China is committing religious oppression by ordering the destruction of the Larung Gar monastary in Tibet, Tibetan Prime Minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay said. “The Chinese government should also respect rights of the Tibetan people. Their basic rights should be restored. At the moment the internationally famous Larung Gar monastery is being destroyed,” Sangay said while addressing […]
Terrorism is an enemy of democracy and development and it cannot exist without supporters, Afghan Ambassador to India Shaida Mohammad Abdali said. Speaking late Friday at the ‘India Ideas Conclave’ in south Goa’s Canacona village, Abdali said that terrorism was being used as a tool against the people of India and Afghanistan “to achieve political […]
Negative global cues subdued the Indian equity markets during the early morning trade session on Friday. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was flat — marginally down by 0.20 points to 8,615.05 points. The barometer 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the BSE, which opened at 27,983.14 points, traded at 27,872.67 points […]
Life expectancy in Australia has hit a new high, with babies born in 2015 expected to live two years longer than those born in 2005, according to a report issued on Friday. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) report showed that life expectancy had hit 84.5 years for females and 80.4 years for males, but […]
The central parity rate of the Chinese yuan weakened to a six-year low against the US dollar on Friday. The central parity rate of the yuan weakened 122 basis points to 6.7858 against the US dollar, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. In China’s spot foreign exchange market, the yuan is allowed to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
In a surprise move, industrial conglomerate Tata Sons on Monday replaced Cyrus P. Mistry as its Chairman and named Ratan Tata as the interim chairman of the company. The decision was taken at the company’s board meeting, a statement said here. A committee has been formed to select the next chairman within four months. “The […]
Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz has confirmed that Pakistan will be attending the upcoming Heart of Asia conference scheduled to be held in India. Aziz on Monday confirmed Pakistan’s participation during a press conference here, Dawn online reported. The Heart of Asia conference will be held during the first week of […]