Agency Desk

FOREX-Safe-haven flows set U.S. dollar for biggest weekly rise since April 2020

The U.S. dollar index surged on Friday and was on track for its biggest weekly gain since April 2020 on safe-haven demand, as investors...

Black ownership in construction sector more consistent

Expanding the participation of black people, women, and people with disability in the economic mainstream and in strategic economic sectors can work hand-in-hand with...

Germany’s Scholz faces grilling over role in tax scam

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is due to appear on Friday before a parliamentary panel in the northern state of Hamburg to answer lawmakers' questions...

No rise in COVID-19 cases, hospitalisation in SA

Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, has confirmed that there has been no rise in COVID-19 cases, hospitalisation and deaths since all the restrictions were...

AstraZeneca India receives DCGI’s nod to market drug treating breast cancer

Drug firm AstraZeneca India on Friday said it has received an approval from the Drugs Controller General of India to market its drug for...

Devotees celebrate Janmashtami in Assam

Janmashtami is being celebrated across Assam with religious zeal and fervour on Friday. Devotees believe that Lord Krishna was born on this day, as...

WB: Special Task Force arrests 2 for involvement with Al Qaida

The Special Task Force, West Bengal detained two miscreants for their alleged involvement with the banned terrorist outfit Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS),...

Indian Consulate in New York strongly condemns vandalisation of Gandhi statue outside Hindu temple

The Consulate General of India in New York on Friday strongly condemned the vandalisation of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi outside a Hindu temple...