Bangkok, Oct 25 (UNI) Thailand plans to speed up the construction of the China-Thailand railway, a bilateral flagship project under the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said. Thailand will create a rail system from Bangkok to Khon Kaen, Nong Khai, and extends all the way to China, aligning with…
Mumbai, Oct 25 (UNI) The equity market continued to slid for the fifth straight session on Wednesday, as the BSE Sensex tumbled down 522.82 pts to close at 64,049.06 amid mixed Asian Market and heavy selling in Technology, Telecommunications, Utilities and Industrials stocks. The Nifty of National Stock Exchange (NSE) slipped 159.60 pts at 19,122.15….
New Delhi, Oct 25 (UNI) Opening Batsman David Warner hit another excellent century as Australia built a big platform against Netherlands in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, before Glenn Maxwell unleashed with the fastest hundred in the tournament’s history. Warner and Steve Smith helped Australia make a strong start after opting to bat, with…
Gaza, Oct 25 (UNI) The death toll in the West Bank has risen to 103 since the latest armed conflict between Israel and Hamas broke out on October 7, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Wednesday. Earlier reports indicated the death toll in the West Bank stood at 95. “One hundred and three deaths in…
Agra, Oct 25 (UNI) Two persons were injured when two general coaches of Patalkot Express train running between Firozpur in Punjab and Seoni in Madhya Pradesh caught fire in Malpura area of Agra district in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, a police officer said here. Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) Sonam Kumar said that two general…
Srinagar, Oct 25 (UNI) Amid the ongoing Israel- Palestine conflict, a high level multi-agency joint security review meeting was held at Army’s Srinagar based 15 headquarters on Wednesday, officials said. The meeting was co-chaired by Advisor to Governor of J&K, R R Bhatnagar and Army’s northern Commander Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi. It was also attended…
New Delhi, Oct 25 (UNI) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved subsidy worth Rs 22,303 crore on Phosphatic & Potassic (P&K) fertilizers for the Rabi season 2023-24 to ensure that farmers get fertilizers at affordable rates despite uptrend in international market. The Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cleared the Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS)…
Chennai, Oct 25 (UNI) In a tragic incident, three speech and hearing impairment children, all teenagers, were run over by an EMU suburban train in Urapakkam while crossing the track on Tuesday evening. Police sources said the boys, all residing in Karnataka and had come down to Chennai for puja holidays to their relatives house,…
Bengaluru, (UNI) The Event Technical Committee of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 has approved Angelo Mathews as a replacement for Matheesha Pathirana in the Sri Lanka squad. Mathews, who has played 221 ODIs, was named as a replacement after Pathirana failed to recover from a shoulder injury sustained during a warm-up match and…
Washington, Oct 25 (UNI) Congresswoman Elise Stefanik congratulated Republican Mike Johnson for being elected speaker-designate of the U.S. House of Representative Tuesday evening. “Congratulations to speaker-designate Republican Mike Johnson,” Stefanik posted on her X profile, formerly Twitter.
