Indian govt closely monitoring Ebola situation; no confirmed case yetIndia is closely watching the Ebola situation due to outbreaks in Africa. No confirmed cases have been reported in the country. A person in...
27 May, 2026, 09.48 AM IST
Supreme Court seeks response of Centre, states on PIL seeking 30% quota for women lawyers in govt panelsThe Supreme Court has asked the Centre and all states for their views on a Public Interest Litigation that demands a 30 per cent quota for ...
20 May, 2026, 01.13 PM IST
Quote of the day by Noam Chomsky: “The whole educational and professional training system is a very elaborate filter, which just weeds out people who are....” Did Manufacturing Consent author Noam Chomsky reveal the disturbing truth about institutions, conformity, and intellectual freedom decades before social media?Quote of the day by Noam Chomsky: The Noam Chomsky education system quote highlights how modern education filters independent thinking in s...
09 May, 2026, 05.55 PM IST
Human evolution is still happening, and faster than we thoughtA groundbreaking study published in Nature reveals that human evolution has not slowed down but has accelerated, particularly since the adv...
08 May, 2026, 05.36 PM IST
Income tax staff warn of nationwide agitation in April-May: 'Pushed to the brink’ over work pressure, delayed promotionsTwo major Income Tax Department employee associations, representing nearly 97% of the workforce, have warned of a seven-stage nationwide ag...
14 Apr, 2026, 03.09 PM IST
Saudi Q4 GDP shrinks 4.3% y/y, official data showSaudi Arabia's real GDP contracted by 4.3% in Q4 as oil activity plummeted 16.2% due to crude output cuts. Real GDP for 2023 shrank 0.8% wi...
10 Mar, 2024, 01.09 PM IST
Saudi economy shrinks by 3.7% in Q4 on lower oil revenueSaudi Arabia's economy experienced a 3.7% contraction in Q4 2023, primarily driven by a 16.4% decrease in oil activities, as reported by th...
31 Jan, 2024, 08.00 PM IST
Saudi inflation eases further in July to 2.3%The rise in prices was mainly driven by an 8.6% jump for housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels and a 1.4% increase in food and b...
15 Aug, 2023, 02.57 PM IST
Saudi Arabia's economy grows 1.1% in Q2, boosted by non-oil activitiesSaudi Arabia's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 1.1% in Q2 2021, according to government data, driven by an expansion in non-oil activi...
31 Jul, 2023, 03.11 PM IST
Saudi unemployment falls to 9.7% in Q2The rate of joblessness among citizens fell from 11.3% in the second quarter of 2021, and eased 0.4 percentage points quarter on quarter ac...
29 Sep, 2022, 05.34 PM IST
Saudi Arabia's consumer prices up 3% in August on higher food, transportFood and beverages and transport prices were again the main driver of inflation in August, both rising 4%, the General Authority for Statis...
15 Sep, 2022, 01.11 PM IST
Saudi Arabia GDP grows 9.9% in Q1, beating flash estimateThis is the fastest expansion since the third quarter of 2011 with the increase in oil production a key factor, said Monica Malik, chief ec...
07 Jun, 2022, 01.14 PM IST
Saudi Arabia's economy expanded 7% in Q3The largest Arab economy was hit hard last year by the twin shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic and record-low oil prices, but it rebounded thi...
14 Dec, 2021, 01.03 PM IST
Saudi inflation inches up to 0.6% in SeptemberThe annual rate was marginally above a rise of 0.3% in August and 0.4% in July, data from Saudi Arabia's General Authority for Statistics s...
14 Oct, 2021, 01.01 PM IST
Saudi economy grows 1.8% in Q2 but non-oil sector loses steamThe figures, published on Monday by the General Authority for Statistics, revised upwards earlier estimates of a 1.5% overall growth in the...
13 Sep, 2021, 01.34 PM IST
Saudi economy shrank 3.8% in fourth quarter: Preliminary dataThe “flash estimates” for quarterly gross domestic product by Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Statistics did not have a breakdown on h...
10 Feb, 2021, 12.22 PM IST
Saudi Arabia's oil exports plunge $11 billion in first quarterBrent crude prices fell more than 60% in the quarter hurt by the coronavirus pandemic and an oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia ...
07 Jun, 2020, 02.05 PM IST