Daily Archives: April 13, 2022

Nepal Army chief holds talks with Director General Assam Rifles

Kathmandu, Apr 12 (PTI) Nepal Army chief Prabhuram Sharma on Tuesday held talks with Indian Army's Director General of Assam Rifles Lt Gen Pradeep...

Ready to implement 33 per cent reservation for women in civic bodies: Nagaland

New Delhi, Apr 12 (PTI) The Nagaland government on Tuesday told the Supreme Court it has agreed to implement 33 per cent reservation for...

Assam Police arrests man from Rajasthan for communal statement

Guwahati, Apr 12 (PTI) Assam Police have arrested a person from Rajasthan for allegedly making communally and sexually charged statements against women on social...

OIL headquarter under cyber attack’

Dibrugarh (Assam), Apr 12 (PTI) PSU major Oil India Limited's registered headquarter at Duliajan in Assam's Dibrugarh district is purportedly under a cyber attack...

Waterways development to help build business relations with neighbouring countries: Sonowal

Dibrugarh, Apr 12 (PTI) Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday said the holistic development of waterways can help build robust business relations with the...

Biden urges Modi not to step up Indian use of Russian oil

WASHINGTON, Apr 12 (AP) — President Joe Biden asked India’s Narendra Modi on Monday not to accelerate the buying of Russian oil as the...

Dubai’s DEWA utility goes public after raising $6B in IPO

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates , Apr 12 (AP) — Dubai’s Water and Electricity Authority, known as DEWA, began trading for the first time on...

Russian war worsens fertilizer crunch, risking food supplies

KIAMBU COUNTY, Kenya , Apr 12 (AP) — Monica Kariuki is about ready to give up on farming. What is driving her off her...

Mayor: More than 10,000 civilians dead in Ukraine port city

Kyiv, Apr 12 (AP) Six weeks of brutal Russian siege have left more than 10,000 civilians dead in the southern port city of Mariupol...

Sri Lanka halts debt repayment pending IMF bailout plan

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka , Apr 12 (AP)— Sri Lanka is suspending its repayment of foreign debt, including bonds and government-to-government borrowings, pending the completion...

Explosion in south Lebanon kills 1, injures several

SIDON, Lebanon , Apr 12 (PTI) — An explosion ripped through a building in southern Lebanon early on Tuesday, killing one person and wounding...

South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province hit by floods, 20 dead

JOHANNESBURG , Apr 12 (AP) — Prolonged rains and flooding in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province have claimed the lives of at least 20 people,...

Gunmen kill more than 100 in Nigeria’s north, say survivors

ABUJA, Nigeria , Apr 12 (AP) — An armed gang has killed more than 100 people in a remote part of northern Nigeria, survivors...

South Africa’s Durban area hit by heavy floods, 45 dead

JOHANNESBURG , Apr 12 (AP) — Prolonged rains and flooding in the Durban area of South Africa have claimed the lives of at least...

India, US to restart commercial dialogue, CEO forum later this year: Blinken

Washington, Apr 12 (PTI) India and the US are restarting their bilateral commercial dialogue and the CEO's forum later this year to deepen their...

Iran summons Afghan envoy over attack on diplomatic missions

TEHRAN, Iran , Apr 12 (AP) — Iran on Tuesday summoned Afghanistan’s envoy in Tehran over attacks the previous day on Iranian diplomatic missions...