Indian paddler Archana Kamath clinchs 2019 Oman Open table tennis tournament

Indian paddler Archana Kamath clinched a silver in the under-21 women’s singles section of the Seamaster ITTF Challenge Plus 2019 Oman Open table tennis tournament at Muscat. Archana started playing table tennis at the age of 9 years. She won ..

Saudi Arabia: Royal Court Adviser fired over Khashoggi killing

Saud al-Qahtani, who is a top aide of the Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, has been sacked over the killing of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi but is not on trial along with the 11 suspects at secretive hearings in ..

UK’s historic Royal visit to Cuba

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla visited Cuba on sunday. It is the first ever royal visit by the members of the family to Cuba. This is happening at a time when majority of the western world is denouncing Cuba’ ..

New Zealand bans Assault Weapons

New Zealand has imposed an immediate ban on assault weapons following the Christchurch massacre that claimed the lives of 50 mosque-goers. Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand has announced that assault rifles and military-style semi-automatic weapons would be banned ..

India ranks 140th in World Happiness Report

Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the United Nations has released the World Happiness Report on the International Day of Happiness. India is ranked 140th out of 156 nations. India shows a 7 spot decline. Finland has topped the list for ..

Pakistan to receive loan of 2.1 billion US$ from China

Pakistan will receive 2.1 billion US$ loan from China by 25th March to provide a boost to its ailing economy. Pakistan’s Finance Ministry has announced that all procedural formalities for the transfer of the loan being provided by the Chinese ..

President Trump rolls back North Korea sanctions

President Trump over ruled his own national security experts in favour of the North Korean leader Kim Jong ”un. He had rolled back the sanctions that were imposed on North Korea. The new sanctions announced recently against Iran and Venezuela ..

India wins 368 medals at Special Olympics World Summer Games

India has claimed 368 medals which include 85 gold, at the Special Olympics World Summer Games, held at Abu Dhabi, UAE. The Indian team of 284 athletes has clinched 154 silver and 129 bronze medals in its successful campaign at ..

Singapore, Hong Kong and Paris jointly named as the Most expensive cities

According to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Annual Worldwide Cost of Living survey, the title of most expensive city is shared by Paris, Hong Kong, and Singapore. This is the first time in the survey’s 30-year history that three cities are ..

Italy to join China’s ambitious Belt and Road initiative

Recently, Italian Premier Premier Giuseppe Conte has pledged to make Italy the first Group of Seven nation to join China’s ambitious Belt and Road initiative, despite objections from the United States and concerns within his governing coalition. While, on 20th ..