Pakistan and IMF Start Review Talks on $7 Billion Loan: Report An IMF mission held a formal kick-off meeting with Pakistan’s economic team to review the implementation of a USD 7 billion loan and a USD 1.1 billion Resilience and Sustainability Facility, according to a media report on Tuesday. It comes as the programme’s performance […]
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India and EFTA Trade Pact In Force From October 01 The free trade agreement between India and the four-nation European bloc EFTA will come into force on Wednesday, under which New Delhi has received an investment commitment of USD 100 billion in 15 years from the grouping while allowing several products, such as Swiss watches,
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India to Launch Two Cross-Border Rail Projects With Bhutan India on Monday unveiled its plan to build two cross-border train links with Bhutan at a cost of over Rs 4,000 crore, in first such railway connectivity projects with the Himalayan nation to boost trade and economic engagement. The details on the new rail projects linking
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4-Hour Curfew Relaxation Announced in Leh Authorities announced that the week-long curfew in Leh town will be relaxed for four hours from 10 am on Tuesday and directed shopkeepers to open their establishments, officials said. The restrictions were relaxed for two hours from 4 pm on Monday, shortly after the completion of the last rites
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NIA Court Convicts Two in 2018 Coimbatore ISIS Case A National Investigation Agency (NIA) court here on Saturday found two Coimbatore residents guilty of recruiting and propagating the ideology of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), police said. The Special Court for Trial of NIA Cases, Kochi convicted Muhammad Azharudeen (27) of Anbu
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Omar Abdullah Accuses Centre of Failing to Deliver on J&K, Ladakh Statehood Promises Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has accused the Centre of betraying both Ladakh and J-K by failing to fulfil its promises and deepening mistrust through delays in restoring statehood. Speaking at the launch of senior journalist and author Harinder Baweja’s
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Ladakh Tourism Takes A Hit Amid Violent Protests In Leh Ladakh’s tourism sector, already reeling from setbacks earlier this season, has been dealt another blow with the curfew in Leh following last week’s violence. Stakeholders said the industry was first hit by widespread cancellations after the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir,
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Bangladesh Protest Over Tribal Girl’s Gang-Rape Leaves 3 Dead At least three people were killed and dozens were injured on Sunday as clashes flared up in parts of the southeastern Bangladesh hills between aboriginal tribesmen and the settler Bengali community despite intensified security over the alleged gang rape of a tribal girl. Police confirmed the
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Taj Mahal Most-Visited Ticketed Monument In 2024-25 Mughal-era mausoleum Taj Mahal in Agra was the most-visited centrally protected ticketed monument for both domestic and foreign tourists in the financial year 2024-25, according to data published in a compendium released by the government on Saturday. The compendium was released by the Ministry of Tourism at an
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Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train: First Section SeT to Be Launched In December 2027 A breakthrough was achieved for a 4.88 km-long tunnel between Shilphata and Ghansoli for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project on Saturday morning in the presence of Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. Calling it a “landmark achievement”, Vaishnaw, who initiated the breakthrough of the tunnel,
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Encounter Breaks Out in Kishtwar An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Friday night, Army officials said. “In an intelligence-based operation in the general area of Kishtwar, alert troops of the White Knight Corps established contact with terrorists at around 8 pm,” the White Knight Corps
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