The cork in your wine bottle is one of very few products that dodged Trump's tariffsU.S. winemakers are relieved as cork, vital for their industry, is exempt from tariffs due to a U.S.-EU trade agreement recognising it as a...
06 Sep, 2025, 09.58 AM IST
Ex-judge from mainland China set to take Macao's top job. What's at stake for casino hub?Sam Hou Fai is set to become Macao's first mainland-born chief executive, breaking the tradition of locally-born leaders. His key tasks inc...
11 Oct, 2024, 09.37 AM IST
Caring on a need to let go basisBritain introduced a bill allowing terminally ill adults with six months or less to live to seek medical assistance to end their lives. Thi...
28 Jul, 2024, 10.48 PM IST
Court rejects gangster Abu Salem's plea against prison transferAbu Salem, sentenced in 2017 for the 1993 Mumbai blasts, faces transfer from Taloja prison despite safety concerns and an appeal filing by ...
25 Jun, 2024, 07.56 PM IST
Portugal is facing suspension from the Schengen Zone. Here's what you need to know if you have a trip plannedTravelers eyeing Portugal must be aware of the EU's pressure on the country to implement a new border control system by July 2024, or face ...
15 May, 2024, 11.53 AM IST
Spanish soccer player says a kiss on the lips with federation president was not consensualLuis Rubiales, the president of Spain's soccer federation, has refused to step down following allegations of non-consensual kissing with wo...
26 Aug, 2023, 10.31 AM IST
Class action lawsuits to become EU lawCurrently, only six EU countries (Belgium, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Sweden) offer what the European Consumer Organisation conside...
24 Nov, 2020, 06.09 PM IST
Lisbon court rejects Abu Salem's petitionRejecting the petition of gangster Salem, Lisbon Administrative Court 5 Organic Unit said it lacks jurisdiction in the matter as the subjec...
24 Apr, 2020, 07.59 PM IST
Dadra and Nagar Haveli: When an IAS officer became the instrument of accessionIndians would be surprised to realise that the map of India has been almost in a state of flux.
10 Aug, 2019, 12.29 PM IST
Portuguese team to visit Mumbai to check on Abu SalemThe development came even as a Delhi court on Thursday jailed Salem for seven years over a 2002 extortion bid on a Delhi businessman.
08 Jun, 2018, 11.39 AM IST
Abu Salem moves Portugal court in bid to get out of IndiaIn a fresh application filed through his lawyer Manuel Luis Ferreira on May 31, Salem sought to be taken to Portugal to testify. He is unde...
04 Jun, 2018, 10.37 AM IST
The art and ‘craft’ of buying foreign passportsFor many well-heeled Indians, it’s a secret plan to run away from Indian courts well before local enforcement authorities get a whiff of th...
18 May, 2018, 05.07 PM IST
Amnesty urges PM Narendra Modi to raise issue of rights violation with USAmnesty has asked PM Modi to call on the Trump administration to immediately revoke the executive order banning refugees and visa holders f...
26 Jun, 2017, 05.48 PM IST
Government officer wants to spend time with mafia don Abu Salem in jailAdditional District Magistrate Niyaz Ahmed Khan, who is posted in Guna town, says he is writing a novel titled 'Love Demands Blood' based o...
05 May, 2017, 03.42 PM IST
Extradition row: Portugal court asks Abu Salem to add respondentsSalem, an accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, was extradited from Portugal on November 11, 2005, after a prolonged legal battle.
16 Jul, 2015, 10.39 PM IST
Opposition demands External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's resignation; BJP backs herThe Modi govt and BJP rallied to support Sushma Swaraj as she sought to fend off calls for her resignation over assisting Lalit Modi.
15 Jun, 2015, 07.29 AM IST
How power of globalisation and enormous reach of social media defined 2014 World CupAfter India’s Lok Sabha polls, the World Cup again underscored the muscle and reach of social media; its ability to influence opinion as it...
15 Jul, 2014, 12.03 PM IST