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Melbourne, Nov 22: Indian mining giant Adani is close to securing loans from China to build a 388-km railway in Queensland for its controversy-hit 16.5 billion dollars Carmichael coal mine project, a media report said today. According to the report, days ago, a director of Adani Mining, an Australian subsidiary of the Adani Group's flagship company Adani Enterprises, told industry figures that the

Nov 22: Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has submitted his resignation after nearly four decades as the country's leader. Mugabe defied demands to step down for almost a week after a military takeover and expulsion from his own ruling ZANU-PF party but stepped down on Tuesday, just as parliament started proceedings to impeach him. Cheers broke out at a special session of parliament as speaker

New Delhi, Nov 22: Ivanka Trump has asserted that the upcoming Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017 being hosted by India along with the US is a testament to the “strong friendship” between the two countries. Daughter and advisor to US President Donald Trump, Ivanka is arriving on November 28 in Hyderabad to attend the three-day summit that will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi

New Delhi, Nov 21: The government has set up a ministerial committee to consider a legislation to put an end to instantaneous triple talaq, which is said to be still practiced by a few Muslims despite the Supreme Court striking it down. Instantaneous triple talaq is considered as un-Islamic by Islamic scholars. Government functionaries, who did not wish to be named, said that the Centre was

New Delhi, Nov 21: The government has set up a ministerial committee to consider a legislation to put an end to instantaneous triple talaq, which is said to be still practiced by a few Muslims despite the Supreme Court striking it down. Instantaneous triple talaq is considered as un-Islamic by Islamic scholars. Government functionaries, who did not wish to be named, said that the Centre was

Beirut, Nov 21: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani declared the “end of Daesh” on Tuesday in an address broadcast live on state TV. Message A senior commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Major General Qassem Sulaimani, also declared the end of Daesh in a message sent to the country’s supreme leader Tuesday which was published on Sepah News, the news site of the Guards. Quds Force Videos and

Jeddah, Nov 21: Torrential rain lashed parts of Saudi Arabia on Tuesday forcing authorities to close schools and universities in some parts of the country. In the Makkah region, the directorate announced on Twitter the suspension of classes for the safety of students. As residents went out onto the streets to witness the downpour the Civil Defense called on people to avoid areas prone to flooding

Kano (Nigeria), Nov 21: At least 50 people were killed on Tuesday when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a mosque in northeast Nigeria, police said, in an attack blamed on Boko Haram. The blast happened during early morning prayers at the Madina mosque in the Unguwar Shuwa area of Mubi, some 200 kilometres (125 miles) by road from the Adamawa state capital, Yola. "So far we have at least 50 dead

New Delhi, Nov 21: Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova is under investigation by Indian police for cheating and criminal conspiracy after the collapse of a luxury housing project that she endorsed, a lawyer said Tuesday. The firm behind the development is alleged to have taken millions of dollars from homebuyers before the project folded. Piyush Singh, a lawyer representing one of the

Dubai, Nov 21: Thumbay Moideen, the Founder President of Dubai-based global conglomerate Thumbay Group, was conferred an Honorary Doctorate at the annual convocation ceremony of Amity University – Dubai, on November 20. Mr. Moideen, the Guest of Honour of the convocation ceremony, was awarded the doctorate in the presence of distinguished dignitaries, academicians, students, teachers and parents