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Hong Kong, Oct 9: Pakistan's latest announcement about Saudi Arabia's investment in an oil refinery at the port city of Gwadar has set alarm bells ringing in the international arena. A Zerohedge article claims that Pakistan's move comes from a "desperate" need for funding to ward off a financial crisis stoked by growing debt to China. The column, written by James Dorsey on Mid East Soccer blog

Dubai, Oct 9: Dubai South has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Collaboration with Emirates Flight Catering. Under the agreement, Emirates Flight Catering will expand its operations in the aviation district to build the world's largest vertical farm in a joint venture with Crop One Holdings. A release from the Emirates News Agency stated that the facility, which will cover 130,000

Ankara, Oct 9: After Jamal Khashoggi went missing in Saudi consulate, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday challenged Saudi Arabia to proof that a missing journalist has left its consulate in Istanbul. "Consulate officials cannot save themselves by saying that he left the building," Mr Erdogan told a news conference on Monday. "If he left, you have to prove it with footage", he added

New Delhi, Oct 9: A screen grab of the video showing Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari talking to Bollywood actor Nana Patekar “We were very confident that we can never come to the power. So our people suggested us just to make tall promises. Now people remind us of our promises...Now we just laugh and move on” In a rather candid confession, Union Minister for Road

Nagpur/Lucknow, Oct 9: An engineer with the BrahMos Aerospace unit near here was arrested Monday for allegedly leaking "technical information" to Pakistan, an official said. Nishant Agrawal was nabbed in a joint operation by the Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squads (ATS) at BrahMos' Wardha Road facility, an ATS official said in Nagpur. ATS sources in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow said a

New Delhi, Oct 8: The government today extended by a fortnight till October 31 the deadline for filing Income Tax return (ITR) and audit report for financial year 2017-18. This is the second extension within a fortnight of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), earlier extending the deadline for tax payers whose accounts have to be audited from September 30 to October 15. "Upon consideration of

Mumbai, Oct 8: The rupee slumped by 30 paise to finish at a fresh lifetime low of 74.06 against the US dollar on Monday amid strengthening of the greenback and steady capital outflows. The rupee had opened lower by 14 paisa against Friday's close of 73.76 in early trade as the US dollar strength against major global currencies weighed on the rupee sentiment. At the Interbank Foreign Exchange

New Delhi, Oct 8: Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi Monday said she has asked the Law Ministry to not keep any age limit to report child sexual abuse, allowing people to complain about what has happened to them even "10-15 years later". Noting that anger at molestation and sexual abuse never goes away, the Union minister also said she is "very happy" that the #MeToo campaign has

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 8: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today criticised those agitating against his government's move to implement the Supreme Court verdict on entry of women of all ages into the Sabarimala temple, saying "deliberate" efforts were being made to destroy the state's unity and secular fabric. Asserting that his government was committed to protecting the religious beliefs

Unnao, Oct 8: BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj has dared Congress president Rahul Gandhi to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha polls against him, saying he will leave politics if Rahul defeats him. "I challenge Rahul Gandhi to contest the 2019 general elections against me (from Unnao). I will leave politics if he wins, but if he loses, he should leave (India) for Itay," the BJP MP told reporters here Sunday. The