A court in Pakistan sentenced a Christian man to death for sharing what it said was hateful content against Muslims on social media after one of the worst mob attacks on Christians in the eastern Punjab province last year, his lawyer said, adding...

In one week, both the leaders of the US and UK went head to head with those who seek to replace them. The French are voting in a new Prime Minister. Political leadership has been studied for centuries. Since so many leaders will take up office...

The latest spectrum auction to sell airwaves to mobile companies ended within two days, with Sunil Bharti Mittal’s Bharti Airtel buying nearly 60% of the £1.13 bn that was sold. After seven rounds of bidding, just over a quarter or 141 Mhz spectrum...

A district and sessions court in Islamabad rejected jailed former PM Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi’s appeal seeking suspension of their sentences in a case involving violation of Islamic law governing marriage.

With growing smartphone exports, India is rapidly closing the gap with China and Vietnam. According to a report, mobile phone exports from China and Vietnam decreased by 2.78 per cent and 17.6 per cent respectively in FY24 compared to the previous...

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif clarified in the face of intense opposition criticism that the planned counter-terrorism campaign would entail intensifying ongoing intelligence based operations (IBOs) rather than launching a new, organised military...

At least 60 Indian nationals, part of a group engaged in online financial scams, have been arrested by Sri Lanka's Criminal Investigations Department. They were arrested from the Colombo suburbs of Madiwela and Battaramulla and from the western...

Infosys CEO Salil Parekh has agreed to pay Rs 25,00,000 as settlement charges for failing to put in place adequate internal controls to comply with Sebi’s rules to prevent insider trading.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday, July 1, said the withdrawal of Rs 2,000 denomination banknotes reached 97.87 per cent as of June 28. On May 19, 2023, the central bank announced the withdrawal of the Rs 2,000 currency note denomination....

UltraTech Cement, controlled by Kumar Mangalam Birla, has acquired a 23% stake in India Cements from veteran investor Radhakishan Damani for £188.5 mn. The move intensifies UltraTech’s rivalry with Gautam Adani’s Ambuja Cements and ACC as both...