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NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - India has abstained on yet another resolution involving Ukraine, this time a motion sponsored by Russia at the UN Security Council. Only China voted with Russia on November 2 on the resolution calling for an inquiry

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - A thick layer of pollutants covered Delhi and the adjoining cities on November 3 as pollution levels slipped to the 'severe' category. Experts have warned that prolonged exposure to this toxic air could lead to serious

AHMEDABAD, (IANS) - Ela Bhatt, noted Gandhian and women's rights activist who founded the Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA), passed away on November 2 after a brief illness. She was 89. "It is with profound grief that we announce the passing away

SHIMLA, (IANS) - With many lawmakers less vocal about legalizing cannabis cultivation, it is once again an election issue in Himachal Pradesh with the outgoing BJP government deliberating but failing, to legalize what will benefit nearly 300,00 farming families belonging

AHMEDABAD - A day after the Morbi bridge collapse in Gujarat, which shockwaves around the world, police have arrested nine persons, including the managers of the private contractor Oreva Group and ticket clerks and security guards. While the death toll kept

HAMBURG, (ANI) - India's Ministry of Defense is the world's biggest employer with 2.92 million people, which includes combined active service personnel, reservists, and civilian staff, according to a report in 'Statista'. A close second is the US Department of Defense

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - India's Mundra port is set to connect with a large network of Gulf ports with Saudi Arabia as the hub. Mundra Port, the Adani owned container gateway, will connect King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam. Every fortnight the

LONDON – After an audience with King Charles III on October 25, where he was offered Diwali sweets, the 42-year-old Prime Minister of UK on October 26, shared Diwali wishes from his residence at 10 Downing Street. Sunak attended a

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - The UN human rights expert on Myanmar has said that the extremist Rohingya organization that has been involved in the massacre of Hindus in Myanmar should be apprehended and held accountable. Asked at a news conference

MUMBAI, (IANS) - The Nationalist Congress Party and Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray will join the Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra led by party MP Rahul Gandhi when it enters Maharashtra next month, party leaders said here on October 26. While NCP President

LONDON, (IANS) – Conservative party politician Rishi Sunak on October 25 officially became the Prime Minister of UK after meeting King Charles III at Buckingham Palace. In his first address as the Prime Minister, Sunak said: "UK is under economic distress

LONDO, (IANS) - Even as they wonder whether Rishi Sunak will be able to steer the Conservatives and his country out of the "fiscal black hole" they must contend with, British commentators haven't missed the significance of his elevation to

BENGALURU, (IANS) - The UK Queen consort Camilla is in a Bengaluru health center along with her friends, police sources said on October 23. She traveled by a British Airways flight and landed at the Kempe Gowda International Airport of Bengaluru. Earlier,

AYODHYA, (IANS) - More than 17 lakh earthen diyas were lit up, presenting a mesmerizing view on the banks of Saryu River at Ayodhya, and it seemed like heaven on earth. The reflection of the diyas in the Saryu River provided

NEW DELHI (ANI) - John Shaw, the husband of Biocon executive chairperson Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, passed away on October 24 at the age of 73. Shaw, former vice chairman of Biocon, was being treated in a Bengaluru private hospital, where he

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - A Delhi court on October 21 sent a 50-year-old Chinese woman arrested on suspicion of being a spy, and involvement in anti-India activities, to 14-day judicial custody. Cai Ruo, who claimed to be a 'Buddhist monk', was

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - With levels of poverty, inflation, and hunger notwithstanding, India ranks third in the world's first-ever global study on the rise of centi-millionaires -- individuals with assets of more than $100 million, a new report has revealed. Out

LONDON, (IANS) - The ruling Conservatives will race to find a new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in a week, after Liz Truss dramatically, though not unexpectedly, resigned as head of government on October 20 after only 45 days

KURNOOL, (IANS) - Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on October 19 said that he will report to the new Congress president who will decide his role in the party. He told reporters at Adoni during the Bharat Jodo Yatra that the Congress

NEW DELHI, (ANI) - Veteran politician Mallikarjun Kharge on October 19 swept the party's presidential polls paving the way for him to become the first non-Gandhi chief of Congress party in over two decades. Chairman of the party's Central Election Committee

SINGAPORE (ANI) - The collective wealth of tycoons on the 2022 Forbes list of India's 100 Richest grew from $25 billion to $800 billion, according to a Forbes Asia report. The Forbes statement released said a weaker rupee impacted the majority

SRINAGAR, (IANS) - Kashmiri photojournalist, Sanna Irshad Mattoo, on October 19 said that authorities did not allow her to attend the award ceremony in the US where she was to receive her Pulitzer award for the coverage of Covid pandemic. "Despite

MUMBAI, (IANS) - Indian cricket team will not travel to Pakistan and will insist on a neutral venue for next year's Asia Cup, the BCCI secretary Jay Shah said on October 19 after the board's meeting here. The 2023 edition of

ISLAMABAD, (IANS) - The World Bank announced the beginning of two parallel legal processes to address Pakistan’s concerns over two hydropower projects on the western rivers by India in violation of the Indus Basin Treaty, breaking a six-year-old gridlock. The World

