Published by Reuters By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s plan to tighten rules on its fast-growing e-commerce market has run into internal government dissent, memos reviewed by Reuters show, with the Ministry of Finance describing some proposals as “excessive” and “without economic rationale”. The memos offer a rare glimpse of high-stakes policy-making governing […]
Staff Report Srinagar: Top Bollywood stars like Naseer-ud-Din Shah, Paresh Rawal and Urvashi Rutela are expected to arrive in Kashmir to act in a web series on Kashmir. The shooting for the web-series titled “Kashmir-Enigma of Paradise” has begun in Srinagar. The series is directed by filmmaker Atul Agarrwal and it has an interesting line of star cast
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Published by Reuters By Andrew Osborn and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s ruling United Russia party, which supports President Vladimir Putin, retained its parliamentary majority after an election and a sweeping crackdown on its critics, despite losing over a tenth of its support, partial results on Monday showed. With nearly 74% of ballots counted, the
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Published by The Bangkok Post LOS ANGELES: Here is a list of the winners in key categories for the 73rd Emmy Awards, which were handed out in Los Angeles on Sunday. Netflix had a stellar night, winning its first awards for top series with British royals saga “The Crown” (best drama) and “The Queen’s Gambit”
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Published by Reuters By Colin Packham CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday departed for Washington to meet with leaders of the Quad grouping amid criticism over his government’s decision to abandon a $40 billion submarine deal with France. Australia last week said it would scrap a deal with France’s Naval Group
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Published by Reuters PARIS (Reuters) – France has cancelled a meeting between Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly and her British counterpart planned for this week after Australia scrapped a submarine order with Paris in favour of a deal with Washington and London, two sources familiar with the matter said. Parly personally took the decision to
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Published by Reuters By Patricia Zengerle and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Secretary of State Antony Blinken beat back criticism of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan on Monday at a contentious congressional hearing where at least two Republicans called on him to resign. In five hours of often testy exchanges with lawmakers, Blinken defended
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Published by Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) -New local COVID-19 infections more than doubled in China’s southeastern province of Fujian, health authorities said on Tuesday, prompting officials to quickly roll out measures including travel restrictions to halt the spread of the virus. The National Health Commission said 59 new locally transmitted cases were reported for Sept. 13,
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Published by Reuters By Emma Farge and Michelle Nichols GENEVA/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donors have pledged more than a billion dollars to help Afghanistan, where poverty and hunger have spiralled since the Islamist Taliban took power, and foreign aid has dried up, raising the spectre of a mass exodus. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said it was
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Published by Al-Araby A Palestinian has been shot and wounded by police, Israeli officials said, claiming he stabbed and injured two people in a Jerusalem cosmetics shop on Monday amid heightened tensions since a daring prison escape by six Palestinian prisoners a week ago. The military alleged this incident came hours after a Palestinian used
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