CAIRO: The World Bank Group has announced a $1 billion loan to Egypt, the first installment of an $8 billion financing plan to help the country carry out key economic reforms. Yesterday's statement says the $8 billion loan will be disbursed over a four-year period to support Egypt's efforts to "r

BENGALURU: The Karnataka high court on Friday asked the state government to check whether it can follow the New Delhi model which has banned diesel vehicles to avoid increasing air pollution levels, in Bengaluru as well. While hearing a related case, Justice AN Venugopala Gowda asked the state go

RIYADH: Expatriate workers and their dependants with expired re-entry visas seeking to return to the Kingdom can now renew them in their home countries, according to a directive issued by the Saudi Foreign Ministry. “A re-entry visa for all workers and their family members (wives and children) in

JEDDAH: Only 3.11 million Saudis have medical insurance or 30 percent of eligible citizens in the country, while 7.85 million or 79 percent of expatriates have coverage, according to the Council of Cooperative Health Insurance (CCHI). With a new company entering the market within the next 90 days

ADDIS ABABA: The United States government has announced $88 million to help feed hungry people in drought-stricken areas of Ethiopia, bringing the total amount of humanitarian aid to the country in 2015 to more than $435 million. The Ethiopian government is appealing for $1.4 billion from the int

MANGALURU: A woman who has made significant contributions to society as an ambulance driver in the city has been selected for the first 'Mangaluru Press Club Award'. C S Radhika, 43, who has been serving as an ambulance driver with her own vehicle since 2002, was adjudged the right candidate for

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday asked all National Financial Switch (NFS) member banks to make changes in ATM switches by March 2016 to help customers register for mobile banking services. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has developed the mobile banking regi

For science fiction aficionados, a laser-firing starship or jet fighter is but another day at the office. Literally thousands of books and films feature this futuristic tech as a facet of its battlefields, but would you ever expect the likes of the United States Air Force to include it in its arsena

A day after the Ministry of External Affairs decided to start a fresh campaign to find hearing- and speech-impaired girl Geeta’s family, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday made an appeal to locate her family. In a series of tweets about Geeta’s identification marks and location of

دبئی پولیس نے کرامہ کے علاقے میں منی ایکسچینج لوٹنے والے ملزمان کو 24گھنٹے میں گرفتار کرلیا ہے اور لوٹی رقم بھی برآمد کرلی ہے۔ ملزمان نے کھلونا پستول دکھا کر واردات کی تھی۔ کرامہ میں ڈکیتی کرنے والا 6رکنی گروہ گرفتارکرلیاگیا،ڈاکوؤں نے بندوق کے زور 10 لاکھ درہم لوٹ لئے تھے۔ دبئی پولیس کے مطابق گرف

Nirbhaya's Mother Asha Devi speaks at a programme to observe the third anniversary of Nirbhaya gang-rape case as 'Nirbhaya Chetna Divas' at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. Social activist Shabana Azmi is also seen. (PTI Photo)   The juvenile convict in the December 16, 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape

The AAP today put "five specific" questions to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley relating to its allegations of corruption in Delhi's cricket body DDCA under his watch and accused him of giving "vague" response to the charges. Calling Jaitley a "master of half truth and beautiful lies", AAP leader As

Today, most people you know are probably using a smartphone, and mobile wallets have also become quite widespread, even if most people use them for a very specific reason. For some, a mobile wallet is just a way to recharge their phone; for others, it's the app they use to refill the taxi money; and

The United States appears poised to lift at least some sanctions against Iran – possibly as early as January. The secretary of state, John Kerry, said in a letter on Wednesday to the Senate foreign relations committee that Iran is fulfilling its obligations under the international agreement in wh

(CNN)Did Kuwait Airways just scrap an entire flight service to avoid carrying Israeli passengers? The airline has this week pulled its connection between New York's JFK airport and London Heathrow after U.S. authorities threatened legal action over alleged discrimination. The U.S. Depart

ٹورانٹو: پوری دنیا میں وسائل کی بچت اور ماحول دوست ایجادات مقبولیت حاصل کررہی ہیں اور اس ضمن میں ایک واشنگ مشین تیار کی گئی ہے جس پر پائیدان لگا ہے اس لیے یہ واشنگ مشین اسی طرح چلتی ہے جس طرح درزی پاؤں سے مشین چلاکر کپڑے سیتے ہیں۔ کینیڈا کے رہائشی چینی باشندی کی جاب سے تیار کی گئی یہ جدید واشنگ مشی

امریکہ میں مسلمانوں کے داخلے پر پابندی کی تجویز پر ریپبلکن پارٹی ہی تضاد نظر آ رہی ہے. بتا دیں کہ صدارتی انتخابات کے لئے ریپبلکن پارٹی کے ایک دعویدار ڈونلڈ ٹرمپ کے اس سلسلے میں دئے گئے بیان کو لے کر جہاں امریکہ کی سیاست میں طوفان آیا ہوا ہے، وہیں دنیا کے تمام ممالک میں بھی اس پر بحث ہو رہی ہے. ٹرمپ

یروشلم، 17 دسمبر (یو این آئی)فلسطینی پارلیمنٹ کے ڈپٹی اسپیکر احمد بحرنے کہا ہے کہ سعودی عرب اپنے 34 اتحادی ممالک کے ذریعہ دہشت گردوں کے خلاف کارروائی کرنے کے بجائے اسرائیلی دہشت گردی کے خلاف کارروائی کرے، اور فلسطینیوں کو نجات دلانے کے لئے اسرائیل کا مقابلہ کرے۔ اخبار العہد کے مطابق احمد بحرنے کہا