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Also read: Will the rupee emerge as a global currency? During the Joint Trade Sub-Commission (JTSC) meeting held in New Delhi on August 8, India engaged in discussions regarding the possibility of establishing a bilateral currency trade settlement with Vietnam. Vietnam stands as India's fifth-largest trading partner within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region, contributing to 11.2 percent of India's overall trade with ASEAN in the fiscal year 2022-23.

World Twenty20 2014 semi-final clash between India and South Africa. In that pivotal match, Kohli's unbeaten 72 had steered India to the cusp of victory.

Pastor Taiwo Odukoya passed away in the US on Monday at the age of 67. He was the founding pastor of The Fountain of Life Church (TFOLC).

As the tournament progresses, top teams like the USA, Canada, and Germany remain strong contenders, setting the stage for exciting quarter-final matches later this week.

BRICS startup forum this year to facilitate collaboration and share best practices among investors, incubators and aspiring entrepreneurs, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal has said. BRICS is a grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

New Delhi: India is all set to initiate the BRICS Startup Forum in 2023 with the objective of promoting collaboration and knowledge sharing among startups, investors, incubators, and emerging entrepreneurs, said commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal, during the virtual “7th BRICS Industry Ministers’ meeting," hosted by South Africa as the Chair. The minister while highlighting the transformation that has taken place in India, also commented on the expanding Startup India initiative that has led to the creation of nearly 100,000 startups in the country.

Two people have been fatally shot on a fifth day of violent protests in the South African city of Cape Town sparked by a dispute last week between minibus taxi drivers and authorities

consign coal to history". As recently as 2020 the iea believed consumption had peaked a decade ago. Yet King Coal looks brawnier than ever.

Saudi Arabia announced that citizens of eight more countries will now be eligible for a visitor e-visa, state media reported. The e-visa will be available to visitors from Albania, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, South Africa, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, for leisure, business, and religious (Umrah only) travel, bringing the total number of eligible countries to 57, Xinhua news agency quoted the state media report as saying. The visitor e-visa is valid for an entire year, grants multiple entries, and permits a stay of up to 90 days. After launching the e-visa program in 2019, Saudi Arabia welcomed 93.5 million visits in 2022, a 93-per cent increase from 2021, registering a tourism expenditure of 185 billion Saudi Riyals ($49 billion). In 2022, Saudi Arabia decided to provide a visitor e-visa for holders of valid Schengen, British and US visas that have been used to enter these countries before arriving in Saudi Arabia and for permanent residents of the European Union, Gulf Arab countries, Britain and the US.

Women's World Cup holders was brought to an end in the most dramatic fashion as they were dumped out on penalties by Sweden, who joined the Netherlands in reaching the quarter-finals on Sunday. Sweden face Japan in the last eight as the drama and shocks just kept coming at the tournament in Australia and New Zealand. The Netherlands beat South Africa 2-0 and meet Spain.

₹24,470 crore. The railways has set an internal target of one-and-a-half years to two years to complete the projects. Speaking through videoconference, the prime minister said that the redevelopment project will represent a huge boost for infrastructure development in the country.

Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the redevelopment of 508 railway stations across the country via video conferencing on Sunday. Redeveloped at a cost of more than ₹24,470 crore, the 508 stations are spread across 27 states and union territories, including 55 each in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, 49 in Bihar, 44 in Maharashtra and 37 in West Bengal. The railways has set an internal target of one-and-a-half years to two years to complete the projects.

India vs. Pakistan game on October 15. The high-voltage match was originally set for 15 October, but the security agencies advised the BCCI to consider rescheduling as the Hindu festival of ‘Navratri’ was beginning on the same date.

European Union (EU) adopted the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which replaced the 1995 Data Protection Directive. The GDPR is considered the gold standard for a comprehensive regulation of data protection and privacy.

YK Jhala was lead scientist of Project Cheetah from 2010 to February 2023. He escorted the cheetahs when they arrived from Namibia and was involved in the project to bring the animals to India since its inception in 2009.

Ukraine will make a renewed push this weekend at a gathering in Saudi Arabia to win the support of dozens of countries that have remained on the sidelines of the war — the start of a broader campaign in the months ahead to build the diplomatic muscle to isolate and weaken Russia. Ukraine and Saudi Arabia invited diplomats from some 40 governments to talks in the Red Sea port of Jeddah. Notable among them were China, India, Brazil, South Africa and some of the oil-rich Gulf nations that have tried to maintain good relations with both Ukraine and Russia throughout the war, which began in February 2022. Many of the invited governments reject the very concept of choosing sides, framing the war as a contest between global powers that they want no part in, and even with the event fast approaching, it was unclear how many would attend. The meeting is the starting point of what is expected to be a major Ukrainian diplomatic push in the coming months to try to undercut Russia. It began on Wednesday, when President Volodyt the world. He told the ambassadors they must use every tool at their disposal — «official and unofficial, institutional and media, cultural diplomacy and the power of ordinary human sincerity» — to convince both allies and nations that have largely stayed neutral that the only road to a lasting peace is complete Russian defeat.

NEW DELHI: Union minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said, BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) should continue to hold global significance for being the most populated marketplace, driven by the knowledge, creativity and innovation economy. Addressing the 11th BRICS STI ministerial meeting at Goeberha in South Africa through a virtual medium on “STI Priorities and Policies Updates", the minister said, the grouping could collaborate to identify and explore regional scientific research challenges through joint S&T solutions suited to local economies.

Vehicles have been set on fire in the South African city of Cape Town after a dispute between taxi drivers and local authorities earlier in the week sparked disorder

Oregon has ended a decades-old ban on self-serve gasoline

Cipla’, according to a report published by Economic Times. With this, the eventual exit process of the Hamied family from the company started in 1935, will be formally started. Moneycontrol earlier reported that Cipla's top shareholders are in talks to sell around 33.47% of their stake in the company to private equity players including Blackstone and Baring Asia.

New Delhi will participate in a peace conference aimed at the war in Ukraine hosted by Saudi Arabia this month, confirmed MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi. “India will participate in this event. Our participation is in consonance with our long-standing position that dialogue and diplomacy is the way forward," he said at a press briefing.