Month: March 2023
India to push for rupee trade in G-20 meetings: Official
India will be looking to push the rupee trade agenda in the G-20 meetings it is organising as part of its ongoing presidency of the…
Humza Yousaf wins Scottish leadership race
EDINBURGH: Humza Yousaf on Monday won the race to become Scotland’s new leader, the youngest and first from a minority ethnic background, charged with reviving…
C-PACE: Government to set up Centre for Processing Accelerated Corporate Exit
The government will set up a Centre for Processing Accelerated Corporate Exit (C-PACE) to process and dispose of applications for removal of company names from…
Nirmala Sitharaman: Indian govt has 54 Chinese investment proposals pending: FM Nirmala Sitharaman
The Indian government has received about 54 foreign direct investment proposals from China since last year that are pending for approval, said Finance Minister Nirmala…
Zelenskyy meets with UN atomic agency chief in Ukraine
ZAPORIZHZHIA: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met Monday with UN atomic energy chief Rafael Mariano Grossi in southern Ukraine where they discussed the precarious situation at…
Germany: ‘Mega’ strike brings Germany to a halt; air traffic, rail services disrupted
BERLIN: A major strike brought much of Germany‘s air traffic, rail service and commuter lines to a halt on Monday as workers demand wage hikes…
Maharashtra Sugar Mills: India’s Maharashtra state to produce less sugar as mills close early
India’s top sugar-producing state, Maharashtra, could churn out nearly 16% less sugar than the previously estimated as mills are closing early due to limited availability…
Israeli PM Netanyahu urges protesters ‘to behave responsibly’ as Prez Herzog asks him to halt judicial overhaul
JERUSALEM: Ahead of a much-anticipated announcement to freeze his plan for a judicial overhaul, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday urged protesters “to behave responsibly…
Assam to boost scientific research in natural farming
Assam Agriculture Minister Atul Bora said that vast areas of north eastern states including Assam are still untouched by application of different fertilizers, pesticides and…
Maryland: New Maryland clinic opening in post-Roe ‘abortion desert’
CHARLESTON, West Virginia: A new abortion provider is opening this year in Democratic-controlled Maryland – just across from deeply conservative West Virginia, where state lawmakers…