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New Delhi: Considering Indian economy's strong outturn in July-September quarter (Q2) and it being better placed to withstand global shocks, World Bank has revised India's GDP estimate upward from 6.5% earlier to 6.9% now for financial year 2022-23.India's economy...

Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan: Seven commuters have been confirmed dead and six others injured as a blast struck a bus of government employees in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province on Tuesday, provincial police spokesman Mohammad Asif Waziri said."Obviously it...

Colombo: Sri Lanka has to build a new economy to forge ahead and there is no question of reforms because an economy does not even exist, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said in remarks published on Tuesday.The Daily Mirror quoted Wickremesinghe...

Doha: Brazil forward Neymar sent his best wishes to football legend Pele on Monday after the South American team advanced to the World Cup quarterfinals with a 4-1 win over South Korea.Pele, who won the World Cup three times...

Madrid: Football star Cristiano Ronaldo, 37, who has quit Manchester United, is reported to have been offered a yearly salary of $210 million a year with a Saudi club, according to a Madrid-based newspaper.The contract amount is more than...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced that her government's initiative ‘Swasthya-Ingit’ has provided specialist telemedicine services to one crore people across Bengal to date.Taking to Twitter, Banerjee said " With immense joy,I would like to...

Doha: Five-time champions Brazil scored four first-half goals as they advanced to the FIFA World Cup quarterfinals with an impressive 4-1 victory over South Korea here on Monday.Vinicius Junior put Brazil ahead with a cool finish and Neymar doubled...

Doha:Zlatko Dalic praised his side's resilience as Croatia held their nerve yet again to qualify for the quarterfinals of the World Cup.Keeper Dominik Livakovic was the hero with saves to deny the Japanese chip of Daizen Maeda in a...

Seoul: North Korea fired about 130 artillery shells towards the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea, which violates the 2018 inter-Korean military agreement on reducing tensions in border zones, the Yonhap news agency reported on Monday, citing the...

Doha: England will play France in the FIFA World Cup quarterfinals following a comfortable 3-0 win over Senegal in the round of 16.England captain Harry Kane, the Golden Boot of Russia 2018, scored his first goal at Qatar 2022...