The three-day forum, beginning today, will host financiers, governments, and industry leaders who would discuss global trade and explore the trends, opportunities and challenges shaping the global investment landscape over the coming decades. “India and Saudi Arabia have enjoyed traditionally close and friendly relations.
Free bus ride scheme for women begins in Delhi
The free of cost travel scheme for women in Delhi public buses began today with Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia saying it will ensure their safety and increase their role in the national capital’s economy.
Justice Bobde appointed next CJI
Delhi: Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde was today appointed as the 47th Chief Justice of India, sources in the government said.
India, Saudi moving towards closer strategic ties: Modi
India and Saudi Arabia are moving from a purely buyer-seller relationship towards a closer strategic partnership that will include the resource-rich Kingdom’s investments in downstream oil and gas projects in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said.
Editorial: On air
Citing alleged human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan on Sunday denied India’s request to allow Modi’s aircraft to move in its airspace for his visit to Saudi Arabia. In a statement on Sunday, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Pakistan has decided to not allow Prime Minister Modi to use the country’s airspace, state-run Radio Pakistan reported.
Toddler Sujith stuck in TN borewell dead, body removed
Nearly 80 hours of struggle to rescue a three-year-old boy stuck in a discarded borewell near here failed with the death of the child and retrieving of his decomposed body from a depth of 88-feet in the early hours of Tuesday.