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Welspun scandal follows years of plummeting Egyptian cotton output
Business

Welspun scandal follows years of plummeting Egyptian cotton output

A scandal involving the alleged sale of falsely labeled Egyptian cotton products by an Indian textile manufacturer to U.S.
India to attend regional meet in Pakistan amid Kashmir tension
World

India to attend regional meet in Pakistan amid Kashmir tension

India's interior minister will travel to Pakistan for a regional gathering but will not hold bilateral talks at a time…
India says to bring back workers facing ‘food crisis’ in Saudi
Middle East

India says to bring back workers facing ‘food crisis’ in Saudi

India said on Sunday it will send a government minister to Saudi Arabia to try to bring back more than…
Monsoon deluge in Indian cities causes traffic chaos, sewage swirls
World

Monsoon deluge in Indian cities causes traffic chaos, sewage swirls

Persistent heavy rains have caused widespread disruption in India's major cities and severe floods in the rugged northeast have killed…
India searches for missing air force plane, no wreckage found
World

India searches for missing air force plane, no wreckage found

Indian ships and aircraft searched on Saturday for an air force plane that went missing over the Bay of Bengal…
Spiritual head of Shia sect offers LE10 million to Tahya Masr Fund
Egypt

Spiritual head of Shia sect offers LE10 million to Tahya Masr Fund

Mufaddal Saifuddin, spiritual head of the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community, made a LE10 million donation to the Tahya Masr Fund…
India’s Kerala imposes ‘fat tax’ on junk food to counter obesity
Food

India’s Kerala imposes ‘fat tax’ on junk food to counter obesity

India’s peaceful tourist hotspot Kerala has become the first state in the country to impose a “fat tax” on junk…
Huge shipment of banned painkiller Tramadol seized in Ain Sokhna harbor
Egypt

Huge shipment of banned painkiller Tramadol seized in Ain Sokhna harbor

The Egyptian Customs Authority and Al-Ain al-Sokhna investigations department, affiliated to the general department for Suez Canal security, has confiscated…
India arrests five suspected of plotting Islamic State attacks
World

India arrests five suspected of plotting Islamic State attacks

Indian counter-terrorism officials on Wednesday arrested five men on suspicion of plotting a series of attacks across the country on…
Egypt becomes world’s fourth-biggest weapons importer: report
Egypt

Egypt becomes world’s fourth-biggest weapons importer: report

Egypt became the world’s fourth-biggest weapons importer, spending almost US$2.3 billion, in 2015 the consulting company IHS Inc. said in…
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