Washington: US President Donald Trump has said that he is considering signing the first phase of the long-awaited trade deal with China in Iowa. Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping were expected to ink the agreement at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Santiago, Chile in mid-November. But host Chile announced on Wednesday that […]
Read MoreNew Delhi: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday pledged to invest 1 billion euros over the next five years on environmentally-friendly urban mobility in India. Merkel, whose visit to the country coincided with one of the worst spells of air pollution in Delhi/NCR, also emphasised on the need to replace diesel-run public transport with electric […]
Read MoreBeijing: Chinese conglomerate Fosun has snapped up the Thomas Cook brand for 11 million pounds (USD 14.2 million), weeks after the renowned British travel group went bust and left hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers stranded abroad. Thomas Cook’s demise in September sparked 22,000 job losses worldwide and triggered Britain’s biggest repatriation since World War II, […]
Read MoreChennai: Superstar Rajinikanth on Saturday thanked the Central government for announcing that he will be honoured with the 50th International Film Festival of India’s special Icon of Golden Jubilee Award. “I thank the government of India for this prestigious honour bestowed upon me on the golden jubilee of the International film festival of India,” the […]
Read MoreBhopal: The Congress government in Madhya Pradesh will set up a Sikh museum and research centre in Jabalpur to mark the 550th ‘Prakash Parv’ of Guru Nanak Dev, an official said on Saturday. The government also decided to develop six places associated with the founder of Sikhism in the state as religious tourist spots. “The […]
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