Daily Archives: November 17, 2023
Indian economy not out of the woods yet, have miles to go, says RBI
NEW DELHI: The Indian economy is “not out of the woods yet and we have miles to go”, but inflation of around...
9 Punjab DCs slapped notices over farm fires
CHANDIGARH: Days after receiving a stern warning from the Supreme Court, Punjab Chief Secretary Anurag Verma has put nine deputy commissioners on...
Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh Assembly election LIVE Updates: Polling on for 230 seats of MP
BHOPAL: Polling began on Friday morning for assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, where 2,533 candidates, including Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and...
21 metres drilled through rubble for labourers’ rescue at Uttarakhand tunnel
UTTARKASHI: Working overnight with a powerful machine, rescue workers had by Friday morning drilled up to 21 metres through the rubble in...
Joe Biden, Xi Jinping agree to maintain hotline, resume high-level military contact
SAN FRANCISCO: The US President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping agreed on several confidence-building measures, including maintaining a hotline between themselves...
Grand Sunday finale: 8-time World Cup finalists Australia to take on India
AHMADABAD: Australia it is, then, who would take on India in the final of the World Cup, having scraped past South Africa...
Myanmar tells civil servants to be ready for emergencies
YANGON: Myanmar's military rulers have ordered all government staff and those with military experience to prepare to serve in case of emergency,...
Signalling offensive in south, Israel asks Gazans to evacuate
JERUSALEM: Palestinians in parts of southern Gaza said they received evacuation notices on Thursday. The signal that fighting is about to expand...
UK approves gene therapy for sickle cell, thalassaemia
Britain's medicines regulator has authorised the world's first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, in a move that could offer relief...
Cipher case: Court extends stay against Imran’s jail trial till Nov 20
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan high court on Thursday extended until November 20 the stay against the jail trial of former Prime Minister Imran...