NR Narayana Murthy, Infosys founder and father-in-law of next UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak congratulated his son-in-law as he exuded confidence that the first Indian-origin PM will do his best for the people of the United Kingdom. An Oxford and Stanford University alumnae, Sunak is married to Akshata Murthy, the daughter of billionaire Narayana Murthy. […]
The air quality in Delhi on the morning after Diwali was recorded in the ‘very poor’ category but the situation was relatively better than previous years due to favourable meteorological conditions which diluted the effect of firecrackers and stubble burning.The capital’s air quality index (AQI) stood at 326 at 8 am on Tuesday. The neighbouring […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping was on Sunday re-elected as the General Secretary of the ruling Communist Party of China for a record third five-year term, a privilege only accorded to party founder Mao Zedong. Xi, 69, was elected to the powerful Central Committee a day earlier by a once-in-a-five-year Congress despite crossing the official retirement […]
A 26-year-old software engineer was allegedly raped by around 10 men in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, police said on Saturday.The woman, who is here as she is working from home, was out with her boyfriend on a two-wheeler on Thursday evening when the incident took place near the old aerodrome in Chaibasa, they said. A […]
For the biggest match in the tournament, a team would always want a perfectly fit squad to select from. Pakistan had heaved a sigh of relief when their star pacer Shaheen Afridi had returned to fitness just days before the blockbuster match against India at the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia. However, Pakistan, on […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday offered rudrabhishek (first prayers) at Uttarakhand’s Kedarnath shrine and laid the foundation stone for a ropeway to be built at a cost of ₹1267 crore for the pilgrims. The 9.7 km ropeway to Kedarnath will cut the time pilgrims take to reach the shrine from Gaurikund. Dressed in traditional […]
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said most of the “hotspots” in the country are almost free from anti-national activities now and the situation in major security theatres has improved over the last eight years of the Narendra Modi government. He said more than 70 per cent decline has been recorded in incidents of […]
A private hospital here has been sealed for allegedly transfusing fruit juice instead of blood platelets to a dengue patient who later died, police said. After a video of the alleged incident went viral on social media, the district administration swung into action and the hospital was sealed on Thursday on the direction of Uttar […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday turned down a petition seeking urgent hearing of a plea challenging the blanket ban on firecrackers in Delhi. “Let people breathe clean air… spend your money on sweets,” the apex court said. Earlier in the day, the Delhi high court refused to entertain a petition challenging Delhi Pollution Control Committee’s […]
India’s Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, Anurag Thakur, reacted to the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) strongly-worded letter in response to BCCI secretary Jay Shah’s announcement of India’s unwillingness to travel to Pakistan for the Asia Cup there in 2023. PCB said cricketing ties with India may suffer if the Asia Cup is shifted to […]