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October 4, 2024 4:54 PM
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held a bilateral meeting with his Sri Lankan counterpart, Vijitha Herath, in Colombo on Friday. The two leaders discussed various topics of mutual interest during Jaishankar's first visit to Sri Lanka since President Anura Kumara Dissanayake took office. The ...
October 4, 2024 3:15 PM
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday that Iran and its regional proxies will not back down from Israel hours after an Israeli attack on Beirut that is thought to have targeted the heir apparent to Tehran-backed Hezbollah's slain secretary general. "The brilliant action of our armed ...
October 4, 2024 4:56 PM
India's services sector growth, measured by new business, international sales, and output, has slowed to its lowest rate since November 2023, according to the HSBC India Services PMI released on Friday. The survey, compiled by S&P Global, indicates that while the performance of the sector remain...
October 4, 2024 2:40 PM
Nepal, India, and Bangladesh signed a tripartite agreement allowing Nepal to sell 40 MW of electricity to Bangladesh using the land and infrastructure of India. Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) and NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam (NVVN) signed the agreement in Ka...
October 4, 2024 2:15 PM
The estimated expenditure for repairing and reconstructing roads and bridges damaged in recent natural disasters in Nepal ranges from Rs 20 to Rs 25 billion. This assessment was made by the Ministry of Physical Infrastructures and Transport following inspections of the damage caused by floods and la...
October 4, 2024 12:21 PM
Ukraine's armed forces commander General Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Thursday he had ordered defences to be strengthened in the eastern Donetsk region, a day after Kyiv forces announced they had withdrawn from the town of Vuhledar. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy acknowledged the loss of Vuhledar, sayi...
October 4, 2024 12:17 PM
Thousands of demonstrators marched through central Berlin on Thursday, protesting against the German government's continued supply of weapons to Ukraine and criticizing Western nations for fueling the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. The rally coincided with German Unity Day but took on a ...
October 4, 2024 12:04 PM
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday reaffirmed the government's commitment to reducing the fiscal deficit from 5.6 percent of GDP in FY24 to 4.9 percent in FY25. Speaking at the Kautilya Economic Conclave, Sitharaman said that the government is optimistic about maintaining fiscal di...
October 4, 2024 11:12 AM
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, on Thursday promoted India as a global manufacturing powerhouse, emphasizing the impact of reforms, diversification, and localized supply chains. Speaking at an event organized by the American think tank Center for Strategic and International S...
October 4, 2024 10:58 AM
The Indian stock markets continue to face selling pressure, with the Nifty declining by more than 4% over the last five sessions and the Sensex falling by 4.3% during the same period. On Friday, the Nifty opened at 25,181.90, down by 68.20 points or 0.27%, while the Sensex dropped 252.85 points to 8...
