BJP Meet On Rajasthan Chief Minister's Home Turf Today, Amit Shah To Attend
The BJP meetingis aimed at strengthening the party's OBC vote bank in the state ahead of the high-stakes assembly elections next year. | Read more|
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PM Modi to inaugurate World Dairy Summit
Noida police have banned the operation of drones from September 8-15 as part of security preparations for the upcoming World Dairy Summit 2022 which will commence on September 12 at India Expo Mart, Greater Noida, officers said Thursday. | Read more|
"Should I Sit Out Then?" KL Rahul When Asked If Virat Kohli Should Open In T20Is
India went on to defeat Afghanistan by 101 runs as Bhuvneshwar Kumar took five wickets with the ball. | Read more|
India and China agree to pull troops from border area
India and China have agreed to withdraw soldiers stationed along a border friction point near India’s Ladakh region, deescalating a military standoff which has erupted into violent clashes on several occasions since May 2020. | Read more|
King Charles' First Address Today As Britain Mourns Queen Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years. | Read more|
Supreme Court partly stays demolition of Goa’s famous beach shack Curlies
The Supreme Court Friday stayed an order by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) which had directed authorities to demolish parts of Goa’s famous Curlies beach shack in Anjuna, reported news agency PTI. | Read more|
Dalit Teen Went To File Rape Case, Allegedly Detained Overnight, Beaten
In a shocking sequence of events, a 13-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly kept at a police station for a whole night and beaten up when she wanted to lodge a rape complaint in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur city. | Read more|
US drops another $2.2bn on Ukrainian military
The administration of US President Joe Biden has pledged another $2.2 billion in long-term military financing to Ukraine and 18 neighbor states and territories “potentially at risk of future Russian aggression,” pending approval by Congress, Secretary of State Antony Blinken revealed on Thursday during an unannounc | Read more|
North Korea declares itself a nuclear weapons state
North Korea has passed a law declaring itself to be a nuclear weapons state, according to state news agency KCNA. | Read more|
In Twitter Blue-Tick Case, An Unconditional Apology From Ex-CBI Boss
The Delhi High Court today excused former interim CBI Director M Nageswara Rao from paying a penalty of Rs. 25,000 imposed on him at the time of dismissal of his challenge to the alleged removal of "blue tick" from his Twitter account by the micro-blogging platform. | Read more|
Fitch Group’s CreditSights discovers errors in debt report on Adani Group firms
As per news report of The Indian Express, Fitch Group’s debt research unit CreditSights, which had raised red flags over Adani Group being over-leveraged, said in a new report that it “has discovered calculation errors” in its recent debt report on two Adani Group companies, following a conversation with the mana | Read more|
New malaria vaccine is world-changing, say scientists
A malaria vaccine with "world-changing" potential has been developed by scientists at the University of Oxford. | Read more|
China says US is militarizing space
China has accused the US of seeking to militarize outer space, after the Pentagon issued a new policy document which deemed space a “priority domain of national military power.” | Read more|
Vietnam karaoke bar fire kills at least 32 people
At least 32 people have died and others have been injured in a huge fire at a karaoke complex in southern Vietnam near Ho Chi Minh City. | Read more|
US Approves "Possible Sale" Of $450 Million F-16 Fleet To Pakistan
The Biden administration has approved a $450 million F-16 fighter jet fleet sustainment programme to Pakistan to help it meet current and future counterterrorism threats, in Washington's first major security assistance to Islamabad in four years. | Read more|
40 Rare, Exotic Animals Rescued In Assam In Major Anti-Trafficking Haul
At least 40 exotic animals, including a baby wallaby, were rescued in Assam today in one of the biggest hauls of illegally trafficked animals in the state. The seizures were made from two vehicles in Kamrup district as the police busted an international animal trafficking racket. | Read more|
Inflation cannot be handled only by Centre: FM Sitharaman
Inflation cannot be handled only by the Centre and ways have to be found to work together with states to manage inflationary matters, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Thursday. | Read more|
UN team issues report on shelled nuclear site
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has called for an end to all military activity around the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant and insisted that shelling in the area must stop. | Read more|
Income Tax Raids At Delhi Thinktank Centre for Policy Research
Searches by the Income Tax Department are underway at Delhi-based independent thinktank Centre for Policy Research. | Read more|
TMC’s coal-belt mainstay, Bengal Law Minister Moloy Ghatak under CBI scanner
Moloy Ghatak is the Trinamool Congress’s (TMC) strongman in the coal belt of Paschim Bardhaman district and has the final say on organisational matters in the region. | Read more|
Putin says West's sanctions fever wrecks European lives
Vladimir Putin has condemned Western sanctions imposed because of Russia's war in Ukraine as a fever that poses a threat to the entire world. | Read more|
Bengaluru Flooding - More Rain Forecast As City Battles Chaos
Water has started receding from several areas of Bengaluru, but residents and IT hubs continue to worry over the weather department's warnings of more rain. | Read more|
US bars 'advanced tech' firms from building China factories
US tech companies that receive federal funding will be barred from building "advanced technology" facilities in China for 10 years, the Biden administration has said. | Read more|
Russia reveals major areas for cooperation with China
The intense pressure placed on Russia by Western sanctions has forced the country to ramp up efforts to launch new factories and enterprises, according to Executive Director of the Russian-Chinese Business Council (CRBC) Evgeny Markin. | Read more|
AAP’s Sanjay Singh tears Delhi L-G’s defamation notice
Aam Aadmi Party’s Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh tore a legal notice sent by Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena over the allegations against him made by the party leader in connection with the Rs 1,400-crore “khadi scam”. | Read more|
Malaysian businessman linked to US Navy scandal escapes
A Malaysian businessman at the heart of a massive bribery scandal involving the US Navy has escaped house arrest, the US Marshals Service has said. | Read more|
ISIS claims responsibility for deadly bombing near Russian embassy
Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) has claimed responsibility for Monday’s suicide bombing in Kabul. | Read more|
Israel Army Admits Al Jazeera Reporter May Have Been Shot "Accidentally"
The Israeli army conceded Monday for the first time that one of its soldiers had likely shot Palestinian-American reporter Shireen Abu Akleh after having mistaken her for a militant. | Read more|
ED raids over 30 locations in Delhi excise policy case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is conducting searches at 35 locations across the country in connection with a money laundering probe it has launched in connection with the Delhi government’s now scrapped liquor policy. | Read more|
China quake: Deadly tremor rocks Sichuan city
At least 65 people have been killed after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit southwestern China, state media said. | Read more|
Bengaluru's Day 3 Of Flooding - Power Cuts, Water Supply Hit
Several areas of Bengaluru remain waterlogged following heavy rainfall that has bared the damage caused by unplanned development in the rapidly growing city. | Read more|
Pentagon reveals plans for hypersonic tech
The US Department of Defense has asked private companies to come up with proposals for a high-speed test aircraft for the military, according to the Pentagon. | Read more|
Pakistan violates ceasefire along International Border
The Pakistan Rangers violated ceasefire Tuesday morning as it targeted Border Security Force (BSF) troops in unprovoked firing along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir, an official said. | Read more|
‘Opp has destroyed democracy’: Jharkhand CM Soren seeks trust vote in Assembly
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren sought to prove majority in the state Assembly on Monday. | Read more|
Mystery as private plane crashes into Baltic Sea
A private Cessna plane has crashed into the Baltic Sea off Latvia's coast in mysterious circumstances. | Read more|