ALL eight people trapped inside a stricken cable car dangerously dangling hundreds of meters above a deep ravine in a remote part of northwest Pakistan have been rescued successfully after over 14-hour-long operation, the country's interim prime minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar said on Tuesday (22). The trapped included six children.…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (22) said while speaking at the BRICS Business Forum Leaders' Dialogue in Johannesburg in South Africa where he has gone to take part in the BRICS summit that the south Asian nation is set to emerge as the world's growth engine in the…
AMONG billions who were praying for the success of India's Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission which was expected to touch the moon's surface on Wednesday (23) were Muslim children at the Islamic Center of India in Lucknow in the country's northern state of Uttar Pradesh who offered namaz, informed Lucknow Eidgah Imam…
PAKISTAN'S former minister for science and technology Fawad Hussain Chaudhry, who mocked India's Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in the past over the failure of the Chandrayaan-2 lunar mission and reportedly criticised the Chandrayaan-3 mission which was launched in July, has now taken a U-turn to praise the current mission, calling…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi will on Wednesday (23) join the historic landing programme of the country's lunar mission -- Chandrayaan-3 -- virtually from South Africa. The announcement was made as he reached Johannesburg in the southern African nation on a three-day visit for the 15th BRICS summit that includes…
MILITARY helicopters and zipline experts rescued four children Tuesday (22) from a group of eight people trapped for hours in a stricken cable car high above a remote Pakistan valley, but officials said nightfall was hindering efforts to save the rest. The daring rescue began with a helicopter plucking two…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (22) viewed a model of the under-construction Swaminarayan Temple in Johannesburg where he reached the same day to take part in the 2023 BRICS summit. Modi witnessed the temple's model before attending the BRICS Business Forum Leaders' Dialogue, the first official event of the…
FAST bowler Haris Rauf led a pace assault on Afghanistan with a career-best five-wicket haul to give Pakistan a thumping 142-run victory in the first one-day international in Sri Lanka's Hambantota on Tuesday. Rauf's fiery 5-18 condemned Afghanistan to their second-lowest ODI total of 59 as they were bowled out…
HERE are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Tuesday, August 22, 2023: Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said at BRICS Business Forum Leaders' Dialogue in Johannesburg in South Africa that the south Asian country is the world's fastest-growing economy and will soon become one…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (22) said he was looking forward to the deliberations and meetings with world leaders during the 15th BRICS Summit as he was accorded a warm welcome upon his arrival in South Africa. Modi, who arrived in Johannesburg on a three-day official visit, was…