London, July 16 – West Ham United have signed Senegal’s 20-year-old defender El Hadji Malick Diouf on a long-term deal, making him their third signing of the summer after Jean-Clair Todibo and Daniel Cummings. Diouf, who joins from Slavia Prague, helped his team win the Czech league and impressed in European competitions. He also starred…
Mumbai, July 16 – The inspiring true story of Sabu Dastagir, India’s first Hollywood star, is set to become a film. Almighty Motion Picture has acquired the screen rights to Sabu: The Remarkable Story of India’s First Actor in Hollywood, a biography by Debleena Majumdar. Sabu, born in 1924 in Mysore, went from working in…
Mumbai, July 16 – Indian stock markets opened lower on Wednesday, tracking mixed global cues. At 9:26 am, the Sensex fell 141 points to 82,429, and Nifty dropped 57 points to 25,138. Despite the dip, midcap and smallcap indices posted small gains, showing some resilience. Nifty Midcap 100 rose 23 points, and Smallcap 100 gained…
Washington, July 16 – President Donald Trump said the U.S. may begin adding tariffs on drug and semiconductor imports by the end of July. The move is aimed at pushing companies to shift production to the U.S. He said the plan starts with low drug tariffs, giving firms a year to build U.S. factories, before…
New Delhi, July 13 – Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman visited the famous living root bridge in Siej Village, located in Meghalaya’s East Khasi Hills, and praised the local community for protecting nature through sustainable living. Speaking to village elders and leaders, Sitharaman said the people of Siej have shown the world how traditional knowledge…
Sydney, July 13 – Two young French women have been charged for trying to smuggle over 30 kilograms of methamphetamine into Australia, authorities said on Sunday. The women, aged 19 and 20, were stopped by Australian Border Force (ABF) officers at Brisbane International Airport on Tuesday after arriving on a flight from Southeast Asia. During…
New Delhi, July 13 – Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla is expected to return to Earth on July 15 at 3:00 p.m. IST, as part of the Axiom-4 International Space Station (ISS) Mission. The update was shared by Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday. Shukla is currently onboard the ISS with Peggy Whitson, Sławosz Uznanski-Wisniewski, and…
Seoul, July 13 – Some family members of South Korea’s largest business groups, known as chaebols, have received large dividends from private (unlisted) companies — even as the country faces economic troubles and political uncertainty. Financial data released by the Financial Supervisory Service shows that several unlisted firms linked to major conglomerates paid out more…
Seoul, July 13 – Household loans from South Korea’s top five banks went up in the first 10 days of July, but the growth has slowed down a lot. This comes as the government works harder to control rising household debt. As of July 11, the total household loans from major banks like KB Kookmin…
New Delhi, July 13 – India and Iceland may be far apart, but both nations share a strong spirit of innovation and a desire to create a better future, said Hardeep Singh Puri, India’s Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas. After completing his visit to Iceland, Puri shared on social media that the trip was…
