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Invest Sabah scandal sparks call for state assembly watchdog

LABUAN, Jan. 31 -- The State Government is urged to initiate a State Legislative Assembly Accounts Committee to scrutinise the affairs of Government Linked Companies (GLCs) that are referred to it, am... Read More


EXCLUSIVE: Inside details of arms, ammunition, cars recovered from suspected coup plotters

Nigeria, Jan. 31 -- PREMIUM TIMES has obtained exclusive details of arms, ammunition, vehicles and cash recovered from military officers and civilians suspected of plotting to overthrow President Bola... Read More


Expect warmer February: IMD

New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- India is expected to witness a warmer February with below normal rains, particularly in the Himalayan region where a drier winter can be linked to climate change, the India Meteo... Read More


Trade deal with US on fast track: Goyal

New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- The negotiations for a proposed bilateral trade agreement between India and the US are progressing, and both countries are working to close the deal "quickly", Commerce and Indus... Read More


Why comparing base MHIT to market plans misses the point - Wong Teck Jin

Kuala Lampur, Jan. 31 -- JANUARY 31 - Bank Negara Malaysia's (BNM) proposed Base Medical and Health Insurance/Takaful (MHIT) Plan has been compared by certain quarters with existing medical insurance ... Read More


Jitendra Vaswani acquires SaaSUltra.com to focus on practical SaaS decision-making.

New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- Software subscriptions are easy to buy but hard to cancel. Many teams realise months later that a tool they signed up for does not really fit their way of working. That pat... Read More


Once a breadwinner, now bedridden: Odisha vegetable vendor lost a leg, then his livelihood

Bhubaneswar, Jan. 31 -- He once lived with a smile, earning his livelihood by selling vegetables. Despite poverty, he never complained. He believed that as long as God had given him hands and legs, he... Read More


Additional excise duty on tobacco, health cess on pan masala to be effective from Feb 1

New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- An additional excise duty on cigarettes and tobacco products, and a health cess on pan masala, over and above the highest 40 per cent GST rate, will come into effect from Februar... Read More


Sunetra Pawar meets NCP leaders ahead of legislature party meeting

Mumbai, Jan. 31 -- NCP leaders Praful Patel and Sunil Tatkare on Saturday met Sunetra Pawar at the official residence of her late husband Ajit Pawar here ahead of the legislature party meeting. NCP w... Read More


Dwayne Johnson's daughter retires from wrestling

United Kingdom, Jan. 31 -- Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's daughter Simone is retiring from the ring. The 24-year-old wrestler - who used the name Ava Raine for the combat sport - carried on her family's... Read More