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Mumbai: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Sunday announced that the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) will be rolled out across all 21 states currently governed by the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) before 2029. Addressing a press conference in the city after attending several public programmes,...

New York: The CEO of Anthropic said Saturday the artificial-intelligence industry should slow its fast-moving development to give safety measures time to catch up. Without such a slowdown, Dario Amodei warned that within six to 12 months, AI could be capable of leading a swarm...

New Delhi: BRICS must expand trade in national currencies and work towards an inclusive global economic framework as excessive dependence on existing financial and trade systems has made emerging economies vulnerable to political shocks, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Sunday. In an address at the...

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is scheduled to meet US President Donald Trump September 23 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session, according to a media report. The US president and First Lady Melania Trump will host a reception dinner for heads...

Cairo: Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen overnight claimed new attacks on neighbouring Saudi Arabia, as Yemen's Saudi-backed government described the rebels' swift advance along the Red Sea coast as a "painful" development in a new front in the Iran war. The Houthis' capture of a key...

New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin departed from New Delhi on Sunday after attending the 18th BRICS Summit hosted by India. Union Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs, Kirti Vardhan Singh, saw off President Putin. "Honoured to see off H.E. President Vladimir Putin at...

Jakarta: Indonesian rescuers say about 130 passengers and crew are missing after a ferry carrying more than 240 people sank in bad weather in the Java Sea Sunday. At least 107 people were rescued and the bodies of six passengers were recovered as the search...

Cairo: An Iranian commercial vessel was struck early Sunday off Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, with one person killed and four wounded, Iranian state media said, a day before Tehran seeks to brief regional countries on its contested efforts to manage shipping traffic...

Patna: Three minors, aged between four and five years, have been detained in connection with the vandalism inside a Shiva temple in Bihar's Nalanda district, officials said Sunday. The incident took place Saturday at a Shiva temple in Sherpur of Nalanda district. According to locals,...

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government has directed all state government employees and officials to submit comprehensive details of their assets and liabilities by October 31 as part of its efforts to improve transparency and accountability in public administration. The government has now formally announced the...