1,100 retrenched Indians returning from Saudi
New Delhi, Oct 21 : As many as 1,100 retrenched Indians are expected to return to India in the coming weeks with Saudi government ...
India, China hold joint army exercise in Ladakh
In a first, India and China on Wednesday carried out a joint army exercise in eastern Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir, a move that comes ...
Nawaz Sharif re-elected as PML-N president
Islamabad : Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who is under pressure to quit following the Panama Papers leak, was today ...
Mystery shrouds Assange’s status at Ecuadorean Embassy
Paris : Midway through releasing a series of damaging disclosures about US presidential contender Hillary Clinton, WikiLeaks founder ...
World’s oldest giant panda Jia Jia dies aged 38 in Hong Kong
The world’s oldest giant panda has died aged 38 after her health declined rapidly over the last fortnight.
Jia Jia, who lived at ...
Euro is a ‘house of cards’ ready to collapse
The Euro currency project is unworkable in its current form and at the risk of “collapse”, its principal architect has ...
OPEC deal on limiting output right step : Iran
Tehran, Oct 17 : Iran’s deputy oil minister says a preliminary agreement by OPEC nations to limit output to between 32.5 ...
Battle to seize Mosul from Isis begins, Iraqi PM says
The battle to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from Isis has begun, Iraq’s Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, has said.
Mosul, which ...
Nepal wants to be dynamic bridge between India and China
Kathmandu : Pitching Nepal as a “dynamic bridge” between India and China, Prime Minister Prachanda floated a proposal ...
Iran to invite foreign companies to bid on oil and gas
Tehran : Iran will invite foreign companies to bid for oil and gas projects for the first time since last year’s landmark ...