SBI declares results for PO Recruitment 2025, fills 541 vacancies
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) India’s largest state-owned lender, State Bank of India, on Friday declared the results of the Probationary Officer Recruitment 2025, filling 541 vacancies across the country. The bank said the list of selected candidates is available on its official website and that the newly inducted Probationary Officers will be deployed nationwide […]
India and Netherlands establish joint trade and investment committee
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) India and the Netherlands on Friday announced the establishment of the Joint Trade and Investment Committee (JTIC) to further strengthen bilateral trade, investment and economic cooperation between the two countries. The MoU, signed between Ministry of Commerce and Industry and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, […]
Tripura govt pitches state as emerging tourism hub: CM Saha
Agartala, Dec 19 (IANS) The Tripura government, with support from the ministries of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) and Tourism, is working to develop the state into a major tourism hub to attract domestic and international visitors, generate employment, and boost revenue, Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Friday. Referring to his virtual meeting […]
RBI’s central board deliberates on domestic and global economic situations
Mumbai, Dec 19 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) central board, on Friday, deliberated on the state of the local and international economies and related issues, with Governor Sanjay Malhotra presiding over the 620th meeting of the Central bank’s central board of directors. According to a statement from the RBI, the Board also approved […]
Over 1,000 patients have died awaiting evacuation from Gaza since July 2024: WHO
GENEVA(RAHNUMA): More than 1,000 patients have died while waiting for urgent medical evacuation from war-ravaged Gaza in the last year and a half, the World Health Organization said Friday. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X that the UN agency and its partners had “evacuated over 10,600 patients from Gaza with severe health conditions, […]
Hamas official says Miami talks must end Israel’s Gaza truce ‘violations’
GAZA CITY(RAHNUMA): A top Hamas official said that talks in Miami on Friday to advance the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire must aim to end Israeli truce “violations” in the Palestinian territory. US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, is to meet senior officials from Qatar, Egypt and Turkiye in Florida on Friday, […]
Sweden summons Iran envoy after reports of citizen’s death sentence
STOCKHOLM(RAHNUMA): Sweden summoned the Iranian ambassador this week following reports that a Swedish citizen had been sentenced to death in Iran, the country’s foreign minister said on Friday. “Sweden and the EU’s position on the death penalty is very clear. We always oppose it. Everywhere and regardless of circumstances, and this is well known. On […]
Spread of Gaza famine has been averted yet strip still faces starvation, experts say
TEL AVIV(RAHNUMA): The spread of famine has been averted in Gaza yet the situation remains critical with the entire strip still facing starvation, the world’s leading authority on food crises said Friday. The new report by The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, comes months after the group said famine was occurring in Gaza […]
Syria welcomes lifting of US sanctions
DAMASCUS(RAHNUMA): Syria’s foreign ministry on Friday welcomed the permanent ending by the United States of the so-called Caesar sanctions, paving the way for the return of investment to the war-ravaged nation. The US Congress on Wednesday permanently ended the sanctions imposed on Syria under Bashar Assad, who was ousted in December last year. The Caesar […]
Lebanon ties ceasefire talks to return of displaced residents
BEIRUT(RAHNUMA): Lebanon has made the return of displaced residents to their border villages a prerequisite for further discussions in ceasefire mechanism talks with Israel, Arab News has learned. President Joseph Aoun instructed Lebanon’s civilian representative, former ambassador Simon Karam, to raise the return of civilians to their homes and lands in southern Lebanon as a […]
