Dubai: On a day star shutter Lakshya Sen made a first-round exit, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand kept the Indian flag high by advancing into the pre-quarterfinals of the Asia Badminton Championship here on Wednesday. The Commonwealth Games bronze medal-winning women’s doubles pair roared back from behind to defeat Indonesia’s Lanny Tria Mayasari and Ribka…
New Delhi: Ride-hailing app Uber on Wednesday announced the expansion of ‘Reserve’ facility across six more cities in India, giving riders an option to pre-book their rides 30 minutes to 90 days ahead of their travel. Uber Reserve will now be available for cash payments offering riders access to pre-booked rides, it said in a…
New Delhi: Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday launched IFFCO’s nano (liquid) DAP fertiliser for commercial sale at Rs 600 per 500 ml bottle, less than half of the current price of conventional DAP, to help India cut its import dependence. One 50 kg bag of conventional DAP (di-ammonium phosphate) is currently being sold to…
Colombo: Sri Lanka will negotiate debt restructuring with India, China and the Paris Club separately, as part of an IMF-backed plan to reduce and manage the island nation’s debt, President Ranil Wickremsinghe told lawmakers on Wednesday. Sri Lanka is considering restructuring its local debt parallelly with its external debt, Wickremesinghe told Parliament as the country grapples…
New Delhi: Niva Bupa is today in a position to service more than 60 per cent of its policyholders “entirely digitally”, says its MD and CEO Krishnan Ramachandran, pointing to the pandemic that raised customer awareness about the significance of health insurance and also pushed many to move to digital channels. Niva Bupa Health Insurance Company…
New Delhi: Britain’s Minister for Investment Lord Dominic Johnson on Wednesday arrived in Bengaluru to explore ways to strengthen the UK-India partnership in areas of trade, technology and life sciences. Lord Johnson is visiting Bengaluru and Pune to meet investors and leading Indian businesses, including Infosys and Zensar, to drum up investor interest in the…
Dantewada: Ten police personnel and a driver were killed in a blast carried out by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Wednesday, officials said. The incident took place under Aranpur police station limits when a team of the state police’s District Reserve Guard (DRG) was returning after an anti-Naxalite operation, a senior official said. The…
Lahore: A husband allegedly burnt his estranged wife alive in a case of so-called “honour killing” while another woman came under acid attack after being raped in Punjab province of Pakistan, police said on Wednesday. In the first incident, suspect Tariq allegedly burnt his 40-year-old wife Shazia for what he called “disgracing the family’s honour”…
Washington/Canberra: The third in-person Quad summit will be held in Sydney next month to deepen cooperation on critical and emerging technologies, high-quality infrastructure, global health, climate change and other pressing issues pertaining to the strategic Indo-Pacific region, it was announced on Wednesday. The Quad or Quadrilateral Security Dialogue comprises India, the US, Japan and Australia….
Kathmandu: Senior Madhesi leader and former Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal Upendra Yadav has been elected as a member of the House of Representatives from Bara constituency-2, the Election Commission said on Wednesday. The by-elections were held on Sunday in Nepal’s three constituencies Tanhun-1, Chitawan-2 and Bara-2. Yadav, the Janata Samajwadi Party Chairperson, is the only…
