New Delhi: Retail inflation rose marginally to 3.48 per cent in April compared to 3.40 per cent in the preceding month, mainly due to an uptick in food prices. Food inflation, as per the Consumer Price Index (CPI), was 4.2 per cent last month compared...
London: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer doubled down Tuesday on his resolve to stay in office, despite calls to step down. Starmer told Cabinet ministers that he took responsibility for devastating losses that his centre-left Labour Party suffered in last week's local elections across the...
New Delhi: The Kerala Chief Minister nominee will be announced either tonight or Wednesday morning, former state Congress chief K Muraleedharan said Tuesday after meeting Rahul Gandhi, who held one-on-one deliberations with several party leaders in a bid to end the uncertainty on the matter....
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu presented the National Florence Nightingale Awards 2026 to nursing personnel at Rashtrapati Bhavan Monday, marking International Nurses Day to honour exceptional nursing professionals in India. Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare J.P. Nadda was also present during the occasion....
Guwahati: Himanta Biswa Sarma Tuesday took oath as the Chief Minister of Assam for a second consecutive term, as the BJP-led NDA formed the government in the state for the third straight time. Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya administered the oath of office and secrecy to...
New Delhi: In a move aimed at strengthening the justice delivery system, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant has constituted a Judicial Infrastructure Advisory Committee to evaluate the infrastructural requirements of courts nationwide. The committee, headed by Supreme Court judge Justice Aravind Kumar, has...
London: Organisations and individuals accused of enabling hostile Iranian activity, including in the form of criminal proxies on British soil, are among those hit with new UK sanctions. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said the new measures Monday come in response to Iranian...
Colombo: As many as 173 Indians are among nearly 200 foreigners arrested in Sri Lanka as part of the latest drive in an ongoing crackdown on cybercrime operations, police said Tuesday. A group of 198 foreigners, comprising 173 Indians and 25 Nepalese, were arrested in...
United Nations: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has called for moving away from the “uni-dimensional narrative” about mathematics and the sciences to one based on a “democratisation of history” that recognises India’s foundational contributions. Inaugurating an exhibition on India’s contribution to mathematics Monday, he cited...
Chennai: J.C.D. Prabhakar was elected unopposed as the Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, while Ravi Shankar was chosen as the Deputy Speaker during the second day of the 17th Assembly session held amid a tense political atmosphere following the recently concluded elections. The...
Finally, the much-awaited meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping is taking place. Trump’s three-day...
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When Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the people in the country on 10 May to curb fuel use, reduce overseas...
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The framers of the Constitution envisaged the office of the Governor as a neutral constitutional authority, detached from partisan politics...
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Every few years, India calls in its envoys for a reality check. At the 11th Heads of Mission Conference recently,...
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