Month: March 2023
Myanmar: Heightened military activity on Myanmar island near A&N
NEW DELHI: The Coco Islands of Myanmar, close to the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago in the Bay of Bengal, are witnessing a lot of military…
Trump: Trump indicted in porn star ‘hush money’ case of 2016
NEW YORK: Donald Trump, the ex-president of US and frontrunner to be Republican nominee in 2024, has been indicted over a probe into hush money…
Canada: Indians among six found dead in river on US-Canada border
MONTREAL: Authorities in the Mohawk Territory of Akwesasne in Canada said Friday that one child was missing after the bodies of six migrants of Indian…
Fiscal deficit till February hits 83 per cent of FY23 target at Rs 14.5 lakh crore
The Centre’s fiscal deficit hit 82.8% of the revised estimate (RE) until February this fiscal year, just a notch higher than the 82.7% a year…
Government to identify 100 districts to develop as export hubs: DGFT
The government will identify close to 100 districts across the country to turn them into export hubs by adopting a “bottom-up approach”, Director General of…
Karachi: Ramzan stampede kills 12 in Karachi
ISLAMABAD: At least 12 people, all women and children, died in a stampede on Friday at a Ramazan charity food distribution event among families of…
Sikh: Day after Hindu doctor, Sikh businessman shot dead in Pakistan
AMRITSAR: An unidentified motorist gunned down a Sikh businessman in Peshawar city of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in broad daylight on Friday. Dayal Singh was…
Multilateral tools key for semi conductor export controls, say US think tanks
American think tanks have suggested that multilateral tools are needed to check exports of advanced computing chips, and that such a grouping could include Japan,…
CBDT signs 95 Advance Pricing Agreements in FY23
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has entered into 95 Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) in FY 2022-23 with Indian taxpayers, the highest ever APA…
Byjus: BlackRock, Invesco mark down Byju’s, Swiggy holdings as tech valuations correct
US investors marked down the value of their holdings in Byju’s and Swiggy last year, according to recent US filings. BlackRock slashed the value of…