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Father mourns loss of UiTM teen daughter killed after her motorcycle collision with car in Batu Pahat

BATU PAHAT, Aug. 22 -- A local university student on a semester breakwas killed after the motorcycle she was riding collided with a car in front of the Pekan Sri Medan mosque here on Wednesday. The v... Read More


Govt forms higher education council to drive impactful change

Jakarta, Aug. 22 -- The Indonesian government has established the Higher Education Council (DPT) to strengthen the country's higher education system and ensure it creates a tangible impact on the comm... Read More


Bengal govt complies with ECI's directive, suspends four officials over electoral roll discrepancies

Kolkata/IBNS, Aug. 22 -- The West Bengal government has finally suspended four officials over the electoral roll discrepancies obeying the Election Commission of India (ECI)'s directive, media reports... Read More


SC halts eviction drive in Assam's Uriamghat, grants interim relief to displaced families

Guwahati, Aug. 22 -- The Supreme Court on Friday granted an interim stay on the ongoing eviction and demolition drive in Uriamghat and nearby villages in Assam's Golaghat district, offering significan... Read More


Patel Retail IPO ends with 95.70 times subscription

Mumbai, Aug. 22 -- The initial public offer of Patel Retail received bids for 74,79,89,460 shares as against 78,15,612 shares on offer. The issue was subscribed 95.70 times. The Qualified Institution... Read More


WestBridge Capital to acquire 15% stake in Edelweiss Asset Management

Mumbai, Aug. 22 -- Edelweiss Financial Services (EFSL) announced that WestBridge Capital is acquiring a 15% stake for a consideration of Rs 450 crore in Edelweiss Asset Management (the Asset Manager o... Read More


Gold trades rangebound on Fed caution; Powell speech in focus

Mumbai, Aug. 22 -- Gold futures slipped below $3370 an ounce on Friday, weighed down by a stronger US dollar and caution ahead of Fed Chair Powell's speech at Jackson Hole. The dollar index climbed ab... Read More


Military chief speaks on South-east's security, plan to apprehend Simon Ekpa's boys

Nigeria, Aug. 22 -- Nigeria's Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa, said relative peace has returned to the country's South-east since the arrest of a pro-Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa, in Finland. ... Read More


Assam: Eviction drive near CM Secretariat in Dibrugarh

Dibrugarh, Aug. 22 -- An eviction drive was carried out on Friday by the District administration near the Chief Minister's Secretariat here at Paltan Bazar, Maijan. The eviction drive attracted atten... Read More


Govt allocates 1.5 trillion rupiahs to purchase local farmers' sugar

Jakarta, Aug. 22 -- Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman announced that the government has allocated approximately 1.5 trillion rupiahs to purchase sugar from local sugarcane farmers. "We're initially... Read More