HDFC Life to acquire Exide Life for Rs 6,687 Cr
Chennai, Sep 3 (IANS) HDFC Life Insurance Company Limited (HDFC Life) on Friday announced the acquisition of Exide Life Insurance Company Ltd (Exide Life) from Exide...
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Saudi Arabia to host Mideast green initiative summit
Riyadh, Sep 3 (IANS) Saudi Arabia will host the inaugural Saudi Green Initiative (SGI) Forum and Middle East Green Initiative (MGI) Summit in October. The two...
US Consul General interacts with industry heads in Coimbatore
Chennai, Sep 3 (IANS) The US Consul General in Chennai Judith Ravin met with the industry, education and health care leaders of Coimbatore on September 1...
Expo 2020 Dubai: India to showcase country’s march to becoming $5T economy
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The Centre said on Thursday that the ‘India Pavilion’ in Expo 2020 Dubai will showcase the country’s march to becoming a...
UN Humanitarian Air Service resumes flights in Afghanistan
United Nations, Sep 3 (IANS) The UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS), operated by the World Food Programme (WFP), has resumed flights to enable 160 humanitarian organisations...
India, US hold talks under shadow of Washington’s Afghanistan retreat
New York, Sep 2 (IANS) Meeting under the shadow of Washington’s retreat from Afghanistan, diplomats and defence officials of India and the US have discussed the...
MoS for External Affairs, Meenakashi Lekhi to Visit Colombia and New York from Sep 4-9
September 02, 2021: Minister of State for External Affairs (MOS), Meenakashi Lekhi will be paying an official visit to Colombia and New York from 4...
India sends Covid-19 relief materials to Bangladesh
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Amid soaring Covid-19 cases in Bangladesh, India on Thursday sent its neighbour relief materials and medical oxygen plants. Indian Navy’s Offshore...
UK ANNOUNCES $1.2 BILLION FOR GREEN PROJECTS IN INDIA
UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced new steps to tackle climate change and boost investment at the 11th Economic and Financial...
Biological E gets DCGI nod to conduct phase 2/3 trials on children
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted permission to Hyderabad-based Biological E Limited to conduct Phase 2 and 3...
Netherlands offer to train UP dairy farmers
Lucknow, Sep 1 Netherlands Ambassador Marten Van Den Berg, who met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow, has expressed the country’s desire to...
EU to step up cooperation with Afghanistan’s neighbours
Brussels, Aug 31 (IANS) The European Union (EU) intends to increase cooperation with Afghanistan’s neighbours to help them cope better with the consequences of the Afghan...
EU removes US from safe travel list due to Covid surge
Brussels, Aug 31 (IANS) The Council of the European Union (EU) has recommended that member states of the bloc reintroduce restrictions on travellers from the US...
Kyrgyzstan to hold parliamentary elections on Nov 28
Bishkek, Aug 30 (IANS) President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Zhaparov has signed a decree, setting the date for the parliamentary elections on November 28. The decree, signed...
Maldives’ Aug tourist arrivals top pre-pandemic levels
Male, Aug 29 Tourist arrivals to the Maldives in August have surpassed the pre- Covid-19 pandemic figures for the same month in 2019, local media...
Microsoft ‘threatens’ to withhold Windows 11 updates on old CPUs
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Microsoft is reportedly threatening to withhold Windows 11 updates — potentially even security updates — if you have an old CPU....
Remains of Greco-Roman town unearthed in Egypt’s Alexandria
Cairo, Aug 28 (IANS) An Egyptian archaeological mission has unearthed remains of a residential and commercial town dating back to the Greco-Roman era in the coastal...
Biden, Israeli PM discuss Iranian nuclear issue, security ties
Washington, Aug 28 (IANS) US President Joe Biden has discussed the Iranian nuclear issue and bilateral security ties with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. Biden...
India proposes to mandate using Green hydrogen
India proposes to mandate using Green hydrogen in fertilisers and refining India planning bids for 4000 MW capacity of electrolysers and Battery Energy Storage System of...
Qatar to play important role in Afghanistan crisis & protecting India’s interests
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Amid the rapidly changing situation in Afghanistan after the Taliban seized power on August 15, experts feel that Qatar can...