New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): Parents of Ashok Chakra awardee Late Major Mohit Sharma on Saturday laid a wreath at the National War Memorial to pay homage to their son who laid down his life in an encounter in 2009.
Tel Aviv [Israel], April 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Israel has closed the Erez crossing for Palestinian workers at the border with the Gaza Strip following the reports by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) about three rockets fired from Gaza tonight, the Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in
Beijing [China], April 23 (ANI): In the midst of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, China's largest credit card brand Unionpay has become the latest financial services network to suspend its negotiations with the Russian banks after payment giants Visa and Mastercard closed down the
New York [US], April 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Wall Street fell for a third straight week as fears of aggressive interest rate hikes by a Federal Reserve eager to break the back of the worst US inflation in 40 years led to an investor exodus from stocks and even safe-havens such as gold.
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): After serving as Niti Aayog's vice chairman for nearly five years, Rajiv Kumar has stepped down from the post, and will be replaced by economist Suman K Bery on May 1.
New York [US], April 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Oil prices settled down on Friday, falling 5% over the week, as potentially lower Chinese energy consumption from the lockdown of its Shanghai financial hub overshadowed supply tightness from Russian sanctions that kept the market up for weeks.
Kalahandi (Odisha) [India], April 22 (ANI): Kalahandi Police on Friday solemnised the marriage of surrendered Naxals-- Ramdas and Kalamdei-- who has laid down their arms in 2020, the marriage take place at a temple on Reserve Police premises of Bhawanipatna.
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 22 (ANI): Short-form video platform Tik Tok has taken down almost 6.5 million videos of Pakistan for violating community guidelines. Pakistan is the third-ranked country in the world that holds the record for the largest number of videos removed from Tik Tok.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 22 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices opened in the red on Friday with Sensex down by 495.53 points and Nifty down by 156.60 points.
New York [US], April 22 (ANI): CNN will shut down its new streaming service on April 30, one month after launching it, the US network announced Thursday (local time).
Pretoria [South Africa], April 21 (ANI/Xinhua): South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal floods death toll has been revised down from 448 to 435, said Police Minister Bheki Cele while briefing the media about the flood on Thursday.