Bangkok: Thailand has rescinded an entry policy announced at the weekend requiring visitors to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination, its health minister said on Monday, citing sufficient immunization levels in China and globally. Anutin Charnvirakul said checking evidence of vaccinations was inconvenient and a panel of health experts had agreed to withdraw the new … Read more
Houston: Indian-origin Manpreet Monica Singh has been sworn in as a Harris county judge, becoming the first female Sikh judge in the US. Singh was born and raised in Houston and now lives in Bellaire with her husband and two children. She was sworn in as a judge of the Harris County Civil Court at … Read more
Tehran: Amid the global unrest over the civil unrest triggered by Mahsa Amini’s death, the Iranian judiciary on Monday handed down three more death sentences, reported France24. In the latest ruling, Saleh Mirhashemi, Majid Kazemi and Saeed Yaghoubi were sentenced to death for ‘moharebeh’ — waging ‘war against God’ — under Iran’s Islamic sharia law, … Read more
The governments of India and the U.K. marked Pravasi Bharatiya Divas on January 9, 2023, by kicking off the Young Professionals Scheme, which will permit up to 3,000 of their degree-holding citizens aged between 18 and 30 to live and work in each other’s countries for a period of two years. The launch of the … Read more
Mumbai: After Malang, Aditya Roy Kapur and Anil Kapoor reunited again for yet another amazing project titled The Night Manager. The Aashiqui 2 actor announced the exciting project with the first look poster on Instagram on January 9. The espionage thriller will premiere on Disnay+ Hotstar and the release date is yet to be announced … Read more
Tata Motors has been enjoying a healthy head start in the Indian electric vehicle space with the Nexon and Tigor EV. It recently added Tiago EV to its zero-emission range but things are not gonna stop there. READ | Auto Expo 2023: Maruti Suzuki Jimny 5-door world premiere on Jan 13 While the arch rival … Read more
Elon Musk bought Twitter for USD 44 Billion last year and was the richest person in the world at the time. However, after his Twitter takeover and the tumultuous actions that followed, the business tycoon’s wealth dropped by a whopping USD 200 billion and he became the first person in history to lose such a … Read more
In an ongoing litigation between a plot allottee and the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA), the GNIDA Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Ritu Maheshwari has been sentenced to one month in jail as well as an order for her arrest has been issued. A warrant to arrest Maheshwari has been issued to the Gautam Budh … Read more
Reliance Jio on Monday announced the launch of its True 5G services across 10 cities — Agra, Kanpur, Meerut, Prayagraj, Tirupati, Nellore, Kozhikode, Thrissur, Nagpur, Ahmednagar. Jio said its users in these cities would be invited to the Jio Welcome Offer, to experience unlimited data at up to 1Gbps speeds, at no additional cost, starting … Read more
Taipei: Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen called on Germany on Tuesday to help maintain “regional order” during a meeting with senior German lawmakers who are visiting the island on a trip that Beijing has condemned. Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has been heartened by support from Western democratic allies in the face of … Read more
Mumbai: The rupee rose 18 paise to 82.17 against the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday on easing crude oil prices. Forex traders said sustained foreign fund outflows and a weak trend in domestic equities weighed on investor sentiments and restricted the appreciation bias. At the interbank foreign exchange, the domestic unit opened at … Read more
Ludhiana: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Monday claimed to have busted the “entire chain” of an international drugs syndicate, being operated from Ludhiana in Punjab, with the arrest of 16 persons including two Afghan nationals and seizure of about 60 kgs of contraband and some ammunition. The syndicate was busted in a period of … Read more
Jammu: Four years after she lost her husband to illness came a blow so devastating she might never recover. Saroj Bala’s two sons were among the seven people killed when terrorists struck their village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, shattering every dream, and smashing all hope. On Sunday, her 21-year-old son Prince Sharma lost … Read more
Jaypee Group’s flagship firm Jaiprakash Associates has defaulted on loans of Rs 4,059 crore, comprising both the principal and interest amount. In a regulatory filing, Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL) said the company on December 31 defaulted on repayments of the principal amount Rs 1,713 crore and interest of Rs 2,346 crore. The loans pertained to … Read more
New Delhi: Responding to Member of Parliament (MP) Karti P Chidambaram’s letter urging a one-time exemption from 75% eligibility criteria for JEE Main and Advanced 2023, Education Minister said that the matter has been forwarded to the concerned department. In December’s first week, Lok Sabha MP Karti P Chidambaram urged the Indian Government to relax … Read more