A new political front organisation of the 26/11 terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed has fielded candidates for most of the national and provincial assembly constituencies across Pakistan for the February 8 general elections. Saeed, the founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), has been in jail since 2019 after being convicted for several years in multiple terror finance … Read more
Four types of cheese have been “precautionarily” recalled due to a possible E coli contamination before Christmas Day. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) announced the recall for Mrs Kirkham’s Mild and Creamy Lancashire, Mrs Kirkham’s Tasty Lancashire, Mrs Kirkham’s Mature Lancashire and Mrs Kirkham’s Smoked Lancashire on Christmas Eve. The FSA said: “The products listed … Read more
An Ella Bache franchisee says “COVID impacts” have contributed to her decision to close her stores. Roslyn Rudd announced the closure of her beauty therapy salon in Logan Hyperdome this month on Instagram, following her decision to shut her Toowong franchise in Brisbane in 2021 due to similar reasons. “To all our valued clients, we … Read more
ET Now caught up with KV Kamath, Chairman, ICICI Bank, for his expectations from the Narendra Modi government as well as the Budget. Excerpts: ET Now: Talking of expectations from Narendra Modi, do not you think too much hope and money in essence is riding behind one man? Despite his good intentions, there are structural … Read more
The manager’s future Erik ten Hag’s team are treading water at precisely the wrong moment: as Sir Jim Ratcliffe takes charge of Manchester United’s sporting department before making sweeping changes in the posts that will directly affect the manager. Richard Arnold has left despite officially staying until the end of the year and into his … Read more
Australian ING customers heading abroad will notice a change in the amount of money they get back in overseas fee refunds, as the bank scraps its international ATM operator fee rebates. ING announced earlier this year it would no longer be offering up to five rebates a month of international ATM operator fees from August … Read more
The Indian market closed in the green for the second consecutive day on Friday, tracking positive global cues. The S&P BSE Sensex rose more than 200 points, while the Nifty50 closed above the 21,300 mark on Friday. Sectorally, buying was seen in realty, IT, metal, auto, and healthcare stocks, while selling pressure was seen in … Read more
One of Australia’s biggest banks has increased its fixed rates for borrowers for the second time in just over a week. NAB on Friday announced it would increase the fixed rates for owner-occupiers and investors by up to 0.20 per cent. Those increases follow similar hikes last Friday, resulting in some rates increasing by up … Read more
While the world’s democratic superpower was maintaining armslength from Narendra Modi (then Gujarat Chief Minister in 2012-13), Europe led by an European Union delegation in India was quietly engaging with the BJP leader nearly two years before the Lok Sabha elections. In fact, Ambassador Joao Cravinho, head of the EU delegation, led Ambassadors of various … Read more
More than $100 million is owed to Victorians and they might not even know it. Victorians have been encouraged to go online to check whether they are among thousands entitled to $109m in unclaimed money lodged with Victoria’s State Revenue Office (SRO). The office holds records of money that are unclaimed after 12 months, including … Read more
