US economy posts 2.8 percent growth in April-June quarter
Washington: The US economy, despite high interest rates, grew at 2.8 percent in the second quarter -- double the rate of 1.4 percent that it saw in the January-March period. The significant growth is mainly attributed to increased consumer…
Canara Bank net profit rises 10.5% to Rs 3,905 crore
Mumbai: State-run Canara Bank has reported a 10.5 percent on-year rise in net profit for the June quarter at Rs 3,905.3 crore on improved asset quality with lower bad loans and fresh slippages.
The Bengaluru-based lender said Thursday…
Early Axis Bank losses pull Sensex, Nifty.
MUMBAI: Equity market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled in early trade on Thursday, continuing to decline for the fifth day running, dragged by Axis Bank and overall bearish global market trends.
The announcement of a hike in…
ASEAN summit in Laos focuses on Myanmar bloodshed, South China Sea concerns.
VIENTIANE: Southeast Asian foreign ministers and top diplomats from key partners including the United States and China were gathering in the Laotian capital on Thursday for the start of three days of talks expected to focus on the…
Russian drones attack Ukraine port again tonight.
KYIV: Russian drones attacked the southern Ukrainian port city of Izmail for a second straight night damaging infrastructure, Kyiv said Thursday, claiming several Russian attack drones entered Romanian airspace.
Moscow has targeted ports…
Philippine tanker carrying 1.4 million litres of oil sinks off Manila.
MANILA: A Philippine-flagged tanker carrying 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil capsized and sank off Manila on Thursday, authorities said, as they raced to contain a spill.
The MT Terra Nova was heading for the central city of…
Netanyahu, Biden to meet on elusive Gaza deal
WASHINGTON: Joe Biden will press Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday to seal a Gaza ceasefire deal, despite the US president's shock election exit threatening to limit his leverage over the Israeli premier.
Netanyahu will also meet Vice…
Frankfurt Airport disrupted by climate activists
BERLIN: Frankfurt airport, Germany's busiest, was forced Thursday to temporarily suspend arrivals and departures after environmental activists forced their way into the apron.
Traffic was halted during the busy summer holiday season for…
Harris begins presidential campaign push with union endorsement
HOUSTON: Vice President Kamala Harris is slated to continue her days-old presidential push by speaking Thursday to the American Federation of Teachers, the first labour union to formally endorse her candidacy.
Having emerged as the…
France announces major operation against cyber-spying
PARIS: French authorities have launched a major operation to clean up computers infected by a cyber-espionage programme that has struck millions of users worldwide, a senior prosecutor said Thursday.
"On the eve of the Olympics, this…
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India tests BMD system as interceptor destroys incoming missile
BHUBANESWAR: India's efforts to develop a robust multi-layered Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) shield received a significant boost with the advanced area defence (AD) interceptor successfully destroying an incoming ballistic missile in the…
BJP to target OBCs before UP Assembly bypolls.
LUCKNOW: With the drift of Other Backward Classes (OBC) voters away from the BJP being seen as a significant reason for its debacle in UP in the recent Lok Sabha polls, the state unit of the ruling party is all set to step up efforts to win…
Chaos in Chhattisgarh Assembly over Maoist attacks
RAIPUR: In the midst of the ongoing monsoon session of the Chhattisgarh assembly, the opposition Congress staged a demonstration against the BJP government over alleged worsening law and order situation, hike in power tariff, Baloda Bazar…
INDIA alliance leaders back Jagan’s protest
VIJAYAWADA / NEW DELHI: In a move that triggered speculation that the INDI Alliance partners are trying to take the YSRC into their fold, a host of INDI Alliance parties, barring the Congress extended their support to the protest organised…
201 Indian pilgrims died during Haj pilgrimage 2024: Government in LS
NEW DELHI: More than 200 Indian pilgrims died during the Haj pilgrimage 2024, with a majority of the deaths being attributed to cardio-respiratory and cardio-pulmonary arrests, the government informed the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
In a…
Either jail or hell for terrorists: Union minister Rai
NEW DELHI: Terrorists active in Jammu and Kashmir will either land in jail or be sent to 'jahannum' (hell), Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday while asserting that the Modi government has…
Over one crore tourists visited Himachal this year
Shimla: Over one crore tourists have visited Himachal Pradesh in the first six months with Kullu and Shimla districts emerging as top attractions, drawing 4.73 lakh and 4.48 lakh tourists respectively. It is expected that by the end of this…