Pakistan has finally reached a staff level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as it announced agreement on the completion of two outstanding programme reviews, along with an increase of total loan size from 6 billion dollars to 7 billion dollars. Islamabad, July 14 (IANS) Pakistan has finally reached a staff level agreement with the […]
The Supreme Court on Monday said the Central government is bound to honour the commitment given to the Portuguese government and release gangster Abu Salem on completion of 25 years imprisonment, following his conviction in the Mumbai serial blasts case. The Supreme Court on Monday said the Central government is bound to honour the commitment […]
Sri Lanka, which is completely bankrupt and embroiled in a political crisis virtually with no leader, had decided to elect a new President from the Parliament on July 20. Sri Lanka, which is completely bankrupt and embroiled in a political crisis virtually with no leader, had decided to elect a new President from the Parliament […]
US President Joe Biden signed off on an executive order to protect abortion rights throughout the United States to safeguard access to reproductive healthcare services, which targets states that have banned or severely restricted abortion in the wake of the recent Supreme Court decision that overturned the landmark Roe vs Wade verdict. According to the […]
Anti-government protesters on Saturday set fire to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s private residence in the heart of Colombo after his security attacked them. The protesters, who marched to Colombo on Saturday morning demanding resignation of President Gotobaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Wickremesinghe, stormed the President’s official residence, braving police, and later occupied the Prime Minister’s […]
Shinzo Abe, who was Japan’s longest serving Prime Minister, was shot at while he was addressing an election rally in the city of Nara on Friday, following which he collapsed and showed no life signs, state media reports said, adding that a 41-year-old man has been arrested for attempted murder. Tokyo, July 8 (IANS) Shinzo Abe, […]
Ben Wallace, who was the Secretary of State for Defence in underfire British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government and is still holding the portfolio as a caretaker, has emerged as a possible favourite in an opinion poll to succeed Johnson. Ben Wallace, who was the Secretary of State for Defence in underfire British Prime Minister […]
“I want you to know how sad I am to be giving up the best job in the world but them’s the breaks,” Johnson said Following a series of mass resignations by Cabinet members, Boris Johnson on Thursday quit as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. In a statement, the 58-year-old said it was […]
By N. Lothungbeni Humtsoe “As an ardent bibliophile, at the beginning of every year, I set a reading target for myself, and so far, I have been able to accomplish it. My target this year is to read 80 books, and I have finished reading 47 books already. My books span fiction, non-fiction, and books […]
An Indian-origin entrepreneur with ambitious goals of developing virtual-world technologies has been arrested and charged by federal prosecutors in an alleged $45 million investment fraud scheme that targeted more than 10,000 people. New York, July 1 (IANS) An Indian-origin entrepreneur with ambitious goals of developing virtual-world technologies has been arrested and charged by federal prosecutors in […]