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New Delhi: India's Deepavali -- the festival of lights -- was Wednesday inscribed on the UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, sparking celebrations to mark the earning of the coveted tag. The decision was taken during a key meeting of UNESCO...

New Delhi: Ajay Gupta, one of the co-owners of Goa's 'Birch by Romeo Lane' nightclub, said that he is "only a partner" as he was brought to Delhi's Anti Extortion and Kidnapping Cell of the Crime Branch Wednesday in connection with the blaze that killed...

New Delhi: Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra, owners of the Goa nightclub where a devastating fire claimed 25 lives, have filed a petition for anticipatory bail in Delhi's Rohini Court to avoid arrest. The petition will be heard later in the day. Meanwhile, the Luthra...

Melbourne: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed a world-first social media ban for children younger than 16 that took effect Wednesday as families taking back power from tech giants but warned the implementation would be difficult. Parents reported distraught children discovering they’d been shut out...

New Delhi: E-commerce giant Amazon plans to make a mega-investment of USD 35 billion, over Rs 3.14 lakh crore, in India by 2030 across its businesses with a focus on AI-driven digitization, export growth and job creation, a senior company official said Wednesday. Making the...

New York/Pennsylvania: US President Donald Trump said India and Pakistan “were going at it” and he ended the conflict between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, repeating the claim once again. Trump has so far repeated the claim nearly 70 times that he stopped the conflict in...

Islamabad: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's sister Aleema Khan and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) members Tuesday held a sit-in outside Adiala jail in Rawalpindi after jail authorities once again did not allow them to meet the founding PTI chairman, local media reported. In video statements...

New York: The Justice Department can publicly release investigative materials from a sex trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime confidant of Jeffrey Epstein, a federal judge said Tuesday. Judge Paul A Engelmayer ruled after the Justice Department in November asked two judges in New...

New Delhi: The Interpol has issued a Blue Notice against Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, the owners of a Goa nightclub where a massive blaze has claimed 25 lives, to track their whereabouts, officials said Tuesday. The Luthras have fled the country since the incident. The...

New Delhi: Microsoft plans to invest USD 17.5 billion (around Rs 1.58 lakh crore) in India to help build infrastructure, skills, and sovereign capabilities needed for the country's AI future, CEO Satya Nadella said social media platform X. "To support the country's ambitions, Microsoft is...