16-11-2022 KINSHASA: Thousands of Shia Muslims have been displaced in the volatile eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as fighting between the army and M23 rebels moved close to the key city of Goma, an army spokesman has said. Clashes picked up again in North Kivu …
Read More »G20 summit opens in Bali with a plea for unity
15-11-2022 NUSA DUA, INDONESIA: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told leaders of the world’s wealthiest nations on Tuesday that now was the time to stop Russia’s war in his country under a peace plan he has proposed. He spoke by video link to leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) nations …
Read More »CIA Chief talks nukes & prisoners with Putin’s spy Head
15-11-2022 WASHINGTON: US Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns on Monday will caution Vladimir Putin’s spy chief about the consequences of any use of nuclear weapons, and will raise the issue of U.S. prisoners in Russian jails, a White House spokesperson said. In the first known high-level face-to-face US-Russian contact …
Read More »Biden, Xi prepare to meet ahead of G20 summit
15-11-2022 NUSA DUA, INDONESIA: Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived on the Indonesian island of Bali on Monday for a long-awaited meeting with US President Joe Biden, ahead of a Group of 20 (G20) summit set to be fraught with tension over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The two leaders are expected …
Read More »Billionaire Mukesh Ambani willing to acquire Liverpool FC
15-11-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani has shown interest in buying the English football club Liverpool FC by entering the takeover bid after it was put up for sale. Ambani, who is the chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries, inquired about the club, …
Read More »Israel strike hits major air base in central Syria
15-11-2022 CAIRO/ AMMAN: Syrian air defences shot down Israeli missiles over Homs province on Sunday, state news agency SANA said, in what military sources said was a strike on a major Syrian air base. Syrian state television posted a short video of the “aggression” but gave no further details. A …
Read More »Over $1bn of client funds missing at FTX
15-11-2022 NEW YORK: At least $1 billion of customer funds have vanished from collapsed crypto exchange FTX, according to two people familiar with the matter. The exchange’s founder Sam Bankman-Fried secretly transferred $10 billion of customer funds from FTX to Bankman-Fried’s trading company Alameda Research, the people told Reuters. A …
Read More »51 MPs, 71 MLAs face money laundering cases, Supreme Court
Nov’14’2022 New Delhi: The Supreme Court has been informed that as many as 51 MPs are facing cases of money laundering lodged by the Enforcement Directorate and equal number of cases are being probed by the CBI. Senior advocate Vijay Hansaria, amicus curiae in the matter, assisted by advocate Sneha Kalita, …
Read More »UGC asks higher education institutions to adopt ‘Professors of Practice’ guidelines
University Grants Commission has asked higher education institutions to initiate necessary steps to engage professionals and industry experts as Professors of Practice in their institutes. It has written a letter to the Vice Chancellors of Universities and Principals of Colleges across the country in this regard. The UGC said, one …
Read More »Retail inflation eases to 6.77% in October
JRetail inflation, based on the consumer price index (CPI), eases to a three-month low of 6.77 per cent in October this year. As per the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation data released today, retail inflation came down mainly with ease in prices of Food & Beverages. The retail inflation …
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