Stocks in Europe and Asia fell sharply Friday while gold and the yen jumped amid mounting investor anxiety over trade protectionism. U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday announced to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, prompting threats of retaliation across Asia, Europe and North America. The Stoxx Europe 600 dropped 1.3% in morning trading with every sector in negative ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A Pakistani parliamentarian has revealed that Chinese prisoners are working on development projects of the over USD 60 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in the country. Member of the National Assembly Nawab Mohammad Yousuf Talpur of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) raised security concerns on this issue, and demanded better security arrangements. “I have learnt that ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Karti Chidambaram, arrested in the INX Media case, was on Thursday remanded to five days of CBI custody by a Delhi court Special Judge Sunil Rana extended Karti’s custody till March 6 after the CBI contended that there were “very shocking evidences” of what he has done when he went abroad and alleging “when he went abroad, ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU US President Donald Trump has said he would impose a 25 per cent import tariff on steel and 10 per cent on aluminium. An executive order in this regard would be signed next week, Trump said after a meeting with executives of steel and aluminium companies yesterday. “It’ll be for a long period of time…And you’ll have ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has greeted the people of the state on the festival of Holi, here on Friday. He wished the people a prosperous and long life. Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said that the festival of Holi is one of the most pious festival of ‘Sanatan Dharma’ ,which gives a ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Union Cabinet has approved the Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill, 2018 in Parliament. The Bill would help in laying down measures to deter economic offenders from evading the process of Indian law by remaining outside the jurisdiction of Indian courts. The cases where the total value involved in such offences is Rs.100 crore or more, will come ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Considering the scarcity of freshwater, it is vital to ensure that water is utilised wisely and saved, said the Forest Research Institute director Savita. She was speaking at an awareness seminar on water conservation, management, development and sanitation organised by the Forest Soil and Land Reclamation division of FRI here on Thursday. Its objective was to create ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU India’s economic development must go hand-in-hand with modernisation of the armed forces, Army chief Gen. Bipin Rawat said today. “Economic rise takes place if the country is secure,” he said, defending the quantum of budget allocation to the armed forces, and stressed that there is a link between flow of foreign investment into India and the situation ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and Tourism Minister Satpal Maharaj today inaugurated an international yoga festival at the Ganga Resort (Shisham Jhari) in Rishikesh on March 1. A week-long festival is being attended by 1,500 practitioners and yoga acharayas from 90 countries. Addressing a gathering, Rawat said, “It is due to the efforts of Prime Minister Narendra ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The National Green Tribunal has issued notices to the Centre and the Uttarakhand government to show cause why the ongoing work on the Char Dham highway project to provide all-weather connectivity to four holy towns of the state, should not be stayed. A bench headed by Justice Jawad Rahim sought responses from the Ministry of Road Transport ...