- India
BSP to go alone in Lok Sabha polls, reiterates Mayawati
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) President Mayawati on Wednesday, August 23, again reiterated that she would go alone in Lok Sabha polls to be held in 2024. On Wednesday, Mayawati chaired a…
- Kashmir
J&K clinches second spot in country by taking its count of online services to 913
Jammu: With 913 citizen-centric services available online, Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday edged past Kerala to clinch the second spot amongst states and Union territories in the sphere. Announcing the on-boarding of…
- India
Historic moment for us, says PM Modi as Chandrayaan-3 lands on Moon
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and its team for the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon. PM Modi, who watched the…
- India
Digvijaya Singh’s ‘ISRO scientists not paid salary’ remark sparks row
Bhopal: On a day when India’s moon lander successfully set its four legs softly and safely on the lunar soil as planned, and became the fourth nation in the world to achieve…
- India
India gives importance to nations of Global South, says PM Modi at BRICS session
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, August 23 said that India gives special importance to the countries of the Global South. Addressing the plenary session of the BRICS summit in…
- World
This Google techie earns Rs 1.2cr a year by working just 1 hr daily: Report
New Delhi: A Google software engineer in his 20s has said that he works for only an hour a day and earns a salary of $150,000 (about Rs 1.2 crore) yearly. The…
- India
Article 370: No intention to interfere with other special provisions, Centre tells SC
New Delhi: During the hearing on pleas pertaining to Article 370, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Wednesday submitted before the Constitution Bench that the Union government has absolutely no intention to interfere…
- World
Nepal faces onion shortage after India imposes 40% export duty
Kathmandu: Nepal is facing an onion shortage after India imposed a 40 percent export duty on the commodity. Since Tuesday, the Kalimati Fruit and Vegetable Market in Kathmandu wiped onion off its…
- Delhi
Delhi: Tragedy averted as 2 planes given go ahead to take off, land at same time
New Delhi: A potentially catastrophic incident was narrowly averted at Delhi airport on Wednesday morning when a Vistara Airlines plane was cleared for take-off while another aircraft was in the process of…
- India
Mizoram bridge collapse: Kejriwal mourns loss of lives
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal expressed grief on the under-construction railway bridge collapse in Mizoram, which claimed 17 lives on Wednesday. “Deeply saddened by the tragic incident in Mizoram, where…
- Delhi
G-20 summit: Delhi Traffic Police holds mock rehearsal
New Delhi: Intensive preparations are underway for the G20 summit slated to take place in Delhi on September 9-10 with Delhi Traffic Police holding a mock rehearsal on Wednesday. The trial encompassed…
- Technology
X kills headlines from links to articles as Musk tells journos to publish directly
New Delhi: As Elon Musk on Tuesday invited journalists to publish directly on X (formerly Twitter) and earn a higher income, he started stripping headlines and text from news articles shared on…
- India
Gujarat HC junks PIL urging use of Gujarati in court proceedings
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court has rejected a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) calling for inclusion of Gujarati alongside English in court proceedings. The court’s decision on Tuesday has paved the way for…
- India
Mamata convenes all-party meet on Bengal Statehood day on Aug 29
Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has convened an- party meeting on August 29 to discuss the celebration of the “Statehood Day for West Bengal,” on the occasion of Poila Boishakh (Bengali New…
- World
Over 1.7 mn Australians sexually harassed in 2021-22: Survey
Canberra: More than 1.7 million Australians were sexually harassed in 2021-22, a national survey has found. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Wednesday published the results of the 2021-22 Personal Safety…
