- Business
Gujarat gets USD 350 mn loan from World Bank for augmenting healthcare services
New Delhi: The World Bank on Thursday said it has approved a USD 350 million (over Rs 2,832 crore) loan to Gujarat for spending towards public healthcare services, focussed specially on adolescent…
- Hyderabad
IIIH Hyderabad’s pilot study on bus drivers finds AI improves safe driving behaviour
New Delhi: Artificial Intelligence-based solutions improve safe driving behaviour, according to a pilot study by the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad and Central Road Research Institute. During the study, an…
- World
China’s Sichuan quake: Man trapped in mountains rescued after 17 days
Beijing: A 28-year-old Chinese hydropower station worker, who went missing for 17 days after a powerful earthquake jolted China’s Sichuan Province, has been rescued, the state media reported on Thursday. The 6.8-magnitude…
- India
Ban on PFI imminent after countrywide NIA, ED raids against it
New Delhi: A possible ban stares the Popular Front of India (PFI) in the face for its alleged involvement in terror activities after law-enforcement agencies Thursday conducted searches against it at 93…
- Business
Rupee tanks 83 paise to close at record low of 80.79 on Fed rate hike
Mumbai: The rupee plunged by 83 paise — its biggest single-day loss in nearly seven months — to close at an all-time low of 80.79 against the US dollar on Thursday after…
- India
Water cannon used as BJP workers protest against Punjab govt
Chandigarh: Amid the simmering rift between the AAP government in Punjab and the governor, the police here Thursday aborted a BJP march to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s residence by deploying barricades, using…
- World
UK Opposition group calls out baseless narratives behind Leicester clashes
London: An Indian diaspora-focused organisation of the UK Opposition Labour Party has warned that baseless narratives are being pushed out by extremist groups behind the recent clashes involving some Muslims and Hindus…
- India
Rancorous arguments on hijab ban conclude, SC reserves judgement
New Delhi: The meandering 10-day arguments on Karnataka’s hijab row concluded on Thursday, with the counsel for Muslim petitioners making a last gasp effort to have the ban on the Islamic headscarf…
- India
First suspected case of lumpy skin disease reported in Mumbai
Mumbai: A suspected case of lumpy skin disease in an animal has been detected in Mumbai suburb of Khar, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said on Thursday. So far, the metropolis…
- Stock Market
Sensex tumbles 337 pts post Fed rate hike; FMCG cos buck trend
Mumbai: Equity benchmarks retreated for the second session on the trot on Thursday, in lockstep with a bearish trend overseas after the US Federal Reserve increased interest rates by 75 basis points…
- India
Be patient on action against PFI: Muslim organisations appeal to youths
New Delhi: Several Muslim organisations on Thursday appealed to the youth from the community to remain patient with the action taken by the law enforcement agencies against the Popular Front of India…
- Delhi
Restrain AAP, its leaders from levelling defamatory allegations: LG Saxena to Delhi HC
New Delhi: lieutenant Governor V K Saxena on Thursday urged the Delhi High Court to restrain the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and several of its leaders from levelling “false” allegations against him…
- India
Key PFI, SDPI activists held during NIA raids in Karnataka
Bengaluru: National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday raided the offices of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) and Popular Front of India (PFI) and residences of their key office-bearers in Karnataka, detaining…
- India
Gyanvapi case: Court admits plea for carbon-dating of ‘shivling’, next hearing on Sept 29
Varanasi: The Varanasi district court on Thursday admitted a plea for carbon-dating of a “Shivling” claimed to have been found inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex here and asked the mosque management to…
- India
MP: Probe ordered after photos show govt school girls cleaning toilets
Guna (MP): Photographs showing girl students cleaning toilets at a government school in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna district appeared in the local media on Thursday, prompting state panchayat minister Mahendra Singh Sisodia to order…
