JAN 24: Major Asian markets display mixed response
Major Asian indices displayed mixed trends today. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index surged over 1.8 percent, South Korea’s Kospi gained over 0.8 percent, and China’s Shanghai Composite Index added almost…
Sri Lanka: Probe initiated into release of 323 red-flagged containers at Colombo Port
WEB DESK Sri Lanka’s Deputy Finance Minister Anil Jayantha has said that an investigation has been initiated in the matter of the release of 323 red-flagged containers at the Colombo…
Bangladesh’s economy grappling with high interest payments
Bangladesh’s economy is grappling with skyrocketing interest payments which ate up more than half of government revenue expenses during the first four months of the current fiscal year of 2024-25,…
Defence Minister flags off Battlefield Surveillance System SANJAY
AMN / NEW DELHI Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today flagged off Battlefield Surveillance System SANJAY in New Delhi. This surveillance system will enhance battlefield transparency and transform the future battlefield…
SC dismisses PIL calling for abolition of TDS system
AMN The Supreme Court today dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) that called for the abolition of the Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) system under the Income Tax Act. The…
10 opposition MPs suspended from JPC meeting on Waqf Bill, 2024
AMN / NEW DELHI Ten opposition MPs have been suspended from today’s meeting of the Joint Committee of Parliament on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 following a ruckus. Sources said…
10,000 special guests invited for Republic Day Parade
AMN / WEB DESK Around 10 thousand special guests have been invited to witness the 76th Republic Day Parade at Kartavya Path in New Delhi on 26th January, as part…
US: Prez Trump orders declassification of assassination files of J F Kennedy, Martin Luther King
US President Donald Trump has signed the executive order directing officials to make plans to declassify documents related to three of the most consequential assassinations in American history, the killings…
US: Federal judge blocks Trump’s order restricting citizenship
In the United States, a federal judge yesterday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order denying US citizenship to the children of parents residing in the country illegally or on…
US Senate confirms John Ratcliffe as CIA Director
The United States Senate has voted to confirm former Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe as the next Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director under President Donald Trump. The Upper…