- India
NGT slaps Rs 3,000 cr penalty on Rajasthan govt for improper waste management
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Rajasthan government to pay Rs 3,000 crore as environmental compensation for improper management of solid and liquid waste. A bench headed by…
- World
Indonesia’s fuel price hike affects tourism sector
Jakarta: Higher costs are expected to hit Indonesia’s tourism sector after the government raised the price of subsidised fuel by about 30 per cent earlier this month. Tourism operators in the archipelago…
- Pakistan
Pakistan reports 19th polio case of this year
Islamabad: The number of polio cases detected in Pakistan this year has increased to 19 after a six-month-old child in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) South Waziristan district was paralysed by the virus, the…
- India
Cattle smuggling scam: CBI questions Anubrata Mondal’s daughter
Kolkata: A team of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials, probing the multi-crore cattle smuggling scam have reached the residence of Trinamool Congress strongman and the party’s Birbhum district president, Anubrata Mondal’s…
- India
Help them, govt should use its resources: SC to Centre on Ukraine-returned medical students
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday suggested that the Centre could develop a web portal providing details of foreign universities for the medical students who returned from Ukraine following Russia’s invasion…
- India
Ex-President Kovind releases book ‘Ambedkar and Modi’, draws parallels between them
New Delhi: Former President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday released a book titled “Ambedkar and Modi: Reformer’s Ideas, Performer’s Implementation” here in presence of Union Minister I&B Anurag Thakur, MoS Dr L.…
- Entertainment
Will Smith gets permanently banned from ‘SNL’ after slapping Chris Rock
Los Angeles: Hollywood star Will Smith is apparently not welcome back on “Saturday Night Live”. The actor is reportedly being permanently banned after slapping comedian Chris Rock at the 2022 Academy Awards.…
- News
Ex-President Kovind releases book ‘Ambedkar and Modi’, draws parallels
New Delhi: Former President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday released a book titled “Ambedkar and Modi: Reformer’s Ideas, Performer’s Implementation” here in presence of Union Minister I&B Anurag Thakur, MoS Dr L.…
- India
Delhi excise policy scam: ED searches premises of YSRCP Lok Sabha MP
New Delhi: In a latest development in connection with the Delhi excise policy scam case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) team on Friday reached the premises of YSRCP Lok Sabha MP Magunta Sreenivasulu…
- World
World Bank warns of rising global recession risk amid simultaneous rate hikes
Washington: As central banks across the world are simultaneously hiking interest rates in response to inflation, the world may be edging toward a global recession in 2023, the World Bank warned. Central…
- India
Karnataka Hijab ban: We are not interpreters of Quran, says SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court said on Thursday it is not the “interpreter” of the Holy Quran and it has been argued before it in the Karnataka Hijab ban matter that courts…
- Technology
Samsung launches 7th Edition of its pan-India campus programme for students
New Delhi: Samsung India on Friday kicked off the seventh edition of its pan-India campus programme — Samsung E.D.G.E — inviting students from the top colleges of the country to work on…
- World
Chinese national arrested for raping teenage girl for months in Islamabad
Islamabad: A Chinese national has been arrested by Islamabad Police on the charge of sexually assaulting a teenage girl for months, Dawn reported. A case was registered against the suspect at the…
- India
BJP’s TN unit to gift gold coins to newborns on Modi’s birthday
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu unit of the BJP will gift gold coins to children born on the birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP state unit has identified RSRM hospital Chennai…
- Business
RBI likely to increase repo rate by 50 basis points to 5.9% in Sep policy: Morgan Stanley
Mumbai: The Monetary Policy Committee in the September credit policy is likely to increase the repo rate by 50 basis points to 5.90 per cent and will keep stance unchanged, according to…
