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Not concerned about rupee at all: Economic Advisory Council to PM

New Delhi: Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) member Sanjeev Sanyal on Thursday said he is not concerned about the rupee at all, arguing that even China and Japan witnessed…
Nitish Kumar niqab row: Health minister unaware of doctor’s refusal to join duty

Patna: Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey on Thursday said he was not aware of reports that Nusrat Parveen, whose niqab was pulled by CM Nitish Kumar while giving away appointment letters to…

Karnataka Assembly passes hate speech bill amid strong opposition

Belagavi: Amid strong opposition, the Karnataka Assembly, on Thursday, passed the Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention) Bill, the first such law in the country. The Bill has a provision for a…
LS passes G RAM G Bill through voice vote amid uproar, adjourned soon after

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Thursday, December 18, passed a controversial bill that seeks to replace the 20-year-old MGNREGA with a new initiative that guarantees rural jobs for 125 days every…
RBI clears Paytm arm PPSL as payment aggregator for offline, cross-border transactions

New Delhi: Fintech firm One97 Communications on Thursday said its subsidiary Paytm Payments Services Limited (PPSL) has received authorisation from the Reserve Bank of India to operate as a Payment Aggregator for…
Air India express jet makes safe landing in Kochi amidst gear trouble

Kochi: An Air India Express flight from Jeddah to Kozhikode with 160 passengers carried out an emergency landing at the Cochin International Airport here on Thursday due to issues involving its landing…
Chhattisgarh: 3 Maoists killed in encounter with security personnel

Sukma: Three Maoist, including a woman, were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Thursday, police said. The exchange of fire broke out in the morning on…

Delhi-NCR wakes up to thick smog as AQI slips back into ‘severe’ zone

New Delhi: Thick smog continued to blanket Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) on Thursday morning, with the capital witnessing a fresh deterioration in air quality as the Air Quality Index…
IND vs SA T20 match in Lucknow cancelled due to Delhi smog: Akhilesh Yadav

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday raised concerns over air pollution in Lucknow after a cricket match between South Africa and India was called off due to smog in the…
HC transfers case of Rahul Gandhi’s citizenship from Raebareli to Lucknow

Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Wednesday transferred a criminal complaint questioning the citizenship of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from Raebareli to Lucknow after the petitioner claimed that he…
Delhi pollution: Experts caution against ‘smog-eating’ surfaces

New Delhi: As the Delhi government moves ahead with plans to develop “smog-eating” surfaces in the city, environmental experts on Wednesday warned that such technological interventions should not replace efforts to curb…
IndiGo, DGCA face heat in Parliament over flight chaos

New Delhi: A parliamentary panel examining the recent air traffic disruptions tried to fix responsibility for Indigo’s mass cancellation of flights as senior aviation officials and IndiGo COO Isidro Porqueras appeared before…
ED arrests couple in Rs 300-crore Ponzi fraud case

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has arrested a man and his wife for allegedly duping people by orchestrating a multi-level marketing scheme involving more than Rs 300 crore. Chander Bhushan Singh and…
PM Modi arrives in Oman on final leg of three-nation visit

Muscat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday arrived in Oman on a two-day visit during which he will hold talks with the Gulf country’s top leadership and is expected to sign an…
Startup co-founder fixes critical bug 10 mins after wedding

KoyalAI CEO Mehul Agarwal shared a social media post of priding on how his sister and co-founder, Gauri Agarwal, fixed a critical software bug in the midst of her wedding. “This is…