Cape Town – Fierce riots have sparked in South Africa over the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma. The riots have so far claimed more than 70 lives and caused extensive damage to property. The media has stated that there has been so much discontent and violence for the first time since the 1994 coup […]
London: – Oxfam International, a voluntary organisation, has presented a disturbing report that the Coronavirus pandemic, increasing conflicts and the problems of climate change are claiming 11 starvation deaths every minute. Oxfam claimed that there is a Hunger pandemic going on in the world along with the Coronavirus pandemic. More than 20 million people are […]
Moscow: – The USD component in the Russian National Wealth Fund, created out of the foreign reserves, has been brought to zero. As per the information given in January 2021, the USD share in the National Wealth fund was to the extent of 35%. Russian President Vladimir Putin had initiated the process of de-dollarization in […]
Exports up by 85.36% year on year India surpasses even big economies in export growth New Delhi – Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal said that the Indian economy is on the right track despite the Coronavirus pandemic, which is underlined by the record growth in exports in the first quarter. The merchandise exports […]
Islamabad: ‘The United States and other western countries are pressurising Pakistan to stop cooperating with China. But, Pakistan will not withdraw its cooperation with China, its closest ally,’ boasted the Pak PM Imran Khan. Besides, India should not create enmity with China by allying with the United States; PM Imran Khan advised this and pleased China. Pak PM Imran […]
Tokyo – Merging with China is the only option left for Taiwan; Taiwan’s independence is an invitation for war, China had threatened. Japan has befittingly responded to this Chinese threat. ‘Taiwan’s peace and stability is directly connected to Japan’s security. Japan is closely monitoring China-Taiwan relations and Chinese military movements,’ Japanese Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi […]
New Delhi – A record number of vaccinations were reported, after implementing the new vaccination policy, in the country. The Indian speed of vaccination has drawn the attention of the entire world. On Tuesday, more than 5 million vaccine doses were administered. On Monday, 8.816 million vaccine doses were administered. Dr VK Paul from the […]
Doha/Islamabad – ‘It would be a grave mistake for Turkey to keep its troops deployed in Afghanistan when the NATO ally-nations withdraw its army. This will not be good for Turkey,’ the Taliban issued a stern warning. Moreover, the Taliban leaders warned that Turkey, a NATO member country, would be accused of intrusion. Turkey had […]
Mumbai: – The country’s foreign reserves increased by $3.07 billion in one week, reaching $608.08 billion. Currently, India is among the top four nations in respect of foreign reserves. India and Russia stand joint fourth on the list. In the week ending 11th June, the foreign reserves crossed $608 billion. In the week ending 4th […]
New Delhi – The Union cabinet approved the ‘Deep Sea Mission’ for survey and exploration; study for mineral deposits in the Indian marine region. There are mineral deposits in the deeper part of the Indian maritime region. There is huge biodiversity in these maritime regions. No satisfactory studies have so far been conducted on this. […]