India

Thiruvananthapuram: Another person died in Kerala even after taking the full course of anti-rabies vaccine, sending the health authorities into a tizzy. Fifty-three-year-old Chandrika from Kozhikode passed away a month after taking the vaccine. Chandrika was bitten by a stray dog last month following which she took the full course of the anti-rabies vaccine. Things appeared […]

New Delhi: There has been nearly 2 times increase in searches for 5G smartphones on Flipkart in the first half of 2022 compared to the same period last year, the e-commerce platform said on Monday. According to platform sales trends, the demand for 5G smartphones in the Rs 10,000-15,000 has seen nearly a four times growth […]

There is an increasing concern about the rise in the number of animals getting infected by lumpy skin disease in India. According to government data, more than 1.85 lakh cases have been detected so far and over 7300 cattle have died to date.  The infection was first identified in Gujarat and spread to eight other […]

Valsad: A video clip of BJP’s sitting MLA in Valsad showing his heated argument with police and threatening them during the Ganesh Utsav procession has gone viral. In the video clip, BJP MLA Bharat Patel can be seen threatening police, “Aa jo, hu jo kahu to hamna Hullad thay (If I tell them, there will be […]

New Delhi: Centre has urged the Supreme Court to end the tenure of the Committee of Administrators (CoA) and direct that the day-to-day management of All India Football Federation shall be looked after by the AIFF administration led by the acting Secretary General. Centre has requested the Supreme Court to pass an order to direct […]

Patna: A 13-year-old minor girl was gang-raped by six persons for four days in Patna, an official said on Monday. The accused kidnapped the victim from Buxar and took her to Patna where they kept her in a room and gang-raped her for four days. The accused finally abandoned her at the Dumraon railway station […]

Dharamsala: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has expressed grief over the loss of lives due to incessant rain in Himachal Pradesh. “I offer my condolences to you, to the families who have lost loved ones, and to all those affected by this devastation,” he wrote to Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, adding “I pray […]

Amethi: A principal in a private school has been arrested for allegedly molesting a Class 11 student. According to police reports, the principal had summoned the girl on Sunday to fill a form. Despite it being a holiday, the 17-year-old went to the school with her Aadhaar card to fill the form. The girl later […]

New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday alleged that the has received an offer by the Bharatiya Janata Party to split the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in what he claims was a quid pro quo as the CBI initiated a probe into the Delhi’s now withdrawn excise policy. In a tweet today […]

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has cancelled his trip to Bhopal to attend the Central Zonal Council meeting of the BJP due to heavy rain in Madhya Pradesh. According to the state’s official spokesman, Yogi will now virtually join the meeting. The Central Zonal Council comprises Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. […]

New Delhi: The Indian smartphone users are spending 30 minutes a day on consuming memes and 80 per cent have increased meme consumption in the last year, a new report showed on Monday. While most users enjoy memes as a good way to release stress, 50 per cent expect their meme consumption to increase, according […]

New Delhi: India on Monday saw a decline in fresh Covid cases with 9,531 infections recorded in the past 24 hours against the previous day’s 11,539 count, said the Union Health Ministry. In the same period, 36 fatalities took the nationwide death toll to 5,27,368. Meanwhile, the active caseload has declined to 97,648, accounting for 0.22 […]

Mumbai: Equity benchmarks fell in early trade on Monday with the Sensex declining nearly 420 points amid mixed global market trends. The 30-share BSE benchmark, which had started the trade on a weak note, further fell 419.69 points to 59,226.46. The broader NSE Nifty declined 140.6 points to 17,617.85. From the Sensex pack, Kotak Mahindra […]

Mumbai: The rupee appreciated 4 paise to 79.80 against the US dollar in opening trade on Monday, supported by receding crude prices in global markets and weakness in the American currency overseas. However, losses in the domestic stock markets weighed on the local unit and restricted the gain, forex traders said. At the interbank foreign […]

New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has penalised an air traffic controller (ATC) at the Delhi Airport after he tested positive for a psychoactive substance. Sources said that he has been removed from duty by the aviation regulator. Posted at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in Delhi, he was subjected to […]

New York: As part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations in the US state of New York, the Federation of Indian Associations (FIA) set two Guinness World Records respectively for the most number of different flags flown simultaneously and the largest ensemble of musical instruments Damru. People of the Indian diaspora attempted the records to […]

Bengaluru: Surge, which is Sequoia India and Southeast Asia’s rapid scale-up programme, on Monday launched its seventh cohort, featuring 37 founders across 15 early-stage startups. One-third of the startups include at least one female founder and several startups have second and third time founders. Surge startups have collectively raised over $1.7 billion in follow-on funding to […]

New York: Billed as the world’s biggest Indian event outside the nation, the annual India Day Parade was held in New York City celebrating India’s 75th anniversary of Independence. Allu arjun 💓🇮🇳🙏#AlluArjun𓃵 #NewYork @imsarathchandra pic.twitter.com/rLhTvLoUOw — Allu Nithish AADhf 💥🔥 (@Nithishreddy_AA) August 22, 2022 Telugu megastar Allu Arjun was the grand marshal at the parade […]

Jammu: An intruding terrorist nabbed on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district was sent as ‘Fidayeen’ (suicide bomber) by the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Army soldiers noticed suspicious movement in the Sehar Makri area of Nowshera sector Sunday evening. “After being challenged, the terrorist started running back towards the Pakistani side of the […]

New Delhi: The Government of India won’t levy any charges on UPI (Unified Payments Interface) services. After reports circulated online that there may be the possibility of UPI transactions carrying a service charge, the finance ministry on Sunday denied the news. In a tweet, the finance ministry said that UPI would remain free. “UPI is […]

Hyderabad: Pet parents go the extra mile to keep their pets healthy. In this direction, many are now opting to buy insurance cover for their pets. The cover starts around Rs 300 per year for a small pet for a single type of cover such as terminal diseases. Players like Bajaj Allianz General Insurance, The […]

New Delhi: As the Congress prepares to elect its new chief, many names are under consideration after Rahul Gandhi refused to give a second thought to his decision of holding no post in the party, sources have said. The names doing the rounds are loyalists from the party, which include Ambika Soni, Mukul Wasnik and […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday wished Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida a “speedy recovery from COVID-19.” This comes as amid a sharp spike in COVID cases in Japan. The country’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida tested positive Sunday for the novel coronavirus. In a tweet, PM Modi wrote, “Wishing my friend Prime Minister […]

New Delhi: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday accused the government of imposing high taxes on common people and reducing tax to its “friends”. Taking to Twitter, he also shows a graph alleging that the government is earning more revenue from taxes on common people and less from corporates due to lower tax. “Raise […]