Pakistan

Cloudy skies hamper viewing of annular eclipse in Delhi

5:27 pm June 21, 2020

New Delhi: As clouds shrouded the skies in the national capital on Sunday, there was no clear view for sky gazers of the annular solar eclipse, wherein the Sun appears like a ring of fire. The annular phase began at 10.19 am and ended at 1.58 pm. The eclipse was at its peak at 12.01 pm. The […]

Solar eclipse: No fair, only simple religious ceremony this time in Kurukshetra

Annular solar eclipse underway, cloudy skies may play spoilsport for sky gazers in Delhi

12:56 pm June 21, 2020

New Delhi: An annular solar eclipse, wherein the Sun appears like a ring of fire, is currently underway but cloudy skies are likely to play a spoilsport for sky gazers in the national capital. The annular phase began at 10.19 am and will end at 2.02 pm. The annular phase was visible on Sunday morning from some […]

UN chief warns against criminal exploitation of COVID-19 recovery resources

India set for comfortable victory in UN Security Council elections

2:17 pm June 17, 2020

United Nations: India is expected to register a comfortable victory in the Security Council elections on Wednesday that will bring the country to the UN high-table as a non-permanent member for the 2021-22 term. The 193-member UN General Assembly will hold elections for President of the 75th session of the Assembly, five non-permanent members of […]

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

Even COVID-19 crisis has not made tensions abate in Indo-Pacific region: France; Says monitoring developments

7:56 pm May 20, 2020

New Delhi: Even the coronavirus crisis has not made tensions “abate” in the Indo-Pacific, and both India and France are aware of the ongoing activities in the region, French Ambassador said on Wednesday, in an oblique reference to China’s muscular military deployment in the strategic waters at a time when the world is battling the […]

FinMin notifies changes in FDI policy under FEMA

4:25 pm April 23, 2020

New Delhi: The Finance Ministry on Wednesday notified changes in FDI rules, which made prior approval of the government mandatory for foreign investments from countries that share border with India, to prevent opportunistic takeover of domestic firms amid COVID-19 pandemic under the FEMA law. The countries which share land borders with India are China, Bangladesh, […]