A bitterly divided US senate judiciary committee remained split over whether to approve the nomination of Vanita Gupta to be President Biden’s associate attorney general, with Republicans on the attack over her history of advocating for progressive...

Pretoria: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will in April testify before a judicial commission investigating allegations of looting and corruption when his predecessor Jacob Zuma was in power, the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations...

ISLAMABAD: In yet another heart wrenching incident, a differently abled girl has been allegedly sexually assaulted and filmed in a rural area of Pakistan’s Punjab province. As per details, the victim was repeatedly raped by at least five suspects...

Fitch Ratings has revised India's GDP growth estimate to 12.8 per cent for the fiscal year beginning April 1 from its previous estimate of 11 per cent, saying its recovery from the depths of the lockdown-induced recession has been swifter than...

Markets regulator Sebi ordered attachment of bank accounts as well as share and mutual fund holdings of Rana Kapoor, former MD and CEO of Yes Bank, to recover dues of over £100,000. 

CHICAGO: The Chicago City Council rejected a resolution that sought to condemn "violence against certain castes and religious minorities" in India, following intense pushback from members of the Indian American community over concerns that it...

Beijing: China said that it was firmly opposed to the Quad alliance consisting of the US, India, Australia and Japan as it asked Washington to refrain from making “troubles out of nothing” and do more to contribute to regional peace and stability....

In a huge relief to both big and small borrowers, the Supreme Court ruled that waiver of interest on interest would apply to loans of all amounts in the six-month moratorium period from March 1 to August 31 last year during the Covid-19 pandemic...