Month: January 2023
Tweet from AP Stylebook appears to strain taste and diplomacy with France
PARIS: As an exercise in style, the tweet from the Associated Press Stylebook appeared to strain taste and diplomacy: “We recommend avoiding general and often…
New York City to surpass 50-year record for first snowfall of season
New Yorkers know that every year won’t bring a white Christmas, but by late January, the city has usually seen enough powder for sleds and…
Sunak fires party chairman Zahawi over tax affairs
LONDON: British PM Rishi Sunak fired the Conservative Party chair Nadhim Zahawi from government on Sunday after an investigation found he’d been insufficiently open about…
Indian diaspora in UK protests against BBC documentary on PM Modi
LONDON: Large crowds of the Indian diaspora in Britain held protests outside the BBC HQ in London and its regional offices on Sunday against the…
union budget: Budget 2023 expected to draw capital into infrastructure
India presents an attractive investment destination for infrastructure investors. National Investment and Infrastructure Fund’s roads, renewables and rail-based container logistics platforms will each surpass earnings…
India Inc told to work on plan for making own spare parts
The government has asked domestic industry for a roadmap to indigenise their component manufacturing, as it seeks to reduce dependence on imports and strengthen local…
Hindenburg allegations lies, attack on India: Adani Group’s 413-page reply
The Adani Group on Sunday issued a detailed statement on the Hindenburg report and said the allegations against the company are nothing but lies. The…
Imran Khan’s ‘sky-high expenses’ cost Pakistan Rs 1 billion
ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister of Pakistan and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan‘s helicopter rides cost the national kitty Rs 1 billion, reported The Nation.Khan…
Iran says drone attack targets defense facility in Isfahan
DUBAI: Bomb-carrying drones targeted an Iranian defense factory in the central city of Isfahan overnight, authorities said early Sunday, causing some damage at the plant…
Mourners honour British volunteer killed evacuating civilians on Ukraine frontline
KYIV: Mourners gathered at a Kyiv church on Sunday to honour Andrew Bagshaw, one of two British volunteers who died as they were evacuating civilians…