Mumbai, May 3 (UNI) The equity market remained firm for another week as the BSE Sensex rallied 1289.46 pts or 1.63 per cent to settle at 80,501.99 during the week ended on Friday on strong gains, supported by robust corporate earnings and series of positive domestic data. The Nifty, too, advanced by 307.35 points or…
Tehran, May 2 (UNI) Iran is still determined to reach an agreement with the United States, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Thursday. Earlier on Thursday, Omani Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi said the fourth round of US-Iran talks scheduled for May 3 in Rome would be postponed due to logistical problems, and the…
Beijing, Apr 23 (UNI) Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will visit China on Wednesday to meet with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi. The two top diplomats will discuss bilateral relations, as well international and regional issues of common interest. The meeting comes amid the US-Iran talks on Tehran’s nuclear programs, which have already seen two…
New Delhi/Dhaka, Apr 19 (UNI) A prominent leader of the Hindu minority community in Bangladesh, Bhabesh Chandra Roy, was abducted and killed in Dinajpur’s Biral upazila. India condemned the killing, and said it follows a pattern of “systematic persecution of Hindu minorities under the interim government”. Bhabesh Chandra Roy, 58, vice-president of the Biral unit…
Dhaka, Apr 13 (UNI) Amid allegations of a rise in Islamic radicalism under the Interim Government, Chief Advisor Mohd Yunus attended a function at the International Buddhist Monastery in Dhaka today, and urged the people of Bangladesh to celebrate the Pohela Boisakh festivities tomorrow as per their traditional customs. Chief Advisor Yunus laid the foundation…
Brussels, Apr 10 (UNI) The European Union will put on hold for 90 days its first countermeasures against President Donald Trump’s tariffs, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said. The bloc was due to launch counter-tariffs on US imports from next Tuesday in response to Trump’s 25% tariffs on steel and aluminium. “We…
6 dead, 12 injured in horrific speeding accidents Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh is reeling from a shocking surge in road accidents that have turned its streets into blood-soaked battlegrounds. A series of tragic collisions in Khategaon, Dabra, Anuppur, and Datia has claimed 6 lives and left 12 others critically injured. Most of these accidents are attributed…
Sanaa, Apr 8 (UNI) US military conducted 22 airstrikes targeting several Houthi sites across northern Yemen on early Tuesday, the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV and residents reported. The strikes hit areas east and south of the capital Sanaa, the Island of Kamaran in the Red Sea, and areas both north and south of the oil-rich Marib…
Moscow, Apr 5 (UNI) Chinese authorities have not approved a deal to spin off TikTok’s US assets due to recently announced US tariffs on Chinese goods, Reuters reported, citing two sources familiar with the matter. The report said the deal was largely finalised by April 2 and would have involved spinning off the social media’s…
Tel Aviv, Apr 2 (UNI) The Israeli government has canceled all tariffs on goods imported from the US, a move expected to strengthen the bilateral strategic alliance and reducing the cost of living in Israel, the Israeli Prime Minister’s office said on Tuesday. “At the directive of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich…
