- Sunday, April 20, 2025
AIR INDIA on Tuesday said it is suspending its Delhi-Hong Kong flight from February 8, hours after the authorities there confirmed the death of a patient with the new coronavirus. "In view of the coronavirus issue Air India is suspending its flights to Hong Kong after flying AI314 on the…
PAKISTAN will buy more palm oil from Malaysia, prime minister Imran Khan said on Tuesday, to try and compensate after top buyer India put curbs on Malaysian imports last month amid a diplomatic row. India imposed general restrictions on refined palm oil imports, and informally asked traders specifically to stop…
INDIAN nationals were among the over 1,400 fighters of a blacklisted faction of the Islamic State terror group who surrendered to Afghan authorities last year, according to a UN report. The UN Security Council's 1267 Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee in May last year blacklisted Islamic State in Iraq and the…
A SECOND Air India flight carrying 323 Indians and seven Maldivians from Wuhan in China landed at Delhi airport on Sunday (2) morning. In the first flight on early Saturday, 324 Indians were evacuated and were admitted to the two quarantine facilities set up by the Army and the ITBP,…
INDIAN Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday (1) said the Budget 2020-21 will contribute significantly in fulfilling the Modi government's resolve to double the income of farmers and provide unprecedented relief to the taxpayers. In a series of tweets, Shah also said world-class highways, railways, ports, airports, metros will be built in the country…
INDIA'S gold demand fell nine per cent to 690.4 tonnes in 2019 from the previous calendar year as record domestic prices and economic slowdown dented retail purchase, the World Gold Council (WGC) said on Thursday. However, in 2020, gold demand in India the world's second biggest consumer after China could…
TAIWAN'S Wistron Corp plans to assemble printed circuit boards (PCBs) for iPhones at its new plant in southern India, two sources said, highlighting Apple Inc's push to expand manufacturing in the world's second-biggest smartphone market. The local assembly of PCBs by Wistron's India unit will be a first for the…
INDIA relaxed its fiscal deficit target Saturday (1), raising spending and slashing taxes as it seeks to attract foreign investment and increase consumption in the wake of a prolonged economic slowdown. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the changes as part of the country's annual budget in parliament, a day after…
The government on Saturday raised fiscal deficit target to 3.8 per cent of the GDP from 3.3 per cent pegged earlier for 2019-20 due to revenue shortage. "We estimate a fiscal deficit of 3.8 per cent in RE (revised estimate) 2019-20 and 3.5 per cent for BE (budget estimate) 2020-21.…
Indian Army chief General Manoj Naravane on Saturday said the Army is playing its part in containing the novel Coronavirus epidemic which has achieved "global proportions" and become a "major threat" to the world. The Indian Army has set up a quarantine facility in Manesar near Delhi to keep those…
