New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) India’s services PMI rose to 59.8 in May, from 58.8 in April, amid strengthening demand for freight, digital solutions, e-commerce, entertainment and IT, which boosted new business growth, the HSBC India Services PMI data showed on Wednesday.As a result, companies lifted activity to a greater extent and continued to add to payroll numbers.Although cost pressures remained historically high across India’s service economy, they receded to their lowest in four months, whic…
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Mumbai, June 3 (IANS) Actor Zaheer Iqbal took to his social media account on the 2nd of June, to wish his wife and Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha on her birthday.The actor shared umpteen number of pictures and videos from Sonakshi Sinha special day celebrations. The pictures shared by Zaheer showcase Sonakshi in her happiest moods amidst Zaheer and other friends. Zaheer caption his post as, “I love you my BIRTHDAY GIRL”The first picture shared by Zaheer shows Sonakshi posing and sporting face …
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) India’s merchandise exports to Oman are officially targeted to grow by 50 per cent over the next three years, as the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with the Gulf nation came into force on Monday.The agreement aims to drive merchandise exports from the baseline of roughly $4.06 billion past the $6 billion mark, with a medium-term goal of reaching $10 billion.Oman has offered zero-duty access on 98.08 per cent of its tariff lines, covering 99.38 per ce…
Kyiv, June 1 (IANS) Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that there is not enough anti-ballistic missile production in the US.”There is not enough anti-ballistic missile production in the United States, and this could lead to a crisis in different parts of the world. Russia is ramping up its internal production of ballistic missiles,” Zelensky wrote on Sunday on social media platform X.He mentioned that he also sent a letter to the White House and to the US Congress.”As many as 60–6…
Kathmandu, June 1 (IANS) Nepal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has clarified that Prime Minister Balendra Shah’s remarks regarding the South Asian country also encroaching on Indian territory were related to “cross-border occupation” and encroachment in the no-man’s land along the border with India.Prime Minister Shah on Sunday triggered a political storm after claiming, during his first-ever appearance to answer lawmakers’ questions in Parliament, that Nepal had also encroached on Indian territor…
Hong Kong, May 28 (IANS) A UK-based Christian organisation and rights group has voiced concerns over the restrictions faced by Ahmadis on celebrating Eid al-Adha in Pakistan. Cecil Shane Chaudhry, South Asia Deputy Team Leader at the UK-based Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), condemned the restrictions imposed on Ahmadi community, terming it “unfortunate” that every year the Ahmadi community face such restrictions from non-state actors and state institutions, a report in Union of Catholic As…
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) India’s engineering goods exports maintained their growth momentum at the start of FY2026-27, rising despite logistical and production disruptions caused by the ongoing conflict in West Asia, as per industry data released on Thursday.As per EEPC India, engineering exports increased 8.78 per cent year-on-year to $10.35 billion in April 2026, compared with $9.52 billion in the same month last year.The growth was primarily driven by strong performance across key product s…
Brussels, May 26 (IANS) Europe is enduring an unprecedented early-season heatwave, driven by a powerful “heat dome” that has shattered temperature records across multiple countries, raised public health concerns and intensified calls for faster climate action.France has been among the hardest-hit countries, recording its hottest May day ever with a national average temperature of 24.4 degrees Celsius on Monday, surpassing a record that had stood since 1944, according to Meteo-France. A total of …
London, May 26 (IANS) The UK government on Tuesday issued Heat-Health Alerts (HHA) across England amid rising temperatures across the country.The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) issued an ‘Amber Alert’ for the East Midlands, East of England, London, West Midlands, South East and South West regions and a ‘Yellow Alert’ for the North East, North West and Yorkshire and the Humber regions on May 26.According to the UKHSA, the alerts are effective until 5 pm Thursday, May 28.The Yellow alerts indic…
Mumbai, May 23 (IANS) The popular father and son duo, David and Varun Dhawan, have come together for the romantic entertainer, “Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai”. During the trailer launch event of the much-anticipated drama on Saturday, David got emotional as he recalled his hospital days and how Varun took care of him and stood by him during the challenging time.David revealed that Varun even used to sleep in the hospital to accompany his father.A teary-eyed director shared that every father deser…