- Business
TN Electricity Regulatory Commission to issue orders on power tariff revision soon
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) will soon be issuing orders of increase power tariff hikes proposed by the Tamil Nadu power utility, Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company (Tangedco).…
- Hyderabad
TRS slams Sitharaman for ‘unruly conduct’ with District Collector
Hyderabad: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman expressing her anger at a District Collector in Telangana on not finding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s photos at a fair price shop has sparked a row…
- Technology
Twitter team to fight online extremism ‘vanishes’ after Musk takeover
New Delhi: Twitter’s ambitious plan to tackle extremism on its platform went for a toss when Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced to buy it, and in months after that, the health research…
- World
UN continues support for flood-hit Pakistan
United Nations:The UN has continued to support Pakistan’s response to devastating floods by providing food, clean water and other emergency relief supplies, a spokesperson said. UN team, along with humanitarian partners, have…
- Middle East
Iran condemns deadly mosque bombing attack in Afghanistan
Tehran Iranian Foreign Ministry has condemned a deadly bombing attack in a mosque in Afghanistan’s western city of Herat, according to the Ministry’s website. Nasser Kanaani, the Ministry’s spokesman on Friday, expressed…
- Technology
Samsung admits data breach that affected customers in US
San Francisco: Samsung on Friday said it suffered a data breach that may have exposed some customers’ personal information in the US. The South Korean giant said that it has taken actions…
- Business
Odisha registers 17% growth in gross GST collection in Aug
Bhubaneswar: The gross GST collection in Odisha has recorded 17.11 per cent growth in August 2022 against the collection made during August last year, officials said here on Friday. According to the…
- Middle East
Iran briefly seizes 2 US ‘surveillance vessels’ in Red Sea
Tehran: The Iranian Navy briefly seized two “surveillance vessels” of the US Navy in the Red Sea, according to state media reports. On Thursday, while carrying out a counter-terrorism mission in the…
- Politics
Kejriwal’s five promises to farmers in Gujarat
Gandhinagar: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday made five “key promises” to farmers in Gujarat while addressing a rally at Dwarka town in the state’s Saurashtra region. He said if the…
- World
UK slips behind India to become world’s 6th biggest economy
London: Britain has dropped behind India to become the world’s sixth largest economy, according to Bloomberg. India toppled the UK from its position in the final three months of 2021 to become…
- Politics
BJP’s Giriraj Singh demands survey of mosques, madrasas in Bihar
Patna: Firebrand Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Minister, Giriraj Singh has demanded a survey of madrasas and mosques in Bihar similar to that in Uttar Pradesh. “We demanded from the…
- India
LPG cylinder prices rose 45% in 5 years
New Delhi: Even as domestic LPG prices have been on the upsurge, burdening the common man, an interesting fact to note is that cooking gas rates have been revised an astounding 58…
- Business
Commanding heights of India’s economy up for grabs in battle between Adani and Ambani
New Delhi: Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani, both billionaires, have in recent years become the best-known faces of Indian business. To supporters, they are patriotic nation-builders, using their sway and resources to…
- World
Biden says Trump, MAGA Republicans represent extremism, are threat to democracy
Washington: US President Joe Biden went into a combative mood, dubbing his predecessor Donald Trump and the MAGA (Make America Great Again) Republicans as representing “extremism” that threatened the very foundations of…
- India
AG refuses sanction for contempt of court proceedings against Sibal
New Delhi: Attorney General K.K. Venugopal had declined a request to initiate contempt of court proceedings against Rajya Sabha MP and senior advocate Kapil Sibal for his statement allegedly against the Supreme…
