New York: New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani declared that his victory toppled a “political dynasty”, as he quoted the words of former Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru that with his win, the city has “stepped out from the old into the new”. Mamdani scripted...
New Delhi: India became the world's second-largest gold consumer with 802.8 tonnes of demand in 2024, accounting for 26% of global consumption, while the Reserve Bank of India's gold reserves increased to 880 tonnes, according to an SBI Research report released Wednesday. Domestic supply of gold...
Kolkata: A three-member Election Commission of India team arrived in Kolkata Wednesday to review the progress of the ongoing first phase of the three-stage Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. The members -- Deputy Election Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti, Deputy Secretary Abhinav Agarwal, and Principal Secretary...
Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh): The death toll in the collision of a passenger train with a goods train near Bilaspur railway station in Chhattisgarh has gone up to 11, officials said Wednesday. The incident occurred around 4 pm Tuesday when the MEMU (mainline electric multiple unit) passenger...
Jammu: A gunfight began Wednesday between security forces and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, according to official reports. "In an intelligence-based operation, launched in coordination with the Jammu and Kashmir Police early this morning, alert troops of the White Knight Corps established contact with...
New Delhi: Five Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru and Delhi University have figured in Asia's top 100 institutions, according to the QS University Rankings announced Tuesday. IIT-Delhi, IIT-Madras, IIT-Bombay, IIT-Kanpur and IIT-Kharagpur figured in the list of top 100...
New Delhi: In a partial relief to WhatsApp, the appellate tribunal NCLAT Tuesday set aside a section of a Competition Commission of India (CCI) order that had banned the instant messaging app from sharing data with Meta Platforms for advertising purposes for five years, but...
Washington: Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarising Vice Presidents in US history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84. The quietly forceful Cheney served father and son presidents, leading the...
New Delhi: Gopichand P Hinduja, the head of Britain's richest family, who was named as an accused in the Bofors scam with his two brothers, died in London at the age of 85. Fondly known as 'GP' in business circles, Gopichand P Hinduja was unwell...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Centre to file a comprehensive reply on petitions challenging an online gaming law which prohibits "online money games", and bars banking services and advertising related to them. A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and KV Viswanathan was...
Tensions between the US and Venezuela have reached a seemingly critical level over what the US administration ostensibly calls its...
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Despite the newfound bonhomie between China and India in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s tariff war, China is...
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In its latest annual review, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has assigned a ‘C’ grade to India’s national accounts statistics...
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Last month, along with Pakistan and Iraq, India was elected to the UN Human Rights Council from Asia. The UNHRC...
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