New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani jointly inaugurated Kabul’s Stor Palace via video conference and called the monument a “setting for many momentous historical events”. “The inauguration signalled and showed our joint commitment to strengthening the foundations of modern Afghanistan. The India-Afghanistan-Iran transit corridor agreement ... Read More »
India is set to deliver more arms to Afghanistan to help it fight Islamist militants, Kabul’s envoy to New Delhi said, even if Pakistan is wary of closer military cooperation between countries lying to its east and west. India has provided a little over $2 billion in economic assistance to ... Read More »
India’s Stock Market & Industry Growth The stock market index with the longest track record in India is the BSE Sensex. The index has returned about 16.14% per annum since 1979. Including dividends, the total return from the BSE Sensex between 1979 and 2016 has been around 17.5% per annum. ... Read More »
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been most vocal in fighting terrorism — mainly of the Islamic militant groups based in Pakistan — in the last two years. India has been hectoring the United States and other Western countries to be firm against Pakistan which is seen by India to be ... Read More »
The Department of Health has said job offers have been made to more than 500 nurses from overseas to take up employment across Northern Ireland’s five health trusts. An acute shortage of nurses in Northern Ireland had led to four separate international recruitment drives. A total of 488 jobs have ... Read More »
The listed Ardent Leisure Group today unveiled a surprise deal to sell its health clubs division, comprising Goodlife Health Clubs and Hypoxi, to private equity house Quadrant for $260 million. The group, led by businesswoman Deborah Thomas, has also offered up its marinas for sale in a deal worth over ... Read More »
The AW16 edit from H&M Home exudes contemporary elegance, with its classic designs, calming, washed-out shades, knitted textiles and charming prints inspired by Nordic folklore. We spoke to head of design Evelina Kravaev to find out how simple changes can refresh and update our homes image: http://marieclaire.media.ipcdigital.co.uk/11116/000094783/6fe5_orh1000w646/HM-Home-Evelina.jpg image: http://marieclaire.media.ipcdigital.co.uk/11116/000094783/6fe5_orh1000w646/HM-Home-Evelina.jpg What ... Read More »
Australia’s largest health insurer, Medibank Private, has given investors a pretty worrying prognosis: industry growth is weakening and it is losing market share. The treatment? It’s time to look after customers. On the face of it, the 12 months to June 2016 looked like a bumper year for earnings as management capitalised on ... Read More »
Visakhapatnam: Ambati Rambabu, the official spokesperson of YSR Congress Party on Thursday said “when the state government asked for four lakh crores for the construction of the new state capital, the union government has only given 450 crores” and added that the total allocation made to the state so far ... Read More »
Despite an overall rise in health insurance coverage among all Americans, Hispanics, low-income earners and younger adults are still likely to be uninsured, a new survey finds. The Commonwealth Fund report found that more than half of uninsured adults live in states that have not expanded Medicaid. Those states include ... Read More »
\ Within hours, towering, fast-moving flames had ravaged pine forests near the California ski town of Wrightwood — but only half of its more than 4,500 residents had heeded mandatory evacuation orders. Officials say it was another example of a disturbing trend in the state as infernos speed through drought-starved ... Read More »
The number of students registering with mental health issues at Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) has increased by 700 per cent in the past four years. The sharp rise is regarded as a positive indicator that efforts to address the stigma surrounding mental health issues among young people are paying ... Read More »
