New Delhi’24 April;Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said, small online payments are helping build a big digital economy in the country. Addressing the nation in his Mann Ki Baat programme on All India Radio, Mr Modi stated that digital transactions worth 20 thousand crore rupees are being conducted in the …

24-04-2022 ABUJA: More than 100 people were killed overnight in an explosion at an illegal oil refining depot in Nigeria’s Rivers state, a local government official and an environmental group said. “The fire outbreak occurred at an illegal bunkering site and it affected more than 100 people who were burned …

24-04-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban ordered a ban against video-sharing app TikTok and the survival-shooter PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) game on Thursday, insisting they were leading Afghanistan’s youth astray. The phone apps are popular among Afghans, who have been left with few outlets for entertainment …

24-04-2022 MOSCOW: Russia plans to deploy its newly tested Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, which is capable of mounting nuclear strikes on the United States, by the autumn. Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Roscosmos space agency, said on Saturday that the target deployment date for the new missile was an ambitious …

24-04-2022 BAGHDAD/ RIYADH/ TEHRAN: Iran and Saudi Arabia have held a fifth round of direct talks in Baghdad, an outlet close to Iran’s security forces has confirmed. Senior representatives of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) and Saudi Arabia’s intelligence chief, Khalid bin Ali Al Humaidan, attended the talks, according …

23-04-2022 JERUSALEM: Over 100 Palestinians were injured after Israeli police once again stormed Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Friday, as violence persisted by Israeli forces during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Media witnesses said police entered the compound after the morning Ramadan prayers and fired rubber-tipped bullets and stun …

23-04-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KUNDUZ/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Hundreds more Shia Muslims targeted in Afghanistan exactly as Press Media of India (PMI) reported 24 hours ago while the world is also waiting to see to proof another PMI news regarding the terror attack against Shias in Pakistan during …

23-04-2022 WASHINGTON: The Biden administration has imprisoned tens of thousands of asylum seekers in violation of United States and international law, a rights group has said in a new report, just weeks before large numbers of people are expected to arrive at the country’s southern border. In a report published …

23-04-2022 CAIRO, EGYPT/ JERUSALEM: The Arab League has called on Israel to end Jewish prayers inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem and warned that such actions were a flagrant affront to Muslim feelings and could trigger wider conflict. The league broke its silence on Thursday on recent …

22-04-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Britain will offer to step up defence cooperation with India, such as help to build its own fighter jets and faster delivery of defence equipment, during talks between their prime ministers on Friday, as the West tries to lure India away from Russia. On his …