- Sunday, May 19, 2024
THE Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), which represents 40,000 trade organizations in the country, will launch an e-commerce portal for customers, its national secretary told India Weekly. In an exclusive interview, Sumit Agarwal revealed around 100,000 traders in the country have already registered and 10,000 of them have created…
THE daughter of Afghanistan’s ambassador to Pakistan was briefly kidnapped and “severely tortured” by unknown assailants in Islamabad, the Afghan government said on Saturday (17). Silsila Alikhil, the daughter of Afghan envoy Najibullah Alikhel, was held for several hours on Friday (16) in Islamabad by some unidentified persons who kidnapped…
THE Manchester Museum, part of the University of Manchester, started the South Asian heritage month celebrations on Sunday (18) with a number of online activities. Activities include two online book discussions focusing on Postcolonial Banter by Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan, and a poetry workshop responding to prompts around decolonising public statues. The…
PEOPLE have lost jobs and investors are withdrawing money following the unrest that has ripped through South Africa last week, reported The Times. Fingers are pointed at the African National Congress (ANC), now in power for 27 years, the report added. Last week looting and destruction rolled across its economic…
AT LEAST 25 people died in three Mumbai suburbs when several houses collapsed after landslides triggered by heavy rain, local officials said on Sunday (18). Rescuers were seen using their hands to dig up the ground and retrieve bodies, local television showed, and authorities said more victims could be trapped…
THE Indian government has ordered 660 million vaccine doses for August-December, its largest procurement, local media reported on Friday (16). State authorities and health experts in the country have recently warned that shortages could leave millions vulnerable if coronavirus infections surge again. On Friday, India reported 38,949 new coronavirus cases…
US Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy has revealed that he lost 10 family members, both in India and the US, to the Covid-19 pandemic. He has urged Americans to get Covid-19 jabs to protect themselves from the deadly virus. The Indian-American physician advised people to check sources before they share…
INDIA's digital payments firm Paytm on Friday (16) told regulators that it would seek to sell $2.2 billion in shares. With the size, Paytm would surpass Coal India's $2bn issue in 2010 to become India's biggest IPO and propel the country's primary market to its best year ever. The IPO…
ANIMATION studio Pixar will feature a Sikh character for the first time in its movie. 'Turning Red', directed by award-winning China-born Canadian Domee Shi, will be Pixar's first feature directed by a woman of Asian descent. It features a Sikh character who plays the role of a school security guard…
HOUSING ACTIVISTS have warned that demolition near Delhi will leave 100,000 people homeless in the capital. Indian authorities began demolishing hundreds of homes in a village on the outskirts of New Delhi on Wednesday (14). India's top court last month ordered the removal of "encroachers including by forcible eviction" from…
