Kuala Lumpur, (UNI) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated China’s Ren Xiang Yu and He Ji Ting in straight games and stormed into the semifinals of the Malaysia Open Super 1000 tournament here on Friday. The world No.2 Indian pair dashed the hopes of the world No.32 Chinese pair in just 35 minutes with the…
Rome, (UNI) The US informed Italy of the airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen a few hours before the attack, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Friday. The US and its allies fired more than 100 missiles at Houthi positions in four Yemeni provinces overnight into Friday in retaliation for attacks on commercial shipping…
Sana, (UNI) The Houthi rebel group in Yemen has vowed strong retaliation against the United States and Britain for airstrikes carried out earlier on Friday in areas under their control. According to a statement from Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea, the American and British forces launched a “brutal aggression,” with 73 raids targeting the Yemeni…
Islamabad, (UNI) The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the first review of Pakistan’s economic reform program supported by the IMF’s Stand-By Arrangement (SBA), allowing for an immediate disbursement of about 700 million U.S. dollars, the IMF said Thursday. Following the Board’s decision, the total disbursements under the arrangement get to around…
Sanaa, (UNI) Yemen’s Houthi group said on Friday that five of its fighters were killed during the U.S.-Britain airstrikes before dawn, adding six others were injured. It added that the airstrikes hit 73 targets across the areas the rebel group controls.
New Delhi, (UNI) India’s consumer price index (CPI)-based inflation rose to four-month high of 5.69% in December 2023 from 5.55% in the previous month, according to data released by Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on Friday. Food basket inflation in December 2023 was 9.53% as against 8.70% in the previous month and 4.19%…
Auckland, (UNI) Tim Southee became the first bowler to breach the 150-wicket barrier in T20Is on Friday at Eden Park, here. Veteran New Zealand pacer Tim Southee completed 150 wickets in the shortest format, becoming the first bowler in Men’s T20Is to reach the milestone. Southee achieved the feat on Friday in Auckland during the…
Beijing, (UNI) Sixty-one people are trapped and 14 are missing after an accident occurred Friday afternoon in a coal mine in the city of Pingdingshan, in central China’s Henan Province, local authorities said. The accident happened at around 2 p.m. in a coal mine in China, Pingmei Shenma in Henan. A preliminary investigation showed it…
Tokyo, (UNI) The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched an H2A rocket carrying the Kogaku-8 optical satellite from the Tanegashima Space Center on Friday, according to a broadcast by the MBC television station. The launch was scheduled for January 11, but was postponed due to unfavorable weather conditions. The Kogaku-8 satellite belongs to the Japanese…
World Hindi Day organized in LIC Chronicle Reporter, Bhopal The celebration of World Hindi Day was started with the corporation song on Wednesday at the regional office of Life Insurance Corporation of India. On this occasion, the program was presided over by Baghrai Majhi, Regional Manager, Central Region, Life Insurance Corporation of India. On this…
