The plot to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight over American soil on Christmas Day demonstrates a new and lethal ability by a branch of the Al Qaeda to attack the United States directly, the New York Times quotes both government and independent counter-terrorism specialists, as saying.
Crude prices, which has become a big concern for the government fighting inflation, softened to about $104 to a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange after touching $107 a barrel, its highest level since September 2008.
US carmaker Ford on Wednesday said it will expand export market for its compact car Figo to Mexico and other nations in North Africa, the Caribbean and Middle East as part of plans to make India a global small car hub.
Ravi Sinha is described as "highly tech-savvy", and credited with infusing modern technology in the field of intelligence collection.
Wael Ghonim has not been seen since late Thursday evening in central Cairo.
The men belonged to a group that made fake identification documents, which were sent to Pakistan to be used in attacks, media reported.
Air Arabia is connected to 31 destinations globally and 12 destinations in India. Hyderabad is Air Arabia's 43rd global destination, reinforcing its status as the largest destination network in India of any West Asia-based carrier. Currently, Air Arabia provides direct service to Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai Coimbatore, Jaipur, Kochi, Kozhikode, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi and Thiruvananthapuram.
India is likely to experience below-normal monsoon rainfall this year, with a 20 per cent chance of drought due to the end of La Nina conditions and the potential for El Nino to take hold, private forecasting agency Skymet Weather said on Monday.
India continues to be the most favoured back-office of the world, but the Middle East and North Africa region is slowly emerging as a promising offshoring destination, global management consulting firm A T Kearney says.
Talking to mediapersons in Hyderabad on Wednesday, A K Nizar, head of commercial department, Air Arabia, said that the airline launched in Hyderabad in October 2008, has been well received by passengers from city and adjoining regions. The airline enjoyed an average of 85 per cent seat factor for Hyderabad-Sharjah route for the month of January 2009.
India's dream to be in the forefront of international politics has come true. India has placed itself firmly as a major player in the shaping of a new world order, observes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
Tata Communications said it has signed a partnership agreement with TE Data SAE for expanding its global VPN services to Egypt. TE Data SAE is a subsidiary of Telecom Egypt and is a leading P-based data communications carrier. Both the companies have interconnected their respective infrastructures, thus setting up multiple, network-to-network interconnection (NNI) points that would connect Tata Communications' European & Indian network hubs with TE Data's facilities in Egypt.
Gavi, 18, and Pedri, who turned 20 during the tournament, showed maturity beyond their years at the heart of the team's midfield, while strikers Ansu Fati and Nico Williams, both 20, looked full of potential when they came off the bench.
Five members of the Lutchman family have been jailed for assaulting and robbing their neighbour five years ago.
Jacob Bethell helped England advance to the semi-finals of the U19 World Cup in a six-wicket win over SA
Domestically, Indians are exploring popular beach destinations, the hills of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, and the North-Eastern region as well.
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang reiterated that the situation at the India-China border is generally stable and both sides should consolidate the present achievements and strictly abide by the relevant agreements while pushing for further cooling and easing of the conditions for sustainable peace and tranquillity at the frontier.
Remittances to India are likely to drop by 23 per cent from USD 83 billion last year to USD 64 billion this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has resulted in a global recession, the World Bank has said. Globally remittances are projected to decline sharply by about 20 per cent this year due to the economic crisis induced by the pandemic and shutdowns, according to a World Bank report on the impact of the Covid-19 on migration and remittances released on Wednesday.
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Tata Motors may soon set up a car manufacturing unit in Egypt, North Africa. The car major is said to have held talks with an eight-member high-level delegation from Egypt.
Among others, China is developing the strategically located Gwadar port in Balochistan, which is aimed towards having a military presence, says a Pentagon report
The low-cost carrier of West Asia and North Africa has signed a contract with Airbus for 34 A320 with an option for 15 more, Air Arabia said in a statement. The deal would more than triple the size of Air Arabia's fleet and underlines its stated ambition to increase its total operating fleet to over 50 aircraft by 2015.
International Tea Day is a good occasion to brew a special pot of chai.
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Air Arabia, the low-cost airline in West Asia and North Africa, will increase its frequency between Sharjah and Mumbai by an additional six flights per week.
The appointment of Misri, a 1989-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, came after he served as the Indian ambassador to China for nearly three years.
Further deterioration of the US-Saudi relationship will have geo-economic and geopolitical effects, says Nitin Pai.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has reiterated the UK's commitment to a free trade agreement (FTA) with India as part of the country's wider focus on enhancing ties with the strategic Indo-Pacific region and standing up to competitors with "robust pragmatism". Delivering his first major foreign policy speech since taking charge at 10 Downing Street last month at the Lord Mayor of London's Banquet on Monday evening, the British Indian leader reflected upon his heritage and committed to promoting British values of "freedom and openness" around the world. He also pledged to "do things differently" far removed from the so-called "golden era" with China, which he said poses a "systemic challenge" to British values and interests.
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The steel plant is planned to set up in the Alton North light industrial area of Richards Bay, situated about 150 km north of Durban.
Jaishankar, who arrived in Santo Domingo on his first official visit to the Dominican Republic, also said that India has seen a dramatic expansion in connectivity, contacts, and cooperation across the region.
Black Friday sales in India received a good response as brands dropped their prices making customers queue up outside stores where discounts were steeper. Discounts were offered both online and offline. Most of the international brands in India offered discounts under the Black Friday Sale banner. The Black Friday Sale started in the US on the Friday after Thanksgiving Thursday. The day typically marks the beginning of the Christmas shopping season ahead of the festival.
"We cannot start reducing the best institutes, like the Indian Institute of Management, to the lowest common denominator," says Ravi Miglani.
Nizar Trabelsi, who was born in Tunisia and played for Fortuna Duesseldorf in the 1980s, was planning to detonate a car bomb at the Kleine Brogel air base in Belgium.
India witnessed a 12 per cent year-on-year (YoY) jump in total household wealth last year, at $14,225 billion, according to the Global Wealth Report 2022 by Credit Suisse. The report also forecasts the number of millionaires in the country to more than double from 796,000 in 2021 to 1.6 million in 2026. According to the report, which is based on data for the wealth holdings of 5.3 billion adults across nearly 200 countries, global household wealth rose 9.8 per cent in 2021 to $463.6 trillion, driven by widespread gains in share prices and a favourable environment created by central bank policies in 2020 to lower interest rates but at the cost of inflationary pressure.
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Atul Keshap, a senior Indian American career diplomat and one of the rising stars in the United States foreign service, has been picked by Nisha Desai Biswal, the newly appointed assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian affairs, to be her deputy.
Eight of the newly named cardinals are from Europe, six from Asia, two from Africa, one from North America, and four from Central and Latin America.
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