New Delhi: Indian Muslim business tycoon Azim Premji donated 10 times more money than billionaires Mukesh Ambani and Shiv Nadar in 2020, as per a report. With an impressive donation of Rs7,904 crores, Wipro founder and chairman Premji and his family topped the EdelGive Hurun India
New Delhi: India on Monday reported its first foreign diplomat casualty due to coronavirus as the embassies in the capital are facing the virus onslaught, seeking emergency medical supplies for the critically ill patients. According to Indian media, Col Dr Moses Beatus Mlula, Defence Advisor of
Nandigram: Houses and vehicles of some Bharatiya Janata Party candidates were allegedly attacked and a party office at Arambagh was set on fire. The vehicle of Suvendu Adhikari, who defeated chief minister Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram, was also attacked. TMC leaders, however, said they had nothing
Kolkata: Thanking the people as the Trinamool Congress headed for a landslide victory in the assembly elections, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Sunday that West Bengal has “saved” India with its mandate. Banerjee said tackling the COVID-19 pandemic was her priority, asking party leaders not
Kolkata: The incumbent chief minister's party in India's West Bengal state has defeated Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party in a state election held as the coronavirus pandemic surged to crisis levels. Modi has been criticised for focusing on the elections instead of making the pandemic his
Rome: In an effort to fight corruption in the highest ranks of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis issued a sweeping new decree compelling top managers at the Vatican — including cardinals — to provide full financial disclosures and to refuse any gifts worth more
Ankara: The Justice Ministry announced Friday a schedule for the execution of Turkey's new Human Rights Action Plan – a series of reforms in its legal system that are aimed at enhancing democracy in the country while promoting human rights and liberties. According to the document
London: It was an image that got lost on the day of Prince Philip's funeral but was powerful enough to go viral in the days that followed -- the Duchess of Cambridge captured by a photographer peering through a black veil in the back of
Islamabad: The Centre for Afghanistan, Middle East & Africa (CAMEA) at the Institute of Strategic Studies (ISSI) held a panel discussion titled The Next Chapter for Afghanistan. The distinguished panel of experts included: Mr. Mirwais Yasini, Former Deputy Speaker of the Lower House of the Afghan
Yangon: Half of Myanmar s population could be living in poverty next year, driven by the combination of the pandemic and the political crisis sparked by the military coup, the UN said. The dire warning came as renewed fighting between the Myanmar military and armed ethnic