Modi government was $500.5 billion, which is 65 per cent more than the amount received in the 10 years of the UPA government, as investors have trusted the economic management of the current regime. Replying to the…
