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47Bangkok/New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey Thursday held talks to further strengthen economic ties between the two countries, on the sidelines of the annual IMF-World Bank meetings in Bangkok. Sitharaman informed Healey that India looks forward...

Kyiv: Ukraine launched a drone and missile attack on a Russian oil refinery, Moscow and Kyiv officials said Thursday. The strikes came hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a brief energy infrastructure truce, spurned by Moscow, was over, amid deepening tensions with Washington. Also...

New Delhi: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has asked telecom operators to implement Calling Name Presentation (CNAP) services across their service areas from November 1, 2026, in a move that will allow mobile users to view the caller's name alongside the telephone number on incoming...

Berlin: As many as three Indian nationals have been killed in a fire incident in Bochum in Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia, the Indian Embassy in Germany said Thursday. The Indian Embassy said that all three Indian nationals were studying in Germany. The Embassy said it is...

New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal Thursday that the first phase of the India-US trade pact has been finalised and is undergoing legal drafting. He expressed hope that it would be finalised soon and operationalised once India secures a competitive advantage over its...

Islamabad: At least 17 children and one female teacher were killed and more than 30 others injured after the roof of a private school collapsed in Pakistan's Peshawar Thursday, local media reported. Lady Reading Hospital spokesperson Muhammad Asim confirmed the casualties and said that an...

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday accused the Congress and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi of attempting to "destroy Indian democracy" and facilitate a "regime change", following remarks by All India Students' Association (AISA) President Neha Bora praising Bangladesh's...

Kochi: The Kerala High Court's rejection of petitions seeking permission to appeal against a Single Bench order in the CMRL–Exalogic Masappadi case has dealt a major setback to Pinarayi Vijayan, with BJP state vice-president Shone George demanding his immediate resignation as Leader of the Opposition....

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday upheld a Madras High Court judgment declaring unconstitutional a Tamil Nadu government order allowing people from Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes, Denotified Communities and Scheduled Castes to claim Backward Class (Muslim) reservation benefits after converting to Islam. A Bench...

United Nations: India called out the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights (OCHR) for its "double standards" and "extreme selectivity" in reporting the government responses to popular protests across the world. "Violent responses to protests in our neighbourhood, as well as in the West,...