Malé, (UNI) Fitch Ratings, a prominent credit rating agency globally, has downgraded the Maldives’ long-term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘CCC+’, drawing attention to the potential for the island nation to become deeply indebted, the island nation’s media reported on Thursday. Fitch publicised a report on Wednesday, revealing that Maldives long-term IDR has been…
Beijing, June 28 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted Off East Coast of Honshu, Japan at 01:46 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 37.55 degrees north latitude and 142.22 degrees east longitude.
New Delhi, June 27 (UNI) The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully completed six consecutive developmental trials of High Speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) ‘Abhyas’ with improved booster configuration from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, Odisha, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday. With this, Abhyas has successfully completed 10 developmental trials demonstrating…
New Delhi, June 27 (UNI) Leading telecom operator Reliance Jio Infocomm on Thursday announced massive up to 27 percent hike in mobile tariff from July 3 and made unlimited 5G services on specific tariff plans with higher tariffs. As on April 30 this year Jio’s market share is 40.48 per cent followed by Airtel at…
Srinagar, June 27 (UNI) Director General of Police, J&K R.R. Swain, visited the base camp for the Amarnath Yatra at Baltal in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district and directed the officers to strictly maintain a high vigil throughout the pilgrimage. The DGP also visited the base camps at Bhagwati Nagar in Jammu and Chanderkot in Ramban…
Guyana, June 27 (UNI) England won the toss and chose to field first against India in their T20 World Cup semi final here on Thursday. Bot sides retained their previous line ups – the decisions probably influenced by weather conditions and the nature of the pitch, which England captain Jos Buttler believes will favour bowlers…
Bengaluru, June 27 (UNI) A potential power tussle within the Karnataka Congress has once again come to the fore after Vokkaliga seer Chandrashekar Swamiji publicly urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to step down in favour of Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar. During the Kempegowda Jayanti event on Thursday, which was attended by Siddaramaiah, Swamiji made a…
New Delhi/Colombo, June 27 (UNI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar conveyed to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin that while the Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka is doing everything for the release of Indian fishermen held by Colombo, he should not forget the genesis of the issue – reminding him of the 1974 pact…
Washington/New Delhi, June 27 (UNI) The US has held constructive dialogue with India on the alleged plot to kill Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun and made clear that they seek accountability from New Delhi in the matter, a top US official has said. US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said that they’ve raised the…
New Delhi, June 27 (UNI) President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday said the Central government, committed to lasting peace in the North-East, was working on a phased withdrawal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) from the disturbed areas of the region. Addressing the Joint Session of the two Houses of Parliament after the formation…
