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- World
Biden admin to establish first-ever national strategy to counter Islamophobia
Washington: The White House has announced that US President Joe Biden’s administration is set to establish the country’s first-ever national strategy to counter Islamophobia. At a press briefing on Wednesday, White House…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia to use Gregorian calendar for official business now
Riyadh: The Saudi Council of Ministers has approved the calculation of duration in official procedures and transactions based on the Gregorian date, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The decision was made…
- India
Jet Airways’ assets worth Rs 503 cr seized in India, London & Dubai
New Delhi The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday said it has attached in London, Dubai and India assets worth Rs 503 crore of Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal, his family members and companies as…
- Middle East
Rafah crossing opens for 1st time since Israel-Hamas war; death toll at 10461
As the ground operations by the Israeli army intensify in Gaza, the Rafah crossing to Egypt has opened for the first time since the war began on October 7. Qatar has brokered…
- Telangana
Telangana: Pre-election cash, gold seizure crosses Rs 400 crore
Hyderabad: The seizure of cash, gold, liquor and other items in Telangana ahead of the November 30 Assembly elections crossed Rs 400 crore value mark on Tuesday, officials said. During the 24-hour…
- Middle East
Yemen’s Houthis declare war on Israel; missiles, drones launched
Yemen’s Houthis have declared war on Israel, military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in a statement on Tuesday, October 31. A large batch of ballistic and winged missiles and a large number of…
- India
Electoral bonds: BJP gets lion’s share at 57%, Cong 2nd at 10%
New Delhi: Electoral bonds generated donations worth over Rs 9,188 crore for all political parties put together till 2021-22, of which the BJP alone accounted for over 57 per cent as against…
- News
Aadhaar, passport data of 81.5 cr Indians for sale on darknet
Personal data of over 81.5 crore people has been put up for sale on the darknet. The data was allegedly sourced from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). Details of several…
- World
Israel ‘dropped’ from digital maps released by Chinese companies
Two top Chinese tech companies, Alibaba and Baidu, have ‘removed’ the State of Israel from their recently released digital maps. Although the maps demarcate the internationally recognized borders of Israel, they do…
- World
IAF activates S-400 missile units along border with China, Pakistan
New Delhi: With the Air Force having already operationalised three of its S-400 air defence missile squadrons along borders with China and Pakistan, Indian and Russian officials are set to meet soon…
- India
Electoral Bonds Scheme: Citizens don’t have right to know source of funds, says AG
New Delhi: Holding that the electoral bond scheme for political funding of parties contributes to clean money, Attorney General R Venkataramani has told the Supreme Court that citizens do not have the right…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh train collision: 14 deaths, 11 identified; Oppn slams Modi govt
Visakhapatnam: The number of casualties in the train accident on the Howrah-Chennai line in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh rose to 14 while 50 people were injured, Superintendent of Police M Deepika…
- India
Blast rips through Christian prayer meet in Kerala; 1 dead, 36 hurt
One person died and 36 were injured in a Jehovah’s Witnesses Church in Kerala’s Kalamassery on Sunday morning, October 29, after an explosion ripped through a congregation of over 2,000 people, officials said.…
- Bangalore
Karnataka sees Operation Hast vs Operation Lotus in full flow ahead of 2024
Bengaluru: The political scene in Karnataka is heating up yet again as the Congress and BJP have locked horns yet again by making bolder attempts to poach each other’s leaders. It has…
- Middle East
Brands with ‘Israel links’ sweat under Arab-led boycott heat
PepsiCo, Walt Disney, McDonald are among the companies that suffer setbacks because of their reported links with Israel. Boycott campaign, led by Arab countries against the organisations that support Israeli occupation of…
