Srivatsa Krishna, Secretary of the Ministry of Minority Affairs, met Saudi Deputy Minister Abdulaziz Al Mathami in Jeddah on Sunday to discuss integrating Indian and Saudi Haj portals using emerging technologies. The…
Lashkar-e-Taiba operative Qari Saeed Abdul Aziz, a planner of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, collapsed and died near a mosque entrance in Islamabad on August 8. Times of India reports that Aziz had…
A Prayagraj court has summoned Independent MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, along with other Opposition MPs, over a skit at the Parliament complex about alleged theft of donations at the Ayodhya…
BSP president Mayawati has opposed any 'creamy layer' within SC and ST reservations, calling the concept inappropriate and against the humanitarian aims of the Constitution. In a series of posts on X…
India's country-wide monsoon deficit has barely improved despite a week of good rains over Delhi, Haryana and east Rajasthan. The cumulative shortfall fell just one percentage point, from 12% on August 2…
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has vowed to crack down on hard-to-cancel subscriptions and fake discounts, Downing Street said on Sunday. New rules taking effect in January will force businesses to give…
IDFC First Bank grew its retail deposit base from Rs 10,400 crore in December 2018 to Rs 2.38 lakh crore by June 2026, a nearly 23-fold jump in 7.5 years, using only…
The Reserve Bank of India is close to operationalising RB-CRIS, its climate data repository, with the physical risk module expected in two to three months, ETBFSI reports. Announced in October 2024 by…
US Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) has urged the Department of Labor to tighten oversight of H-1B visas and the PERM labour certification process. He argues outdated rules allow companies to favour foreign…
The Tamil Nadu Police's Cyber Crime Wing arrested 837 people in a 48-hour statewide operation against mule account holders, which concluded on August 6. The drive targeted individuals linked to 9,804 complaints…
