India
Welspun scandal follows years of plummeting Egyptian cotton output
Business
August 26, 2016
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
August 1, 2016
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
July 31, 2016
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
July 29, 2016
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
July 23, 2016
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
July 19, 2016
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
July 9, 2016
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
July 3, 2016
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
June 29, 2016
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
June 15, 2016
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…