Beijing/Hong Kong: The death toll in a deadly fire in multiple high-rise towers in Hong Kong has risen to 55, with 279 people still missing, Chinese official media reports said Thursday. Three men have been arrested for suspected manslaughter in the fire that broke out...
New Delhi: Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal Thursday informed of a meeting with Helene Budliger Artieda, State Secretary for Economic Affairs, Switzerland, where they discussed investment opportunities for the pharmaceutical sector. Artieda is on a visit to India along with a pharma delegation from Switzerland....
Kolkata: The names of the electorate in the Assembly constituencies in and around Kolkata do not match the 2002 voter list, sources in the office of Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal said. Currently, digitisation of the enumeration forms for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR)...
Washington: The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Thursday announced an immediate suspension of all immigration requests from Afghan nationals, just hours after a targeted attack, allegedly by an individual from Kabul, on National Guard members in Washington, close to the White House. In a...
New Delhi: India and the UAE have agreed to further strengthen trade facilitation, regulatory collaboration and data sharing during the third meeting of the Joint Committee under the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) here, an official statement said Thursday. The meeting, co-chaired by Ajay Bhadoo,...
New Delhi: India Wednesday said it is examining a request by Bangladesh to extradite former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and that it is committed to ensure the best interests of the people of that country. Hasina, 78, was last week sentenced to death in absentia...
Melbourne: The Australian government said young children will be banned from social media next month as scheduled, despite a rights advocacy group Wednesday challenging the world-first legislation in court. The Sydney-based Digital Freedom Project said it had filed a constitutional challenge in the High Court...
New Delhi: Union Cabinet Wednesday approved a scheme to promote manufacturing of rare earth permanent magnets with an outlay of Rs 7,280 crore. The 'Scheme to Promote Manufacturing of Sintered Rare Earth Permanent Magnets' was approved at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra...
Mumbai: Snapping the three-day falling streak, benchmark Sensex rebounded by 1,022 points while Nifty reclaimed the 26,000 level Wednesday on across-the-board buying aided by a rally in global peers amid growing hopes of a US Fed rate cut and fresh foreign fund inflows. The 30-share...
Raipur: In a major success, 41 armed Maoist cadres, including 12 women, surrendered before senior police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officers in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district Wednesday. The group, which carried a combined reward of Rs 1,19,00,000 on their heads, decided to abandon violence...
Air pollution is increasingly being recognised as India’s gravest public health crisis in the post-COVID period, with medical experts warning...
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By Aakar Patel Intent has an ally in apathy. Intent seeks to take ground; apathy will kindly adjust. Intent is...
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The Centre’s recent directive to states regarding the transfer of IAS, IPS, and IFS officers pertains not only to administrative...
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European leaders did what they are known to be good at – a brand of diplomacy aimed at antagonizing neither...
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