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September 14, 2024 10:38 AM
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said on Friday she will cut college degree requirements for certain federal jobs if elected president as the Democratic presidential candidate and her Republican rival have been making economic pledges to woo voters. Harris and Republican former President Donald Tr...
September 16, 2024 3:24 PM
An encounter between security forces and terrorists is currently underway in the Chak Taper Kreeri Pattan area of Baramulla district, Jammu and Kashmir, officials reported on Saturday. The firefight began in the early hours of September 14, following a joint operation launched by the Indian Army an...
September 16, 2024 3:55 PM
Union Home Minister Amit Shah marked Hindi Diwas on Saturday with a message emphasizing the importance of all Indian languages and announcing a new initiative to promote their use alongside Hindi. In a post on X, Shah commemorated Hindi's 75th year as an official language of India. "All Indian lan...
September 16, 2024 3:24 PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address a rally in Doda, Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, marking the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to the district in nearly five decades. The visit comes just days before the Union Territory's upcoming assembly elections, slated to begin on Sept...
September 13, 2024 5:14 PM
TikTok and parent company ByteDance face a key court hearing on Monday in a legal battle seeking to block a law that could ban the app used by 170 million Americans as soon as Jan. 19. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia will hold oral arguments on the legal challenge, putting th...
September 16, 2024 3:24 PM
Ford Motor Company said on Friday it intends to restart operations at its manufacturing plant in Tamil Nadu. The American automaker aims to repurpose the facility for export-focused production, marking a new chapter in its relationship with the Indian market. Kay Hart, President of Ford's Internati...
September 16, 2024 3:24 PM
The Rouse Avenue court on Friday ordered Congress leader Jagdish Tytler to stand trial in connection with the 1984 Pul Bangash Sikh killings case. The court's decision comes nearly four decades after the incident, which occurred in the wake of then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassination. Spec...
September 13, 2024 2:11 PM
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has directed State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams and District Magistrates to remain on high alert as heavy rainfall continues to lash various parts of the state. The directive follows the India Meteorological Department's (IMD) issuance of a red ...
September 16, 2024 3:24 PM
The recent release of the scientific report in the journal Nature on the Swachh Bharat Mission’s (SBM) impact on the reduction in infant and child mortality broadly coincides with the 10th anniversary of the programme. Announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Independence Day speech...
September 13, 2024 1:02 PM
China's National Health Commission will focus more efforts on advocating marriage and childbirth at "appropriate ages", an official said, as authorities struggle to boost a declining birth rate that is shrinking its population. Yu Xuejun, deputy head of the National Health Commission (NHC), said th...
