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Caparo launched newly designed India website in July

CAPARO has launched its newly designed website for India on July 27. Caparo is a leading diversified business group with interests in design, manufacture, marketing and distribution of value-added steel and niche engineering products for the automobile and engineering industries. Founded in 1968 by Lord Paul of Marylebone, and managed…

Energy major Saudi Aramco’s 2nd quarter sees massive profit

ENERGY major Saudi Aramco's second quarter profits for 2021 have recovered to pre-pandemic levels, backed by higher oil prices. The company said on Sunday (8) its net profit rose to $25.5 billion (£18.4bn) in the second quarter of 2021, compared to $6.6bn (£4.7bn) in the same quarter last year due…

UK court allows Nirav Modi to appeal against extradition

A HIGH court in the UK on Monday (9) granted fugitive Indian diamond merchant Nirav Modi permission to appeal against a magistrate’s court order in favour of his extradition to India to face charges of fraud and money-laundering on grounds of mental health and human rights. Justice Martin Chamberlain gave…

Modi speaks on 5 principles on maritime security at UN…

INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Monday (9) laid out five principles, including removing barriers for maritime trade and peaceful settlement of disputes, while chairing a high-level United Nations Security Council (UNSC) open debate. India is serving as the president of the 15-member council for the month of August and…

Asian-American food bloggers call to cancel ‘curry’

SOUTH Asian American food bloggers have called on to cancel the word 'curry' because of its ties to British colonialism, claiming that the “word curry is too often used to lump very distinct foods from different regions together”, said a report on Sunday (8). Chaheti Bansal, 27, who lives in…

Sri Lanka holds mass cremation as Covid deaths surge

SRI Lanka on Sunday (8) held a mass cremation to clear a backlog of dead bodies from Covid-19 as cases surged across the island, officials said Monday (9). Daily virus infections in the country have doubled in a month to more than 2,500 with nearly 100 deaths, putting a huge…

Bangladesh: Social media star held for mosque dance video

BANGLADESH police arrested a social media star for shooting a dance video with a woman at a mosque, officials said Monday (9). The clip triggered online anger in the Muslim-majority nation, police said, adding that a 20-year-old Yasin was arrested at his home in Daudkandi, some 60 kilometres (40 miles)…

India’s Tokyo Olympics 2020 heroes

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Nagasaki observes 76 years of nuclear bombing

NAGASAKI, the Japanese city that faced an atomic attack on August 9, 1945, commemorated the tragedy’s 76th anniversary on Monday amid a restricted gathering because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Tomihisa Taue, the mayor of the city, called for the global community on the occasion to build on a new…