AHMEDABAD, (IANS) - The residents of Ahmedabad's Nana Chiloda have decided to boycott the Assembly elections whenever they are held to protest the government’s apathy. Two years ago, Nana Chiloda was a village until it was merged into the Ahmedabad Municipal

MOSCOW, (IANS) - Production of Russia's new Kalashnikov AK-203 assault rifles in India may be launched before year-end, a senior Russian official has said. The weapon will be manufactured at a plant in Korwa in Uttar Pradesh, according to Alexander Mikheev,

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - In the Congress presidential election, the Gandhis have maintained distance, but Rahul Gandhi is proving that he is the leader of the party and despite all odds, he is leading the Bharat Jodo Yatra although he

By HARESH JHALA GANDHINAGAR, (IANS) - The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is aggressively campaigning in Gujarat for the first time in ten years. It has become a talking point for political parties and voters. The party has been able to create

LONDON, (IANS) - Senior Conservatives will this week hold talks on a "rescue mission" that would see the swift removal of Liz Truss as leader after the new chancellor Jeremy Hunt dramatically tore up her economic package and signaled a

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - INS Arihant carried out a successful launch of a Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) on October 14, India announced. The missile was tested to a predetermined range and impacted the target area in the Bay of Bengal

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - India has abstained on a UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia's annexation of Ukrainian territories, declaring that it is consistent with New Delhi's "well thought out national position", and has called for a diplomatic solution.The resolution,

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - Meta-owned WhatsApp has become a spam factory as more than one in two Indians now say that they are facing four or more spam messages each day, a report showed on October 12. Consumers face unwanted calls,

MUMBAI, (IANS) - The former India allrounder Roger Binny on October 11 filed his nomination for the post of BCCI president and is likely to get elected unopposed. Binny, a member of the 1983 World Cup-winning team, is the sole candidate

Photo: @LiveLawIndia NEW DELHI, (IANS) - Chief Justice of India U.U. Lalit, who will retire on November 8, has named Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, the senior-most judge in the Supreme Court, as his successor. Justice Chandrachud is the son of former Supreme Court

HYDERABAD, (IANS) - Pharma major Dr Reddy's Laboratories on October 11 announced that the World Economic Forum (WEF) has recognized its largest manufacturing facility in Bachupally, Hyderabad, as part of its global lighthouse network. Lighthouses are factories leading the way in

CANBERRA, (ANI) - External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles in Canberra on October 10 and gifted a signed bat from Virat Kohli, in a special gesture to show the common thread of cricket that

BY ARUL LOUIS NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - While External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar kept the world in suspense on how India would vote on the upcoming resolution in the UN General Assembly condemning Russia's annexation of parts of Ukraine, New

COPENHAGEN, (IANS) - Dr. Renil Manat is on the top of the world as his long-time associate and family friend, Dr. Morten Meldal has won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. The Keralite who has roots in Kozhikode and Thalassery, speaking in

LUCKNOW, (IANS) - He was known as 'Dhartiputra' and remained a true son of the soil. His style of politics was firmly grounded, and success and failure did not affect him. Mulayam Singh Yadav was one of the last of

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - India has joined the US in condemning North Korea's missile launches as a threat to the international community and warned that they could be in pursuit of its leader Kim Jong-un's threat of pre-emptive nuclear

GENEVA, (IANS) - The World Health Organization on October 6 issued an alert for four "contaminated" India-made medicines, used in the Gambia and found to contain chemicals that are toxic and potentially fatal, after 66 child deaths. "WHO has today issued

LONDON, (IANS) - Suella Braverman risked upsetting No. 10 saying she has "reservations" with Britain-India trade deal as it could lead to an increase in immigration to the UK, The Guardian reported. PM Liz Truss said she wants to sign a

GENEVA, (IANS) - Chinese authorities have developed an elaborate public relations strategy to end international support for Tibet after the death of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, which includes installing a puppet leader in his place, according to a

HYDERABAD, (IANS) - From a party formed to fight injustice against a region to achieving its goal of Telangana statehood to now setting its sights on the national political horizon, the TRS under K. Chandrasekhar Rao is set to embark

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - India has emerged as the world's largest producer and consumer of sugar and its second-largest exporter. In sugar season (October-September) 2021-22, a record over 5,000 lakh metric tons (LMT) sugarcane was produced in the country, out of

LONDON, (IANS) - After wrapping up a train in London with the Tata logo, the premier Indian conglomerate has now branded the London Marathon in Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) colors. More than 40,000 runners participated in the event on October

NEW DELHI (IANS) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 4 had a telephonic conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The Prime Minister reiterated his call for early cessation of hostilities and the need to pursue the path of dialogue

ISLAMABAD, (IANS) - The Pakistan government's Twitter account has been withheld in India due to a "legal demand", the media reported on October 1. The account displayed a message that said: "@GovtofPakistan's account has been withheld in India in response to

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - Indian security authorities were on alert following a bomb threat on board an Iranian passenger flight when it was approaching Delhi. Sources said that the Mahan Air flight, which was in Indian airspace when the airline received

ISLAMABAD, (IANS) - Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that his country opposes any reforms that expand the UN Security Council to bring India into the fold. Pakistan's UN mission and its allies have worked to foil such