File photo: US Envoy Sergio Gor DHAKA: US’s special envoy for South and Central Asia Sergio Gor is scheduled to visit Bangladesh on July 30 – the first by a senior US diplomat after PM Tarique Rahman’s June tour of China and amid Dhaka’s strong engagements in various fields, including trade, economic corridor and defence,…
ROME: Births in Italy fell last year by nearly 4%, with its fertility rate dropping to a historic low not seen since 1945, due to economic pressures and lack of help for working mothers, a report published Tuesday found.With 355,000 babies born in 2025, the fertility rate, or the average number of children per woman,…
File photo: Ships in Hormuz DUBAI: Oman has presented Iran with a plan backed by Gulf states to manage the Strait of Hormuz, including collecting voluntary fees for using it, a Gulf source and a Western diplomat told Reuters on Tuesday. A senior Iranian source told Reuters that Tehran was yet to respond to the…
Union minister Bhagirath Choudhary & BJP MP Lumba Ram NEW DELHI: Union minister of state for agriculture Bhagirath Choudhary and BJP MP from Sirohi in Rajasthan Lumba Ram received financial assistance under a central scheme in 2026 and 2025, govt informed Parliament Tuesday, adding that Choudhary, however, refunded the subsidy.In a written reply to Lok…
File photo: DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran NEW DELHI: DMK Tuesday demanded that NEET be scrapped as its MP Dayanidhi Maran in Lok Sabha asserted that the proposed amendment in the law against paper leak accused does not address the core problem bedeviling the medical entrance examination.“You are not addressing the core issue. NEET is not…
Govt imposes sugar stock holding limits NEW DELHI: Government on Tuesday issued an order capping the stock of sugar at 400 tonne with any dealer at any point of time till November 30 and traders have been directed to liquidate excess stock by August 1.The directive, which will come into force from August 1, also…
India slammed Pakistan for the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK) polls, saying the “cosmetic electoral exercise” was just an attempt to camouflage the illegal occupation of Indian territory.Ministry of external affairs (MEA) reiterated India’s “consistent, clear and well known” position that the entire Union territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, including the areas currently under Pakistan’s…
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day Tuesday amid repeated opposition protests demanding a statement from Union home minister Amit Shah over police action against demonstrators protesting the NEET-UG paper leak at Jantar Mantar.The House witnessed disruptions from the start of proceedings. It was first adjourned within minutes of assembling at 11am, after…
NEW DELHI: Government has tightened the rules governing the use of official vehicles by employees, stating an officer entitled to a govt staff car cannot be allotted more than one official vehicle, even when they hold additional charge of another ministry, department, public sector undertaking, or autonomous body.In addition, it has barred officers entitled from…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday told top officials of key economic ministries that govt must remain youthful and forward looking, a message that came days after he took to Instagram amid Gen Z-led protests against paper leaks.“…a govt must always remain youthful, dynamic, forward-looking, continuously adapting to new challenges and opportunities with agility…