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Minority charity gives food to all after hijab-clad woman denied service over slogan

A local Muslim charity has come forward in the wake of a discriminatory incident where a Muslim woman was refused food for not chanting “Jai Shri Ram” outside Tata Hospital in Mumbai. This…
UPI breaks record with 16.58 billion transactions in October

New Delhi: The Unified Payments Interface (UPI)-based digital transactions continued to surge, and in October, the country saw 16.58 billion transactions worth Rs 23.5 lakh crore, the highest numbers since the UPI…

Indian fan requests Selena Gomez to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ on video, faces ire

A video emerged on social media capturing the interaction of American singer and actress Selena Gomez with an Indian fan reportedly during the Diwali celebration. In the self-recorded video clip, the fan…
Saudi Arabia launches new shipping route ‘Arabian Gulf-India’

Folk Maritime Services Company, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), recently launched a new regional shipping route, “India-Arabian Gulf Service.” The shipping route connecting key GCC ports, including Dammam and Umm Qasr,…
India, Saudi Arabia exploring collaboration in fintech, clean hydrogen

New Delhi: India and Saudi Arabia are exploring collaboration in emerging fields like fintech, new technologies, energy efficiency, clean hydrogen, textiles and mining to further boost trade and investment ties, an official…
Govt to launch 4,740 digital service centres to boost inclusive growth in rural areas

New Delhi: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Friday launched the Digital India Common Service Center (DICSC) project to bridge the digital divide in rural India and ensure that…
Grand Diwali celebration held at Srinagar’s Lal Chowk

Srinagar: For the first time, a grand Diwali celebration was held near the historic clock tower at Lal Chowk here on Thursday as hundreds of locals and tourists lit diyas to mark…

Naqvi criticises political rhetoric over Delhi’s pollution levels

New Delhi: Senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Friday condemned what he described as a “political fuss” over Delhi’s pollution, asserting that some people were attempting to sow confusion among the…
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh slams NITI Aayog

New Delhi: Congress leader and former Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday said sulphur dioxide emissions from power plants contributed significantly to air pollution and any argument suggesting that such emissions…
Rahul, Priyanka condole Catholicos Mor Baselios Thomas’ demise

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi and Congress General Secretary, Priyanka Gandhi on Friday expressed grief over the passing of the supreme head of the Jacobite…
EAC-PM Chairman Bibek Debroy passes away

New Delhi: Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) Chairman Bibek Debroy passed away this morning, a senior EAC-PM official said. He was admitted to AIIMS. Debroy (69) was educated in…
Ex Shia Waqf Board chief Wasim Rizvi changes his name, once again

Former chairman of the Shia Waqf Board, Wasim Rizvi, has reportedly changed his name once again. Initially rechristened as Jitendra Narayan Tyagi after converting to Hinduism in December 2021, he has now…
Mumbai: Three jump from second-floor flat to escape fire; injured

Mumbai: Three men were injured after they jumped from the second floor of a building at Girgaon in south Mumbai to escape a fire in their flat in the early hours of…
Trump sues CBS for ‘deceptive’ editing of Harris interview

New York: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is suing CBS TV network demanding $10 billion in damages alleging its “deceptive” editing of an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris was election interference.…
Delhi’s air quality plummets to ‘very poor’ category

New Delhi: A day after the Diwali festivities, the air pollution levels in Delhi-NCR on Friday deteriorated further to the ‘very poor’ category with a blanket of toxic smoke engulfing the whole…