Beirut: Lebanon's president appointed a billionaire businessman and former prime minister as the next premier-designate Monday, after Saad Hariri earlier this month gave up attempts to form a Cabinet amid an unprecedented financial meltdown roiling the country.
London: A British court on Monday granted a bankruptcy order against Vijay Mallya, paving the way for a consortium of Indian banks led by the State Bank of India (SBI) to pursue a worldwide freezing order to seek repayment of debt owed by the now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines.
Two injuries, one DNF, a DQ as India end messy World Relays campaign
GT beat PBKS by four wickets
Fire at mass marriage event attended by Dy CM Shivakumar, nobody affected
Centre launches national childhood diabetes screening, treatment framework
India-bound LPG tanker clears Hormuz
Delhi Metro to get 7 new corridors, 65 stations at Rs 48,204 cr: CM Rekha Gupta
Double-decker electric bus gutted in fire at Kurla BEST depot
Over 1 lakh students appear for NEET across TN
Heavy rain, hailstorms lash parts of Uttarakhand; all districts put on high alert
Centre must roll back LPG price hike, says Kerala CM
Mangaluru: Man sentenced to 20 years rigorous imprisonment in POCSO case
Ruckus outside counting centre in Mamata's constituency, TMC claims entry of car with BJP flag
Dubai: Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has appointed prominent Indian businessman Yusuffali MA as the vice-chairman of the apex government body for all businesses operating from the UAE's capital city, making him the only person from India on the 29-member board.
Mirabai Chanu ended India's 21-year wait for a weightlifting medal at the Olympics by clinching a silver medal in the 49kg category to open the country's account here on Saturday.
Tokyo: The COVID-19 cases associated with the Olympic Games breached the 100-mark on Friday with the announcement of 19 new infections and the Czech contingent seemed among the worst hit after a fourth athlete -- road cyclist Michal Schlegel -- tested positive for the virus.
China's military has blasted a dam to release floodwaters threatening one of its most heavily populated provinces, as the death toll in widespread flooding rose to at least 25.
Beijing: At least 12 people were killed while about 100,000 have been relocated to safe places in China's central Henan province which received the highest daily rainfall since the weather record began, state media reported on Wednesday.
Bamako (Mali): Mali's interim President Assimi Goita said he was unharmed after a man tried to stab him Tuesday at the Grand Mosque in the capital amid celebrations for the Muslim holiday of sacrifice, Eid al-Adha.
Beijing: China on Tuesday rolled out a high-speed maglev train with a designed top speed of 600 kms per hour, stated to be the world's fastest ground vehicle, according to the official media.
Islamabad: Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Tuesday reiterated the police's claim that the daughter of Afghanistan's ambassador was not kidnapped even as he urged her to come forward and join the probe, in a case that has further soured relations between the two neighbours.
