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New Delhi: Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das Monday made a case for reducing time and cost of overseas remittances, which are important for developing economies. The new technology and payments system can be used for expediting and expanding cross-border payments, he noted. "Remittances are the...

Gaza: At least 19 Palestinians were killed and dozens of others injured in Israeli shelling on a school housing displaced persons in the Nuseirat refugee camp of the central Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian sources. Local sources and eyewitnesses reported on Sunday that Israeli artillery...

Washington: A man in illegal possession of a shotgun and a loaded handgun was arrested at an intersection near former US President Donald Trump's rally in Coachella, California, the police said as per media reports. The 49-year-old suspect, Vem Miller, was driving a black SUV...

Mumbai: The Mumbai police have arrested a 28-year-old man from Pune who along with his brother “enlisted” two of the three alleged shooters in the Baba Siddique murder case, an official said. Police called the man, Pravin Lonkar, a “co-conspirator” and said they are on...

New Delhi: A three-member technical team of senior railway officials from the Signal & Telecom, Engineering and Operations department raised serious apprehension of sabotage after inspecting the accident site at Kavaraippettai Railway Station in Tamil Nadu, railway sources said. On October 11, train No12578 Mysuru...

Mumbai: A court here Sunday remanded one of the two accused arrested for allegedly shooting dead former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique to police custody till October 21. The court directed the police to conduct a bone ossification test to determine the age of the second...

Kolkata: The Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA), a body representing Resident Doctors' Associations (RDAs) across India, Sunday called for a nationwide shutdown of elective services in hospitals from Monday in solidarity with medics' ongoing protest in West Bengal, an official of the body...

United Nations: India has backed a joint statement by the UNIFIL-contributing countries that "strongly condemned" the recent attacks on the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon and said such actions must stop immediately. The joint statement, initially co-signed by 34 countries, came after at least five...

Kolkata: Anustup Mukhopadhyay, one of the eight junior doctors who were currently on a fast-unto-death protest at Esplanade in Kolkata in support of their demands over the horrific rape and murder of a junior doctor of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, had to be...

New Delhi: The apex child rights body has raised serious concerns about the state of functioning in madrasas and called for stopping state funding to them unless they comply with the Right to Education Act. In its latest report titled 'Guardians of Faith or Oppressors...