- Business
UPI processed Rs 81 lakh cr worth transactions in April-July, up 37% YoY
New Delhi: Surpassing world’s leading digital payments platforms, India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) processed nearly Rs 81 lakh crore transactions in the April-July period this year, which is a staggering 37 per…
- World
End repression of Muslim Uyghurs, minorities in Xinjiang: US to China
Washington: The US has urged China to take immediate action to end its ongoing repression of Muslim Uyghurs and members of other ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang. In a statement…
- Middle East
Egypt, Greece call for efforts to deescalate tensions in Mideast
Cairo: Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and his Greek counterpart, George Gerapetritis, have stressed the importance of intensifying efforts to avoid the escalation of violence and instability in the Middle East. During…
- Technology
Brazil’s Supreme Court orders blocking of social media platform X
Rio de Janeiro: Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has ordered the social media platform X to be blocked nationwide after the company refused to appoint a legal representative in the…
- Business
India’s fiscal deficit for April-July stands at 17.2 pc of full-year target
New Delhi: The Central government’s fiscal deficit in the first four months (April-July) of the current financial year stands at Rs 2.77 lakh crore which works out to 17.2 per cent of…
- Middle East
Gaza launches polio vaccination campaign for children amid ongoing conflict
Geneva: A large-scale vaccination campaign to fight a polio outbreak in the Gaza Strip is set to begin on September 1, announced the World Health Organisation (WHO) representative for the occupied Palestinian…
- India
Became CM due to backward community’s blessings: Karnataka CM
Haveri: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said that he became the Chief Minister due to the blessings of the backward community, and not hateful politics. “I did not come to power…
- Telangana
Telangana to set up TTD-like body for Yadadri temple
Hyderabad: The government of Telangana will constitute a board on the lines of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) for the management of Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple at Yadadri. Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh: 2 Rajya Sabha MPs of YSRCP deny plans to resign
Amaravati: A day after the party lost two Rajya Sabha members, YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) MPs Alla Ayodhya Rami Reddy and Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose on Friday denied that they are planning…
- Middle East
Israel says Hamas military chief killed in West Bank’s Jenin
Israel announced on Friday that it had killed Hamas’ commander in Jenin, the West Bank, on the third day of one of its largest assaults in the Israeli-occupied territory in months. In…
- India
IndiGo to resume operations from Delhi Airport’s Terminal 1
New Delhi: Leading budget carrier IndiGo on Friday said it will resume operations from Terminal 1 at the Delhi Airport from September 2. Flight operations were suspended at Terminal 1, which is…
- Bangalore
Governor has given us time for meeting on Saturday, says Shivakumar
Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Friday said that Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot has given an appointment for a meeting with Congress leaders on Saturday. “We are meeting him at the…
- Middle East
Iraq exports over 108 million barrels of crude oil in July
Iraq exported about 108.053 million barrels of crude oil in July, the country’s Oil Ministry announced on Thursday. During the month, about 106.125 million barrels were exported from oil fields in central…
- India
Assam Assembly to discontinue break for offering Friday Namaz
Guwahati: The Assam Assembly on Friday decided to end a British-era rule of giving a break for offering Friday Namaz. From now on, there will be no break on Friday for Namaz…
- Bangalore
Karnataka HC to hear Yediyurappa POCSO case on Sep 5 as CID seeks adjournment
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court single bench on Friday adjourned to September 5 the hearing on the quash petition of former Chief Minister and BJP central parliamentary committee member B.S. Yediyurappa in…
