Day: September 5, 2020

Sudan declares state of emergency over deadly floods

6:57 pm September 5, 2020

Cairo: Sudanese authorities declared their country a natural disaster area and imposed a three-month state of emergency across the country after rising floodwaters and heavy rainfall killed around 100 people and inundated over 100,000 houses since late July. The announcement was made late Friday following a meeting of the country’s Defense and Security Council which is headed […]

Pope again updates Vatican legal code amid scrutiny, probes

Pope set to make first trip since pandemic to saint’s town

6:49 pm September 5, 2020

Vatican: Pope Francis is next month set to make what would be his first visit outside Rome since Italy was put under lockdown in early March when it became the first country in Europe to feel the full brunt of the coronavirus pandemic. The pope is to journey to Assisi, the birthplace in the central Italian region of Umbria of his namesake saint, to […]

Need robust global cooperation to fight cross-border tax evasion, avoidance: FM

India’s commitment to reform being taken seriously by foreign investors: FM

6:47 pm September 5, 2020

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said India’s commitment to reform is being taken seriously by foreign investors, which is evident from the good inflow of FDI even during the time of COVID-19. Between April-July, the Foreign Direct investment (FDI) into India stood at USD 20 billion. “India’s commitment to reform is taken seriously by investors abroad […]

Man arrested for looting pilot on IIT flyover booked under MCOCA

6:44 pm September 5, 2020

New Delhi: A 22-year-old man, who was arrested for reportedly assaulting and robbing a pilot at gunpoint on IIT flyover in southwest Delhi, has been booked under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, police said on Saturday. According to police, P Silva, a history-sheeter, was found involved in more than 12 cases of theft, […]

FIR: HC relief for one Sushant sister, not for another

Sushant case gave us inkling of drugs penetration in Bollywood: NCB

6:41 pm September 5, 2020

New Delhi: The drugs case linked to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput has given the NCB an “inkling” of the narcotics network and penetration in Bollywood, a senior officer of the federal agency said on Saturday. Narcotics Control Bureau’s (NCB) Deputy Director General of the south-west region, Mutha Ashok Jain, told reporters outside his office […]