- India
Indian housing sector to contribute 13 pc to national GDP by 2025: Report
New Delhi: The housing sector in the country is expected to contribute 13 per cent to the national GDP by 2025, reflecting its resilience and potential, according to a report on Friday.…
- Bollywood
Alia Bhatt shares New Year celebrations pictures featuring Raha, Neetu, Ranbir
Mumbai: Actress Alia Bhatt, who was recently seen in ‘Jigra’, has shared pictures from her New Year celebrations. On Thursday, the actress took to her Instagram, and shared pictures from an undisclosed…
- Technology
realme partners with KRAFTON India to revolutionise Indian e-sports landscape
New Delhi: India’s gaming industry is experiencing remarkable growth, transforming the country into a major force in the global gaming landscape. By 2028, the APAC region is projected to generate $181.8 billion…
- Middle East
No safety for civilians anywhere in Gaza: UN humanitarians
United Nations: There is no safety for civilians anywhere in Gaza, with more than 80 per cent of the Gaza Strip under Israeli evacuation orders, UN humanitarians said. Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of…
- Middle East
Israeli strikes hit defence factories, research facility in Syria’s Aleppo
Damascus: A series of blasts rocked Syria’s southern Aleppo province, as Israeli warplanes carried out strikes on defence factories and a research centre there, according to local media and a war monitor.…
- Sports
Ravi Shastri predicts Rohit Sharma may retire from Test Cricket after fifth test in Sydney
Sydney: Former India head coach Ravi Shastri has predicted that Rohit Sharma might just end his Test career after the ongoing fifth Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground, where he opted to…
- Kashmir
Fog engulfs Srinagar; snowfall likely on weekend in Kashmir
Srinagar: Bone-chilling cold continued across Kashmir on Friday as dense fog made pedestrian and traffic movement difficult in the morning in J&K’s Srinagar city. A thick blanket of fog covered Srinagar city…
- India
We’ve probably seen Rohit for last time in Test cricket: Gavaskar
Sydney: Legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar feels that India captain Rohit Sharma has played his last Test for the team at Melbourne Cricket Ground after opting to rest for the fifth Test against…
- Bollywood
Who is Sara Ali Khan’s ‘jaan’ with whom she enjoys first dinner of 2025?
Mumbai: Bollywood actress Sara Ali Khan recently revealed that she spent the first dinner of 2025 with her “mommy jaan,” Amrita Singh. Sara welcomed the new year in Goa, accompanied by her…
- Middle East
Hamas delegation visits Cairo over Gaza ceasefire
Gaza: A Hamas delegation has visited Egypt’s capital Cairo to address challenges surrounding a Gaza ceasefire agreement, Hamas spokesperson Jihad Taha said. Taha told Xinhua that the delegation’s visit to Cairo was…
- Business
Indian stock market opens lower, Nifty below 24,150
Mumbai: The domestic benchmark indices opened lower on Friday as selling was seen in the IT, pharma, financial service and FMCG sectors. At around 9.29 am, Sensex was trading at 79.710.47 after…
- Middle East
Gaza police chief killed in Israeli airstrike: Interior authorities
Gaza: Gaza’s interior authorities confirmed that Mahmoud Salah, the director-general of Gaza’s police department, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip. In a statement, the interior authorities mourned…
- Middle East
Israel confirms September raid on Syrian ‘underground missile factory’
Jerusalem: Israel’s military revealed that around 100 of its troops conducted a raid in Syria in September last year to dismantle an underground missile factory allegedly funded by Iran. In a rare…
- Middle East
Israel to send delegation to Qatar for Gaza ceasefire talks: Netanyahu
Jerusalem: Israel announced that it will send a delegation of senior security officials to Qatar next week to discuss a Gaza ceasefire deal. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed in a statement that…
- Middle East
Iran marks 5th anniversary of top commander Soleimani’s assassination
Tehran: Iranians across the country marked the fifth anniversary of the US killing of top commander Qassem Soleimani. Soleimani, former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force, and Iraqi…
