India
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…
Forest fires and logging threaten India’s progress on climate goals
World
June 7, 2016
Forest fires and logging threaten India’s progress on climate goals
Since the end of April, fires in parts of India's northern states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh have destroyed or…
Dam completion signifies growing Indian influence in Afghanistan
World
June 4, 2016
Dam completion signifies growing Indian influence in Afghanistan
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Afghanistan on Saturday to mark the completion of a nearly US$300 million hydroelectric dam…
India cancels visa to exiled Uighur leader, draws opposition rebuke
World
April 25, 2016
India cancels visa to exiled Uighur leader, draws opposition rebuke
India said on Monday it had withdrawn a visa to an exiled Uighur leader whom China has long branded a…
More than 100 feared dead in India heat wave
World
April 21, 2016
More than 100 feared dead in India heat wave
More than 100 people are feared dead in India in an early-summer heat wave which forced schools to close and…
India says it still wants back British queen’s crown jewel
World
April 20, 2016
India says it still wants back British queen’s crown jewel
India will make all possible efforts to get back the Koh-i-Noor Diamond from Britain despite comments by New Delhi's solicitor…