DD International Archives - Page 2 of 456

DD International

January 18, 2025 5:28 PM

Bangladesh: Dr Yunus administration sets stage to drop secularism from Constitution

In Bangladesh, the constitution reform commission, appointed by the Nobel Peace laureate Dr Mohammad Yunus administration, recommended removal of "secularism", "nationalism" and "socialism" from the Constitution. The commission, led by Prof Ali Riaz,...

January 18, 2025 11:34 AM

Piyush Goyal to visit Brussels to discuss India-EU FTA, boost trade ties

In a bid to further boost trade and investment ties with the European Union (EU), Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal is slated to visit Brussels, Belgium for a high-level dialogue. The dialogue with Maros Sefcovic, Commissioner of ...

January 17, 2025 10:48 PM

Who will lead Canada’s Liberals? key candidates for march 9 election

Canada's ruling Liberal Party is looking for a new leader to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced on Jan. 6 he intended to step down. The Liberal Party will pick a new chief on March 9. Former Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said...

January 17, 2025 4:14 PM

FX, stocks steady ahead of Trump’s inauguration; eyes on Gaza ceasefire

Emerging market currencies were broadly steady on Friday as investors exercised caution ahead of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration next Monday, while also monitoring developments in the Middle East after the Gaza ceasefire deal. Inves...

January 17, 2025 3:20 PM

Canada PM race: Indian-origin MP Chandra Arya files nomination

Chandra Arya, the India-origin Member of Parliament for Nepean, has officially entered the race for Prime Minister of Canada after filing his nomination and addressing the House in Kannada. Who is Chandra Arya? A native of Tumkur district in Karnat...

January 17, 2025 4:20 PM

Know the cases against Pakistan’s former PM Imran Khan and his wife

A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan to 14 years imprisonment and his wife Bushra Bibi to seven years in a land corruption case, his legal team said. The verdict in the case, the largest in terms of financial wrongd...

January 17, 2025 10:59 AM

SpaceX’s Starship explodes in flight test, forcing airlines to divert

A SpaceX Starship rocket broke up in space minutes after launching from Texas on Thursday, forcing airline flights over the Gulf of Mexico to alter course to avoid falling debris and setting back Elon Musk's flagship rocket program. SpaceX mission c...

January 17, 2025 10:06 AM

China’s population falls for a third consecutive year

China's population fell for a third consecutive year in 2024, with the number of deaths outpacing a slight increase in births, and experts cautioning that the trend will accelerate in the coming years. The National Bureau of Statistics said the tota...

January 16, 2025 9:47 PM

WHO appeals for $1.5 billion for emergencies with US funding in question

The World Health Organization launched its annual appeal for funding to respond to health emergencies on Thursday, just days before the inauguration of Donald Trump as president of the United States - the health agency's biggest donor - puts a questi...

January 16, 2025 5:48 PM

Kremlin calls Polish claim that Russia planned ‘acts of terrorism’ in the air unsubstantiated

The Kremlin said on Thursday that an allegation by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk that Russia had planned "acts of terrorism" in the air against Poland and other countries was completely unsubstantiated. Tusk made the assertion on Wednesday after...

DD India