DUBAI: Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed Friday to re-establish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies after seven years of tensions. The major diplomatic breakthrough negotiated with China lowers the chance of armed conflict between the Mideast rivals – both directly and in proxy conflicts around the region. The deal, struck in Beijing this week amid its […]
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Friday named two Indian-Americans — Revathi Advaithi, CEO of Flex, and Manish Bapna, CEO of the Natural Resources Defence Council — to the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations.On Friday, Biden announced his intent to appoint 14 people to the Advisory Committee, which provides overall policy advice to […]
HONG KONG: Hong Kong national security police on Thursday arrested the wife of a prominent activist who was among the leaders of a group that organised annual vigils commemorating China’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, two people close to her said.Officers arrested Elizabeth Tang, the wife of Lee Cheuk-yan, outside Stanley Prison but it was […]
NEW DELHI: A decommissioned Indo-French weather satellite, Megha-Tropiques-1 (MT-1), was safely disintegrated in the Earth’s atmosphere after the controlled re-entry operation that was successfully carried out on March 7.The weather satellite was launched on October 12, 2011, as a collaborative effort between Isro and French space agency CNES for carrying out tropical weather and climate […]
AHMEDABAD: With another five-for in the series (6-91), Ravichandran Ashwin has emerged as the top wicket-taker in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The wily off spinner took his series tally to 24 on Day 2 of the fourth and final Test. LIVE UPDATES: DAY 3It was a special performance for Ashwin as it came on a docile […]
The winners of the third edition of The Times of India Gadgets Now Awards were announced at a glittering ceremony in Gurugram, which was attended by members of the leadership team of some of the most influential and popular technology majors in India. The Times of India-Gadgets Now Awards 2022 celebrated and honoured the best […]
CHARLESTON: A child marriage bill was passed by the West Virginia Senate on Friday night after it was changed to prohibit anyone younger than 16 from getting married and to ban age gaps of more than four years for 16- and 17-year-olds.The Senate passed the bill on a 31-1 vote. It now goes to the […]
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden is sticking with a blue-and-white colour scheme for the exterior of the replacement Air Force One aircraft, the first of which is expected to be delivered in four years. The Air Force said late Friday that the light blue on the new model of the modified 747s that transport the president […]
HYDERABAD: A wedding organised on the outskirts of the city was cancelled by the bride at the last minute, ostensibly because of low dowry. She demanded more than Rs 2 lakh, which was paid by the groom’s family in keeping with the tribe’s custom of “reverse dowry” paid to prospective brides.The wedding was scheduled for […]
MUMBAI: Silicon Valley Bank, a four-decade old US lender, collapsed into Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) receivership on Friday, after its long-established customer base of technology startups grew worried and yanked deposits. Receivership typically means a bank’s deposits will be assumed by another, healthy bank or the FDIC will pay depositors up to the $250,000 […]
