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Pakistan’s defence ministry on Friday officially notified the appointment of Field Marshal Asim Munir as the country’s first Chief of Defence Forces (CDF). The “president, on the advice of the prime minister, is pleased to appoint Field Marshal Asim Munir (NI) M as the chief of army staff, concurrently the chief of defence forces for…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Russian President Vladimir Putin (PTI image) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday presented an array of culturally significant gifts to Russian President Vladimir Putin, underscoring the enduring friendship between New Delhi and Moscow.The gifts, ranging from Assam Black Tea to a Russian translation of the Srimad Bhagavad Gita,…

A fresh alert from NASA is drawing attention once more to the sky as two asteroids are expected to make close flybys past Earth in the near future. The term “asteroid approach” can sound dramatic and spark concern, yet astronomers insist that these particular flybys are safely distanced with no threat to the planet. Rather…

Rohit Sharma with head coach Gautam Gambhir (PTI Photo/Kunal Patil) Former India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has called on head coach Gautam Gambhir to provide Washington Sundar with clear direction ahead of the third and final ODI against South Africa in Vizag. The three-match series has seen Sundar struggle to make any meaningful impact, raising fresh…

NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has confirmed that he has been invited to the President’s dinner scheduled for Friday in honour of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Speaking to the media outside the Parliament complex, Tharoor said he will “definitely go” to the dinner.This comes as Congress has claimed that invitations were not extended to…

NEW DELHI: Govt on Friday put in abeyance the new flight duty time limitation (FDTL) rules for pilots and expects IndiGo‘s flight schedules to conpletely normalise by Monday.“The FDTL orders of the DGCA have been placed in abeyance with immediate effect. Without compromising on air safety, this decision has been taken solely in the interest…

MUMBAI: Home loan rates are set to drop to levels last seen before the global financial crisis in 2008, with the RBI’s monetary policy committee reducing the repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.25%.Several banks — Union Bank, Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra and Indian Overseas Bank — currently offer home loans at…

HUBBALI: A newlywed couple were forced to attend their own wedding reception virtually after nationwide flight disruptions left them stranded in Bhubaneswar, over a thousand kilometres from their venue in Hubballi, news agency Megha Ksheerasagar and Sangam Das, software engineers based in Bengaluru, were scheduled to travel for their reception on 3 December. Massive Outrage…

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) HYDERABAD: Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) on Friday received a bomb threat email for Emirates flight EK526 from Dubai (DXB) to Hyderabad (HYD), which led the airport to follow standard safety procedures after the plane landed, according to news agency ANI.According to GMR PRO, the email reached Hyderabad Airport…

Khaled al-Masoud, who was killed at his home during a raid in the town of al-Dumayr in the Damascus countryside. (Courtesy of the al-Masoud family via AP) A joint raid by the US forces and a local Syrian group targeting an Islamic State (IS) militant instead resulted in the killing of a man who had…