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Tata Steel is reportedly selling two of its units in South East Asia – NatSteel Holdings and Tata Steel Thailand which would be valued at $500 million. The company has received interest for the two units from many players, including private companies. These units will be sold together. Tata Steel, ... Read More »

What made Ayodhya’s diwali special was the setting of a new world record by lighting up of over 3 lakh lamps by the banks of the Saryu river.     When the diyas were lit up it left all onlookers enchanted.Special display of colourful lights added another dimension to the ... Read More »

She will also attend the Ground Breaking Ceremony of Queen Huh Memorial Park in Ayodhya. According to Korean legend, a princess of Ayodhya went to Korea in 48 AD and married King Kim-Suro. The main streets of Ayodhya wear a scintillating look with illuminated lamps and special decorations.  Many buildings ... Read More »

Zensar Technologies has launched 3 in 1 insurance module in South Africa. It is a custom data module designed for the Insurance industry, developed leveraging Salesforce Community Cloud. The module enables a single, centralized 3 in 1 view across consumer, agent and employee data. The portal provides the unique ability ... Read More »

The event was organised by UNICEF in association with BRAC, a Bangladesh based international organisation. The basic aim of the challenge was to identify innovative solutions to promote the practice of hand washing with soap. More than 700 teams from South Asia had submitted their ideas about how to get ... Read More »

South Indian Bank has reported results for second quarter ended September 30, 2018. The Bank has reported over 16 fold jump in its net profit at Rs 70.13 crore for the quarter under review as compared to Rs 4.32 crore for the same quarter in the previous year. Total income ... Read More »

South Indian Bank has decided to augment the capital by issue of Basel III compliant Tier II Bonds not exceeding Rs 500 crore in one or more tranches with or without green shoe option, on such terms and conditions as it may deem fit, subject to the approval of regulatory ... Read More »

Evan Atar Adaha’s Maban hospital in the South Sudanese town of Bunj serves more than 1,44,000 refugees from Blue Nile state in neighbouring Sudan, UNHCR said. The hospital’s X-ray machine is broken, but Atar and his team perform nearly 60 surgeries per week in a room with just one light, ... Read More »

The green panel also directed the project proponents to make a categorical statement and inform it about the exact number of trees which are proposed to be cut for the redevelopment project. A bench headed by Acting NGT Chairperson Justice Jawad Rahim also issued notices to the Ministry of Housing and ... Read More »

The United States and South Korea have agreed to indefinitely suspend two exchange program training exercises, the Pentagon said on Friday, in the aftermath of the summit earlier this month between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. At a news conference after the meeting with ... Read More »

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who is on a five-day visit to South Africa, was given a civic reception by the Indian community at Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said that India is a country of youth and under PM Modi’s leadership, the country is moving ... Read More »

Upon her arrival at Johannesburg, she was received by Deputy Foreign Minister Luwellyn Landers. On her way to South Africa, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday made a transit halt in Mauritius where she met the Prime Minister of the island nation, Pravind Kumar Jugnauth. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar ... Read More »

On her way to South Africa, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday made a transit halt in Mauritius where she met the Prime Minister of the island nation, Pravind Kumar Jugnauth. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said enhancing the ties between India and Mauritius was the focus of the ... Read More »

Swaraj will also attend a series of events marking the 125th anniversary of the historic incident where a young Mahatma Gandhi was pushed out of a train compartment in Pietermaritzburg railway station, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. The 1893 incident proved to be a turning point in Gandhi’s ... Read More »

The rivals also agreed at a meeting of senior officials at the border village of Panmunjom to establish a liaison office at the North Korean border town of Kaesong and hold sports talks on fielding combined teams for some sports at the Asian Games in August, as they continue to ... Read More »

“After 114 test matches, 228 one day internationals and 78 T20 internationals it is time for others to take over. I’ve had my turn and to be honest I’m tired,” he said in a video message on Twitter and in a statement. “This is a tough decision, I have thought ... Read More »

A ministry spokesperson told reporters that Pyongyang’s decision to unilaterally postpone high-level talks between the two Koreas citing an annual joint air drill between South Korea and the United States, was not in line with the spirit of the Panmunjom Declaration and was regrettable. Unification Ministry spokesperson Baik Tae-hyun urged the North to swiftly ... Read More »

A ministry spokesperson told reporters that Pyongyang’s decision to unilaterally postpone high-level talks between the two Koreas citing an annual joint air drill between South Korea and the United States, was not in line with the spirit of the Panmunjom Declaration and was regrettable. Unification Ministry spokesperson Baik Tae-hyun urged the North to swiftly ... Read More »

North and South Korea requested to field a unified team for the semi-finals of the championships, which will be played against Japan or Ukraine on Friday in Halmstad, Sweden. The last time that a unified Korea team played the world table tennis championships was 1991 in Chiba, Japan where women’s team shocked defending champions ... Read More »

Guterres said the requests need approval from the U.N. Security Council, but he wanted to cooperate to build peace on the Korean peninsula and would assign a U.N. official in charge of arms control to cooperate with South Korea, the Blue House spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom added. Several days before the ... Read More »