8 June, 2016 The World Bank in its report released on Tuesday, downgraded its 2016 global growth forecast to 2.4% from the 2.9% pace projected in January. It claimed that the world economy is facing sluggish growth, stubbornly low commodity prices, weak global trade, and diminishing capital flows.   As per the report, India’s robust economic expansion is expected to ...

8 June, 2016 Saudi Arabia has unveiled the first concrete targets in its ambitious effort to move its crude-dependent economy away from oil. In a press conference in the early hours of Tuesday in Jeddah, officials revealed sweeping plans to create some 450,000 non-government jobs by 2020, boost non-oil revenues and cut the cost of public wages. The National Transformation ...

8 June, 2016 Islamabad:  Pakistan has failed to take concrete action to keep a lid on banned terrorist outfits like Hafiz Saeed-led Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad which continuously resurface under new names challenging the government’s authority, a media report said today. Under the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997, it is the job of the Interior Ministry to determine whether any group is ...

8 June, 2016 Hillary Clinton was looking ahead today to a general election showdown against Donald Trump, hours after making history by clinching the Democratic Party nomination. “Thanks to you, we’ve reached a milestone,” a beaming Clinton told ecstatic supporters in New York, “the first time in our nation’s history that a woman will be a major party’s nominee.” The ...

8 June, 2016 Millions of Muslims across China began observing Ramadan on Monday, which lasts from June 6 to July 6 this year. During the Islamic holy month of fasting and spiritual reflection, Muslims are not allowed to eat or drink between sunrise and dusk. It is widely observed by ethnic minorities in China, including the Hui, Uygur, Kazakh, Uzbek, ...

8 June, 2016 The origami cranes made by US President Barack Obama, who donated them to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum during his visit to the city, will be exhibited in the museum, starting Thursday. Along with the cranes, the museum will also display the message the US leader wrote in its guest book, a museum spokesperson told Efe news ...

Watching Nigel Farage and David Cameron debate Brexit is like opening a DC comic to find the Joker taking on Lex Luthor – they’re both so deeply flawed and thoroughly unpleasant characters you don’t care who wins. Tonight, neither was convincing and neither connected. Charmless and churlish, Farage is like one of those contrarian relatives you desperately try to avoid ...

In an event at the Shard in central London tomorrow, the new Mayor of London Sadiq Khan will argue that the Tories are too divided to win this referendum and so Labour now has a ‘monumental and historic responsibility’ to deliver a victory for remain on the 23rd of June. The new Mayor of London will join Alan Johnson, Yvette ...

Some teachers are beginning their careers in primary schools with as little as a few hours training in some subject areas, MPs have heard. The Education Select Committee heard how the brevity of initial teacher training in England meant continuous professional development was vital. But much of it focused on new regulatory requirements and curriculum shifts, rather than subject areas. ...

Barrister Nazir Ahmed : The government of Bangladesh is planning to enact a citizenship law which will have serous implication for us, the dual nationals living abroad.  The Bill entitled “Citizenship Bill 2015” has already been approved in principle by the Cabinet.  It is now waiting to go to Parliament to be passed.  Once passed by Parliament, it will go ...