Tehran, July 12 (IANS) Iran has launched a series of strikes on US targets in the Middle East, Press TV reported on Sunday.Missile alert sirens sounded in Bahrain as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar also came under attack, reports said.The UAE Defence Ministry said Sunday that its air defence systems were engaging missile and drone threats, while Bahrain’s Interior Ministry urged residents to remain calm and proceed to the nearest safe location.According to Press TV reports, the US targe…
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New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has received in-principle approval from its Board of Directors to develop a 1.75 million metric tonne (MMT) Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) at Mangaluru as a project of national importance, in line with directives from the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG).The proposed facility will be developed as the Phase-I extension of the Mangaluru Strategic Petroleum Reserve and will include associated infrastructure, …
Mumbai, July 10 (IANS) In an operation linked to a reported associate of actor Shekhar Suman, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches at the premises of Kalanee Impex run by Dharmesh Sangani over undisclosed foreign assets and suspicious cross-border transactions, an official said on Friday. Sangani, believed to have stakes in film production and closely associated with Shekhar Suman, came under the ED lens for allegedly operating foreign bank accounts in Canada, the US and the UAE, …
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday arrested a top official of a company in case of money laundering linked to the UAE-based fugitive Inderjeet Singh wanted by Haryana Police in cases of fraud, cheating, illegal land grabbing and violent offences, an official said. The ED’s Gurugram Zonal Office, arrested Rakesh Gupta, former Chief Financial Officer/President- Strategic Initiatives of Apollo Green Energy (earlier Apollo International) and a key managerial person …
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has facilitated the first export shipment of premium Areko cherries and Scentrose plums from Jammu and Kashmir to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a significant milestone in expanding the global footprint of the Union Territory’s high-value horticultural produce, it was announced on Saturday.The inaugural consignment — comprising one metric tonne of premium stone fruits sourced from farmers…
Seoul, July 4 (IANS) Two suspects accused of running large-scale illegal online gambling networks have been extradited from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to South Korea in a joint international operation, authorities said on Saturday. One suspect allegedly ran an overseas gambling site worth 4.8 trillion won (US$3.14 billion) based in Southeast Asia and laundered criminal proceeds while evading arrest for 12 years across multiple countries, including the Philippines, Malaysia and Cambodia, acco…
Islamabad, July 3 (IANS) No Pakistani university has been ranked among the top 350 universities of the world in the recently revealed QS World Universities Rankings 2027, local media reported. The Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) ranked at the 381 spot globally is Pakistan’s top position in QS World University Rankings 2027, local media reported. “The rankings are, at best, a rough measure of quality. But they do reveal a lot. If we do not have a university in the top 350, it does say quite a bit a…
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) The United States retained its position as India’s largest supplier of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in June, extending its lead over traditional Gulf exporters as the country continued to diversify energy imports in response to geopolitical uncertainties in West Asia.According to data from commodity analytics firm Kpler, India imported 773.78 thousand metric tonnes (TMT) of LPG from the US in June, marking a 19.4 per cent increase from May. Overall, India’s LPG imports …
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) India’s services sector continued to expand in June, with the services PMI coming in at 57.4 amid softer domestic demand, according to the HSBC India Services PMI data released on Friday.The latest reading remained well above the neutral 50 mark, signalling continued growth in business activity, according to the PMI data.Companies also reported support from competitive pricing, stronger e-commerce demand, higher customer bookings and improved local tourism.However, the m…
Bhubaneswar, July 2 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday described the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Odisha government with Adani Enterprises Limited and Abu Dhabi-based International Holding Company (IHC) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for an integrated aluminium value chain project as a “landmark moment in the state’s industrial history”. The proposed project will be developed through a joint venture between Adani Enterprises Limited and…