Founder of TikTok owner ByteDance jumps to top of China's rich listByteDance founder Zhang Yiming tops the Hurun China Rich List with a fortune of $49.3 billion, overtaking bottled water magnate Zhong Shans...
29 Oct, 2024, 03.30 PM IST
Nepal rains bring floods, landslides that kill 10, with seven missingIncessant rains in Nepal have caused floods and landslides, resulting in at least 10 deaths and seven missing individuals. The monsoon rain...
28 Sep, 2024, 12.28 PM IST
South Korea prepares support package worth over $7 billion for chip industryFinance Minister Choi Sang-mok said the government would soon announce details of the package, which targets chip materials, equipment make...
12 May, 2024, 04.41 PM IST
Russia's defence minister orders more weapons for Ukraine operationAt a meeting with the top military command for Moscow's fight in Ukraine, the chief of the general staff, Valery Gerasimov, who is in charg...
01 May, 2024, 11.43 AM IST
Thai farmer transforms rice field into giant canvas, creates cat-themed art to attract touristsUtilizing GPS coordinates and an initial artist's sketch, the seedlings are strategically planted to create intricate cat illustrations tha...
19 Dec, 2023, 09.15 PM IST
Former police officer convicted in death of George Floyd is stabbed in prison, say reportsFloyd's death in 2020 unleashed a wave of protests worldwide against police brutality and racism after Chauvin, who is white, knelt on the ...
25 Nov, 2023, 10.06 AM IST
India plans to ask ONGC to consider rights issue to fund HPCL: ReportThe comments come after India's finance minister announced a plan this year to provide equity of 300 billion rupees ($3.6 billion) to help ...
23 Nov, 2023, 02.43 PM IST
Tokyo streets get a Samurai clean-up following Halloween chaosThe trash-picking samurai have made a positive impact, prompting residents to be more mindful of littering and actively address the issue.
01 Nov, 2023, 07.27 PM IST
India eyes green hydrogen bunkering at major ports by 2035One of the world's biggest emitters of greenhouse gases, India aims to cut emissions to net zero by 2070, and the shipping minister said th...
10 May, 2023, 04.06 PM IST
Carlyle, India's Premji Invest eye stake in auto loan firm TVS Credit: SourcesPrivate equity firm Carlyle and Indian billionaire Azim Premji's investment unit are in separate talks to invest about $150 million in TVS ...
02 May, 2023, 12.49 PM IST
Three quit Samsung India's public policy team in a week -sourcesPublic policy teams have increasingly critical roles in companies efforts to balance regulatory issues as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's go...
11 Apr, 2023, 01.04 PM IST
Russian warship armed with hypersonic missiles to join drills with China, S.AfricaThe missiles fly at nine times the speed of sound, with a range of more than 1,000 km (620 miles), Russia says. They form the centrepiece o...
23 Jan, 2023, 08.57 AM IST
OPEC oil cuts bad for global economy, says U.S.'s Yellen"We're very worried about developing countries and the problems they face," Yellen told the newspaper in an interview. She also criticised ...
09 Oct, 2022, 10.20 AM IST
Osaka ends Williams' bid for record-equalling 24th Grand Slam titleOsaka beat the American 6-3 6-4 at the Rod Laver Arena to reach the final and will play either Jennifer Brady or Karolina Muchova for the t...
18 Feb, 2021, 10.21 AM IST
Lockdown pushes French unemployment to 11-year low in first quarterThe jobless rate fell to 7.8% from 8.1% in the fourth quarter, hitting its lowest since late 2008, INSEE's quarterly unemployment survey fo...
14 May, 2020, 12.04 PM IST
Samsung Elec says its board chairman offers to resignIn December, a South Korean court had sentenced Lee to 1-1/2-years in jail for sabotaging legitimate union activities.
14 Feb, 2020, 11.51 AM IST
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