International Court slaps $5 bn penalty on Pak in Reko Diq case
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 15 : A World Bank arbitration court has imposed a penalty of over five billion dollars on Pakistan for ...
Flood toll mounts to 65 in Nepal
Kathmandu [Nepal], July 15 : The death toll in floods and landslides triggered by the incessant downpour in Nepal has mounted to 65, ...
China against US’ anti Iran sanctions: Foreign Ministry spokesperson
Beijing, Jul 13: Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang has stressed on the fact that China is against the US illegal and ...
No privatisation of Railways: Piyush Goyal
New Delhi, Jul 13: The Modi government on Friday stood firm on its policy to encourage
‘Public Private Partnerships’ in ...
Anshula Kant appointed MD, CFO of World Bank Group
Washington, July 13 : Indian banker Anshula Kant was on Friday appointed as the World Bank Group’s Managing Director and Chief ...
In Paris, cars forced to make way for the two-wheel revolution
With the wind rushing through their hair, they zip past on bikes, electric scooters and mono-wheels, effortlessly passing lines of ...
Mediterranean sharks risk ‘disappearing’: conservationists
Sharks — the sea’s top predators for millions of years — are at risk of disappearing from the Mediterranean as ...
India lifted 271 million people out of poverty in 10 years: UN
India lifted 271 million people out of poverty between 2006 and 2016, recording the fastest reductions in the multidimensional poverty ...
ISRO carries out checks at launch pad ahead of Chandrayaan 2 launch
New Delhi [India], July 12: Ahead of the country’s second mission to the moon, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on ...
Venezuelan govt, opposition agree to initiate ‘permanent peace dialogue’
Caracas [Venezuela], July 12 : After three days of intense talks, the Venezuelan government and the opposition on Thursday agreed to ...