- India
Mamata urges Centre to announce Netajis’s birthday as National Holiday
Kolkata: Paying tribute to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose on his 125th birthday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urged the central government to declare his birth anniversary, January 23, as National Holiday.…
- Telangana
After Andhra, English medium in schools trigger debate in Telangana
Hyderabad: The decision of the Telangana government to introduce English medium in all government schools in the state from academic year 2022-23 has triggered a debate on whether the move is practical…
- Middle East
Kuwait seeks to restore ties with Lebanon: FM
Beirut: Visiting Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah said that his country seeks to restore ties with Lebanon. “For this to happen, we call on Lebanon to distance itself from internal…
- Bangalore
K’taka hijab row triggers debate on religious practices in educational institutes
Bengaluru: The issue of wearing a hijab (head covering worn in public by Muslim women) to the colleges along with the uniform has sparked a debate in Karnataka over religious practices impacting the…
- Sports
U-19 CWC: Bawa, Raghuvanshi tons help India smash Uganda
Tarouba: Raj Bawa and Angkrish Raghuvanshi smashed fine centuries as India recorded their second-highest score in an Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup match to crush Uganda by a massive 326 runs, as the…
- Technology
Robinhood starts rolling out crypto wallets to 1,000 users
San Francisco: Silicon Valley-based online trading app Robinhood has announced that it has begun rolling out crypto wallets to 1,000 users from the top of the wallets waitlist. By March, the company…
- Science
How trillion-dollar space economy is threatened by debris
New Delhi: The space economy is on track to be valued at a trillion dollars by the end of 2030, but assets such as navigation, weather and communication satellites that serve our…
- India
Amid rising Covid cases, anti-vaccine protesters rally in Meghalaya
Shillong: Amid the surge of Covid-19 cases in Meghalaya, anti-vaccination protesters organised a rally in the capital city Shillong against the alleged mandatory inoculation drive by the state government. Organised by the…
- World
Global COVID caseload reaches 348.5 million
Washington: Amid an ongoing resurgence across the world, the global coronavirus caseload has topped 348.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.59 million and vaccinations to over 9.77 billion, according…
- India
Increase regulatory focus on cryptocurrency: Pre-Budget survey
New Delhi: A pre-Budget expectations survey on Saturday showed a growing demand for increasing regulatory focus on the cryptocurrency sector. As per the Grant Thornton Bharat survey, nearly 79 per cent of…
- Real Estate
Resident real estate sector poised for upcycle: MOFSL
New Delhi: India’s resident real estate sector is poised for an upcycle, primarily buoyed by the improved affordability, said Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited. As per MOFSL, decadal low interest rate regime…
- World
Ex-Malaysian PM Mahathir hospitalised
Kuala Lumpur: Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has been hospitalised, a spokesman from his office said on Saturday. The 96-year-old is being treated at the National Heart Institute’s cardiac care unit,…
- Elections
Plea in SC says freebies by political parties similar to bribery
New Delhi: A PIL has been moved in the Supreme Court claiming that the promise or distribution of irrational freebies using public funds before polls shakes the roots of free and fair…
- Business
Fewer launches subdue pharma market’s Dec sequential growth
New Delhi: Lower volumes along with fewer number of new launches subdued Indian Pharmaceutical Market (IPM) growth during December 2021 on a sequential basis. As per India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra), IPM…
- Stock Market
Yes Bank’s Q3 net profit up over 76% YoY
Mumbai: Private lender Yes Bank on Saturday reported a rise of 76.8 per cent year-on-year in its net profit for the third quarter of FY22. The bank’s net profit rose to Rs…
