Punnayur (Kerala): Twenty people were quarantined in Kerala's Thrissur, following the death of one person with Monkeypox-like symptoms in the state, officials...
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17th Aug 2022 | Updated at 02:54pm 17th Aug 2022
Celebrating the South Asian heritage
As South Asian Heritage Month celebrates its 3rd year, the theme for 2022 is ‘Journeys of Empire’. The theme reflects on major anniversaries taking place this year: 75th anniversary of the independence of India, Partition, the creation of...
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan receives Sitara-i-Pakistan award
The High Commissioner of Pakistan to the UK, Moazzam Ahmad Khan, conferred the civil award on the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan on behalf of the President of Pakistan. Felicitating the Mayor, the High Commissioner underlined that conferment of...
'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign generates business of £50 mn
As India celebrated its 75th year of independence on August 15, 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for "Har Ghar Tiranga" was widely adopted by the countrymen. Sale of more than 300 million national flags this year generated about £50...
Freedom fighters’ kin share untold stories of struggle
Revolutionary leader Kanailal Dutta of the Jugantar group was hanged on November 10, 1908, for the assassination of British approver Naren Goswami in the Alipore Central Jail’s hospital. A day before the hanging, his brother, Ashutosh, had requested...
Rushdie off ventilator, able to talk
- 17 Aug 2022
New York: Salman Rushdie, the acclaimed author who was hospitalised last week with serious injuries after being repeatedly stabbed at a public appearance in New York state, is off a ventilator and his condition is improving, his agent, Andrew...
Lanka allows entry for Chinese ship despite India's concerns
- 17 Aug 2022
Colombo: Sri Lanka's government granted permission for a controversial Chinese research vessel to visit the island despite neighbouring India's concerns that it could spy on New Delhi's military installations, officials said.
India, France and the United Arab Emirates deliberated on potential areas of cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region as part of a new trilateral framework. The areas of cooperation identified by the three countries included maritime security,...
Bhagyesh Jha, retired IAS officer and writer, has been appointed as the new chairman of the Gujarat Sahitya Akademi for two years.
Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's "rashtrapatni" reference triggered a political firestorm both inside and outside Parliament with BJP going on the offensive to accuse Sonia Gandhi of masterminding the insult to President Droupadi Murmu and...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the headquarters building of the International Financial Services Centre Authority (IFSCA) in...
A fire at a private hospital in the heart of Jabalpur killed eight people and injured five others on Monday afternoon. Two of the survivors are in critical...
The Supreme Court upheld the validity of the stringent Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and vast powers enjoyed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). It gave the agency the go-ahead to arrest people and conduct search and seizure even...
Gautam Adani, the world’s fourth richest person, has added almost $30 billion to his wealth this year, more than any other billionaire.
Gujarat police received information that seven youth from north Gujarat were caught by the US immigration officers while attempting to enter New York through the Quebec route. Aged between 20 and 25, the youths from Gandhinagar and Mehsana had...
Seeking eight days’ custody of Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) told the special PMLA court it has been ascertained that Raut...
