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Haj 2024: 1st Indian flight reaches Madinah from Hyderabad
Madinah: The first Indian Haj flight carrying 283 pilgrims from Hyderabad arrived in Madinah, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday, May 9, to perform the annual pilgrimage. The pilgrims were received at the Prince…
- India
India smartphone market grows 8 pc in Q1
New Delhi: Driven by consumers upgrading to higher-value phones across price tiers, India’s smartphone shipments in the January-March quarter (Q1) grew a record 8 per cent (year-on-year) in terms of volume and…
- Delhi
Cabin crew strike: Air India issues termination letters to 25 members
New Delhi: Air India Express has issued termination letters to around 25 cabin crew members who reported sick that led to the cancellation of more than 90 flights, airline sources said on…
- India
Sam Pitroda opposes reservation in IITs and IIMs, old video surfaces
New Delhi: Sam Pitroda, amid controversy over the “colour of citizens” remark, stepped down as the Chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress on Wednesday but his troubles don’t seem to be over…
- News
Modi has accepted Adani-Ambani have amassed black money: Gehlot
Jaipur: Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his insinuating that Rahul Gandhi had taken money for not taking names of industrialists in his election…
- India
Salman Khan house firing: HC allows 2nd post-mortem of accused who died in custody
Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday allowed a second post-mortem examination of Anuj Kumar, who died in police custody following his arrest in a case related to the firing…
- Elections
EC updates provisional figures for third phase turnout to 65.68%
New Delhi: The voter turnout in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Tuesday, covering 93 constituencies in 11 states/UTs, was approximately 65.68 per cent as of 10 p.m., on…
- World
India overtook Japan to become world’s 3rd largest solar power generator in 2023
New Delhi: Rapid solar energy deployment in India pushed the country past Japan to become the world’s third-largest solar power generator in 2023, according to a new report. The report by global…
- India
Paris Olympics: Indian Biryani does not figure on the list of dishes to be served at the games
By Abhijit Sen Gupta Napoleon had once said that an army marches on its stomach. He meant that soldiers who are hungry cannot march for long distances. The same can be said of…
- India
NPPA caps costs of ‘cardiac stents’, warns against violations
Hyderabad: The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has taken significant steps to ensure that the costs of life-saving cardiac stents remain affordable for patients by issuing a notification to fix ceiling prices…
- News
AP government in no mood to leave Hyderabad as its joint capital city
Hyderabad: With hardly a month to end 10-year Hyderabad as joint capital of newly formed Telangana State and Andhra Pradesh, the AP Government is yet to take a decision on leaving the…
- Business
Will NPCI implement or extend the 30 pc cap on market share of UPI players?
New Delhi: As digital payment platforms, PhonePe and Google Pay, continue to have a duopoly in the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) market, the deadline by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)…
- Business
Fintech startup Simpl cuts around 100 jobs in restructuring exercise
New Delhi: Fintech startup Simpl has laid off around 100 employees in a restructuring exercise, a media report said on Wednesday. According to Inc42, citing sources, the fresh job cuts have impacted…
- Business
Zomato unveils India’s 1st crowd-supported weather infrastructure, offers free access
New Delhi: Online food delivery platform Zomato’s co-founder and CEO, Deepinder Goyal, on Wednesday unveiled India’s first crowd-supported weather infrastructure, which would provide localised, real-time information on key weather parameters such as…
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Indian official meets Saudi Arabia’s vice Haj minister
New Delhi: Muktesh K Pardeshi, Secretary (Consular, Passport, Visa and Overseas Indian Affairs) conducted a review of preparations for Haj 2024 in Jeddah and Madinah. Pardeshi held a meeting with Saudi Arabia’s…
