Day: December 29, 2020

Any serious conflict with India does not suit China’s global aspirations: IAF Chief

11:23 pm December 29, 2020

New Delhi : Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria on Tuesday said any serious conflict with India does not suit China’s global aspirations and ”grand plans” and the trigger for the Ladakh face-off could be the result of a variety of reasons including a ”military dominated misadventure” that escalated following the rapid trust deficit faced by […]

French designer Pierre Cardin, licensing pioneer, dies at 98

11:19 pm December 29, 2020

Paris: French fashion designer Pierre Cardin possessed a wildly inventive artistic sensibility tempered by a stiff dose of business sense. He had no problem acknowledging that he earned more from a pair of stockings than from a haute-couture gown with a six-figure price tag. Cardin, who died Tuesday at age 98, was the ultimate entrepreneurial designer. He […]

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes Croatia; 2 deaths reported

11:11 pm December 29, 2020

Zagreb: A strong earthquake hit central Croatia on Tuesday, destroying buildings and sending panicked people fleeing into rubble-covered streets in a town southeast of the capital. Authorities said two people, including a girl, were killed and at least 20 people were injured. The European Mediterranean Seismological Center said a magnitude 6.3 quake hit 46 kilometers […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

5 UK returnees to Haryana test positive for COVID-19

11:06 pm December 29, 2020

Chandigarh: Five people from Haryana who returned to India from the United Kingdom recently have tested positive for COVID-19 and their samples have been sent for genome sequencing to check whether it is a new strain detected in the UK, an official said Tuesday. As many as 1,740 people have returned to Haryana from the […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Turkey seeks arrest of businessman linked to US fraud scheme

10:58 pm December 29, 2020

Ankara: Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday issued a detention warrant against Sezgin Baran Korkmaz, a Turkish businessman with links to Utah-based business executives who have pleaded guilty to a USD 511 million tax credit scheme in the United States, Turkeys state-run news agency reported. Anadolu Agency said prosecutors issued the warrant against Korkmaz following a joint probe by Turkeys financial crimes investigation and tax auditing […]