New Delhi: Over a 1,000 people have died in Lebanon in the last two weeks and up to a million more may now be displaced, a BBC report said, quoting officials
Australia’s world-first social media ban for under-16s comes into force
Sydney: Australia's world-first social media ban for under-16s came into effect on Wednesday, with 10 major platforms, including Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and X, required to prevent them from holding accounts....
Kolkata’s air turns more hazardous than Delhi, AQI shoots up to 342
Kolkata: In a rare and worrying development, Kolkata has overtaken Delhi in air pollution levels, with the city recording hazardous air quality on Tuesday night. The Air Quality Index (AQI)...
India on track to become world’s largest developer community by 2030: Satya Nadella
New Delhi: Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella on Wednesday said India is on track to become the world’s largest developer community by 2030, highlighting the country’s growing talent and...
‘Unconstitutional and illegal’: Imran Khan’s sisters, PTI members hold sit-in outside Adiala jail after meeting denied
Islamabad: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's sister Aleema Khan and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) members on Tuesday held a sit-in outside Adiala jail in Rawalpindi after jail authorities once again...
Delhi court issues notice on plea seeking FIR against Sonia Gandhi over name inclusion in voter list
New Delhi: A Delhi Court on Tuesday agreed to examine a criminal revision plea challenging an order that had declined to register an FIR against Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia...
No one should be pressurised to sing, or stopped from singing Vande Matram: Maulana Shahabuddin Rizvi
New Delhi: All India Muslim Jamat chief Maulana Shahabuddin Rizvi Barelvi on Tuesday said that the national song Vande Mataram should neither be imposed on anyone nor should any person...
SC notice to ECI on plea seeking SIR instead of ‘Special Revision’ of electoral rolls in Assam
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Election Commission of India (ECI) on a writ petition challenging the poll panel’s decision to conduct only a "Special...
Three critical after blast at Balco plant in Chhattisgarh’s Korba
Korba (Chhattisgarh): Three workers were seriously injured after an explosion at Bharat Aluminium Company Limited's (Balco's) GAP (Green Anode Plant) in Chhattisgarh's Korba, triggering panic among employees present at the...
Iranian FM Araghchi expresses Tehran’s readiness to continue nuclear energy programme
Tehran: Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has expressed Tehran's determination to continue with its "peaceful" nuclear energy programme, stressing that the facilities, not Iran's nuclear technology, were destroyed in...
China, Russia and India emerging economies — important members of Global South: Beijing
Beijing: Terming China, Russia and India as "emerging economies" and "important members of the Global South", a spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday said that good...
Delhi Jal Board case: ED files chargesheet against Satyendar Jain, 13 others
New Delhi: The ED filed a chargesheet against former Delhi Water Minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Satyendar Kumar Jain and 13 others in a case involving the award of...
India buys fuel where it is profitable, reaffirms Putin’s top aide
Moscow: Dmitry Peskov, the Press Secretary of Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Monday said that India is purchasing energy resources where it deems them advantageous. This policy, he told the...
