India
- Business
Rupee rises 22 paise to close at 85.50 against US dollar
Mumbai: The rupee rose 22 paise to close at 85.50 against the greenback on Friday on the back of sustained inflow of foreign funds and firm domestic equity markets. Lower level of…
- Business
India’s external debt hits USD 736.3 billion in March 2025: RBI
Mumbai: India’s external debt increased by 10 percent to USD 736.3 billion at the end of March 2025 compared to USD 668.8 billion in the year-ago period, the Reserve Bank said on…
- World
India bans imports of certain jute products from Bangladesh via land routes
New Delhi: India on Friday banned imports of certain jute products and woven fabrics from Bangladesh through land routes. However, it is allowed only through Nhava Sheva seaport, the Directorate General of…
- Technology
Indian researchers develop device to detect early-stage bone cancer
New Delhi: In a major scientific breakthrough, researchers from IIT (BHU) in Uttar Pradesh have developed a miniaturised, self-reporting diagnostic device that can detect early-stage bone cancer with high precision. The first-of-its-kind…
- India
MP HC rejects plea seeking norms on ‘love jihad’ news reports defaming Islam
The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently dismissed a plea seeking guidelines against news reports allegedly targeting Muslims and defaming Islam, stating that the petition should have been filed as a Public Interest…
- India
Ahmedabad plane crash: Parliamentary panel summons Boeing, DGCA officals
New Delhi: The Parliamentary Committee on Transport has summoned Boeing executives, Air India representatives, the Civil Aviation Secretary, and DGCA officials for a discussion on air safety issues related to the tragic…
- India
Law student gang-raped in Kolkata, 3 held; NCW seeks police report
A law student aspiring to join South Calcutta Law College was allegedly gang-raped inside the institution by a former student, with two senior students assisting in the crime, Kolkata police said on…
- India
Gujarat AAP MLA resigns, allege caste bias; gets suspended hrs later
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Botad in Gujarat’s Saurashtra region, Umesh Makwana, resigned from all party positions on Thursday, June 26, citing caste-based discrimination. A member of the Koli community, classified…
- India
Indian markets likely to rise in Q3 FY26: Morgan Stanley
Mumbai: Indian stock markets are more likely to rise than fall in the third quarter of the financial year 2026 (Q3 FY26), Morgan Stanley said in a note on Friday. The global…
- Middle East
India’s HDFC Bank faces probe in UAE over mis-selling of risky bonds
HDFC Bank, India’s leading private sector lender, is reportedly being investigated in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over allegations of mis‑selling high‑risk Credit Suisse Additional Tier 1 (AT1) bonds to clients across the…
- India
Review terms ‘Socialist’, ‘Secular’ in Constitution’s preamble: RSS
New Delhi: The RSS on Thursday called for reviewing the words ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’ in the preamble of the Constitution, saying they were included during the Emergency and were never part of…
- Opinions
Cricket: Big flaws exposed in India’s meek surrender; how to solve the problems?
Despite the fact that five of its batsmen scored centuries, India still lost the first Test of the series to England recently. India thus became the first team to lose a match…
- India
Black box data from crashed Air India plane under analysis, says Centre
New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday said the analysis of the data from Cockpit Voice Recorders (CVR) and Flight Data Recorders (FDR) — recovered from the crash site of Air India Boeing…
- India
Veteran Communist leader V S Achuthanandan remains critical
Thiruvananthapuram: Former Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan remains in a critical condition at a private hospital here, days after suffering a cardiac attack, doctors said on Thursday. The 101-year-old Marxist leader…
- India
Learning like a baby: Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla from spacecraft
New Delhi: Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla on Thursday said he was learning to live in microgravity conditions “like a baby” and it was an amazing experience to float in vacuum as the Dragon…
