India’s conglomerate Reliance Industries has partnered with Facebook Inc, Google, and fintech player Infibeam to set up a national digital payments network, local newspaper reported on Saturday, citing unnamed sources Last year, India’s central bank invited companies to forge new umbrella entities (NUEs) to create a payments network; that would rival the system operated by […]
Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped 317 school girls in the northwest Nigerian state of Zamfara, police said in a statement on Friday, the second such kidnapping in little over a week. Earlier, Sulaiman Tanau Anka, information commissioner for Zamfara state, told the local news agency that “unknown gunmen … took the girls away” in a midnight […]
A saleswoman was allegedly gang-raped by three men in Hapur when she was returning from work in Ghaziabad to her residence in neighboring Gautam Buddha Nagar late on Wednesday, police said. The Hapur police have registered an FIR against three unidentified men under Section 376D of the IPC. As per reports, the woman had initially […]
The United Kingdom’s highest court has ruled Shamima Begum, a woman who was stripped of her citizenship after fleeing to Syria to join ISIL (ISIS), should not be allowed to return to the country to challenge the decision, because she poses a security risk. Begum left London in 2015 when she was 15 and traveled […]
TEGUCIGALPA. A nurse, who contracted covid-19 in 2020, and an internist, the first two Hondurans to be vaccinated against the disease this past Thursday. The vaccinations took place a few hours after 5,000 doses sent by Israel arrived in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Vaccinated nurse suffers from Diabetes and Hypertension The first vaccinated nurse said that in […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan’s maiden visit to Sri Lanka this week is part of Pakistan’s proactive strategy aimed at engaging South Asian countries amid worsening ties with longtime rival India, experts say. The two-day visit, they believe, could turn into a strategic partnership if the island nation accepts Islamabad’s invitation to join the multi-billion-dollar China-Pakistan […]
According to Superintendent of Police S Anand, the girl told investigators that three people tried to rape her in a field near Rai Kheda village on Monday and when they did not succeed; they poured kerosene and set her on fire. Police included the rape charge after the intervention of Moradabad senior superintendent of police […]
China’s President Xi Jinping has declared complete victory in his government’s effort to eradicate rural poverty, lifting the income of nearly 100 million people over the past eight years. The Chinese leader made the announcement at a ceremony in Beijing on Thursday to mark what has been described as a signature initiative of his tenure. […]
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has announced that Pakistan has decided to award scholarships, to 100 students from Sri Lanka in the top medical institutes of the country. The foreign minister has announced this move during his trip to Sri Lanka alongside Prime Minister Imran Khan. Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Pakistan Is Standing Side By […]
A Nigerian military aircraft has crashed near Abuja airport, killing all seven people on board, according to officials. “First responders are at the scene. Sadly, all 7 personnel on board died in the crash,” Ibikunle Daramole; air force spokesman, said in a statement on Sunday. The Beechcraft KingAir B350i aircraft crashed; while returning to the […]
