Bangkok: With an aim to boosting its agriculture and tourism sectors, Thailand became the first Asian nation to legalise the growing of marijuana and its consumption in food and drinks. Smoking the pot is still not legalised. Shoppers queued...

Washington: The house panel investigating the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol laid the blame firmly on Donald Trump, saying the assault was hardly spontaneous but an “attempted coup” and a direct result of the defeated president’s effort...

After she contracted Covid last week, Congress president Sonia Gandhi was admitted to the Ganga Ram Hospital for infection-related issues. 

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked the Pakistan government to renegotiate the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) energy deals before making payments of around 300 billion PKR to the Chinese power plants, putting Islamabad in...

Amsterdam: Geert Wilders, a Dutch legislator, is receiving death threats for his support of ex-BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for her statements about Prophet Muhammad. Geert, who has repeatedly taken a tough stance against Islamic extremism...

Washington: Indian national Krishna Srinivasan has been appointed as the director of the Asia and Pacific Department (APD) of IMF from June 22. According to International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, Srinivasan will...

Colombo: Crisis-hit Sri Lanka announced weekly fuel quotas for motorists, as an acute shortage worsened and longer queues formed outside the few pumping stations still operating. Energy minister Kanchana Wijesekera said the state-run Ceylon...

Some time ago we were focusing on an auction deal which came up in Harrow & Wealdstone.