The Asian Development Bank (ADB) declined to commit funds for a $14 billion dam project in Pakistan, authorities said. “We did not really make any commitment. This is a very big project,” ADB president Takehiko Nakao said on Wednesday at a joint news conference with Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on the conclusion of the 15th […]
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro activated the nation’s Defense Council on a permanent basis to find a solution to the country’s political, economic and social crisis. The Constitution’s Article 323 says that the Defense Council is the highest advisory organ of the state to plan and assess matters related to the defense of the country. At […]
Taking cues from global markets, the key Indian equity market indices opened lower on Thursday. The Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE, which had closed at 27,836.51 points on Wednesday, opened lower at 27,808.63 points and minutes into trading, it was quoting at 27,743.33 points, down 93.18 points, or 0.33 per cent. At the National […]
With less than two weeks to go, the race for the White House has narrowed as Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton now has a three-point advantage over Republican rival Donald Trump, according to a new Fox News poll. The poll, released on Wednesday, showed Clinton leading 49-44 per cent in the head-to-head matchup. That 5-point […]
US Defence Secretary Ash Carter announced that it will be only a matter of weeks before Washington and its allies are ready to drive the Islamic State (IS) terror group from Raqqa, its self-proclaimed capital in Syria. Carter told reporters at a NATO meeting in Brussels on Wednesday that getting troops in place for the […]
Seven civilians were injured in heavy shelling between Indian and Pakistani troops on Thursday in Jammu district’s R.S.Pura sector of the International Border (IB). “Seven persons including five women belonging to two families of Goparbasti village of R.S.Pura sector were injured overnight as Pakistan Rangers targeted civilian areas,” the police said. Intermittent shelling and firing […]
A Community Celebration of Public Service is to be held to honour former Deputy Police Commissioner Nick Kaldas who retired from the NSW Police Force earlier this year. The Chair of the Organising Committee, former Member of Parliament Charles Casuscelli said, “Such was the esteem in which Nick Kaldas was held across all communities that […]
Sydney has a growing housing efficiency problem with 600,000 homes having at least two bedrooms empty every night, a Department of Planning and Environment study has found. Many of these underutilised larger homes are owned by empty nest older couples or singles in their 50s or older – including many in their 70s – who […]
NSW consumers are being encouraged to dust off their expired gift cards and redeem them this Fair Trading Week. Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation Victor Dominello said that Australians spend around $2.5 billion a year on gift cards but arbitrary expiry dates mean millions of dollars go to waste. “Consumers often fail to redeem […]
Hindus are looking forward to the first Hindu temple of Abu Dhabi, which is claimed to be open for devotees within a year. To be reportedly built on about 20,000 square meters of government donated land in Al Wathba, about 27 kilometers from Abu Dhabi city, it is stated to be the largest in United […]