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Digital Desk | New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to interact with participants in the 'Seva Yatra' on Thursday, as 10 groups of 'Seva Yatris' continue their motorcycle journey from Gujarat's Vadnagar to Varanasi. The event will be held at around 9 a.m. The Prime Minister is scheduled to address the participants via video conferencing. As part of the 'Seva Sankalp Abhiyan', organised by the BJP to mark PM Modi's 25 years in public life, the 'Seva Yatra' kicked off on Se

Digital Desk | Geneva, Sep 23 (IANS) India highlighted its approach to inclusive tribal development at the Annual Panel on Indigenous Peoples at the 63rd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Wednesday, with an Indian NGO representative pointing to efforts that link development with dignity, identity, and community participation. Addressing the Council, Arushi Lal Santania, Representative of the Rajasthan Samgrah Kalyan Sansthan (RSKS India), illustrated the transformatio

Digital Desk | New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The Prime Minister Street Vendors AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) scheme, launched in June 2020 as a first-of-its-kind micro-credit initiative for empowering street vendors, has brought notable change in the lives of small traders and street vendors, with beneficiaries from across the country - from J&K to Haryana to Madhya Pradesh, thanking the Central government for the benefits. A couple of street vendors from Tral in J&Ks Pulwama district told IANS tha

Digital Desk | Seoul, Sep 23 (IANS) South Korean Prime Minister Han Seong-sook met with US Ambassador to South Korea Michelle Steel on Wednesday to discuss ways to expand bilateral cooperation across various sectors and further strengthen the bilateral alliance. During the meeting, Han said the two countries have expanded their partnership beyond security into areas such as the economy and culture, building on their longstanding alliance. She asked Steel to play an active role in further advanci

Digital Desk | New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Indias market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is expected to take up about a dozen proposals at its board meeting this week, including a comprehensive revamp of Portfolio Management Services (PMS) rules, a review of settlement norms and measures to widen the accredited investor framework. Other proposals under review include a common advertising code and permission for REITs and InvITs to raise foreign capital through depository rec

Digital Desk | Vadodara, Sep 20 (IANS) The new Gambhira-Mujpur bridge over the Mahi River was inaugurated in Vadodara district on Sunday, a little over a year after the collapse of the old structure claimed 22 lives, as Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for development projects worth Rs 1,297 crore in the district. The new 868.75-metre bridge connects Padra taluka in Vadodara with Anklav in Anand district and has 23 spans and 21 piers. According to the Roa

Digital Desk | Rajkot, Sep 20 (IANS) An emergency medical team from the 108 service assisted in the delivery of the remaining two babies after a woman carrying triplets gave birth to her first child before an ambulance reached her home in Rohishala village of Tankara taluka on Saturday night. The Paddhari 108 team received the delivery emergency at 8:48 p.m. on September 19. EMT Jignasha Luhar and pilot Sureshbhai immediately left for Rohishala. When the ambulance reached the patient's residence

Digital Desk | Gandhinagar, Sep 20 (IANS) The Gujarat government has shortened the tender approval process for development and construction works, fixing maximum timelines of 51 days for tenders involving only financial bids and 66 days for those requiring technical and financial scrutiny. Bhupendra Patel-led government has also reduced the validity period of tenders from the existing 120 days to 90 days, as part of measures aimed at reducing delays in administrative approvals and allowing proje

Los Angeles, Sep 6 (IANS) Rapper Bad Bunny has bagged his 1st Emmy Award for Super Bowl LX Halftime Show at the 78th edition Primetime Emmy Awards. The halftime show won for directing, lighting design, music direction, sound mixing, choreography and technical direction while The Traitors won in hosting, directing, picture editing, cinematography, and production design, reports Deadline. The awards kicked off with the first of back-to-back ceremonies this weekend at the Peacock Theater in Los Ang

Mumbai, Sep 6 (IANS) National Award-winning actor Manoj Bajpayee, who is awaiting the release of his upcoming film Last Man in Tower, has shared that actors are not bothered about playing a certain age on the screen. The actor spoke with IANS along with actress Divya Dutta and director Ben Rekhi during the promotions of the film in the Andheri West area of Mumbai. He told IANS, Playing a certain age is not something that we actors are so bothered about. What we are mostly bothered about is the l

Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) [India], September 5: XLRI Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur, hosted a two-day Journal of Management Studies (JMS) Publishing Workshop from August 31 to September 1, 2026, bringing

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Mumbai, Sept 5 (IANS) Actor Chunky Pandey revealed a hilarious teenage memory of going to extraordinary lengths to watch legendary actress Zeenat Aman on the big screen. He recalled how he eventually wore a burqa to enter a cinema hall and watch her 1978 film Satyam Shivam Sundaram. Chunky shared the anecdote on the dance reality show Indias Best Dancer Season 5, where Zeenat Aman appears as a special guest. Recalling his teenage years and the impact the actor had on him, Chunky said he was only

Srinagar, Sep 5 (IANS) Senior religious leader and chief cleric, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, on Saturday urged the Jammu and Kashmir government to engage the medical interns presently on a strike, in talks and resolve their problems. Taking to social media platform X on Saturday, Mirwaiz Umar said, The concerns raised by MBBS & BDS interns across J&K deserve serious and urgent consideration. A stipend of Rs 12,300 is clearly inadequate for young doctors working long hours and carrying significant clini

Pune (Maharashtra) [India], September 5: DigiBirds360, the Faridabad-headquartered full-suite digital marketing agency known for its ROI-driven approach to SEO, performance marketing, social media, and brand storytelling, is extending its reach

New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Former India cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on Teachers Day honoured the memory of his late father, Ramesh Tendulkar, by announcing the Professor Ramesh Tendulkar Memorial Fellowship, an initiative aimed at supporting young doctors specialising in cleft and craniofacial care in Srinagar. Under the initiative, one Doctor of Medicine (MD) will receive financial support each year for a year-long opportunity to specialise in cleft and craniofacial care in Srinagar. The fellow wil

New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) As India prepares to host the 18th BRICS Summit under the theme 'Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability', more than 500 institutional investors, finance ministers and business leaders are set to gather in the national capital for the inaugural iBRICS Summit 2026, it was announced on Saturday. The two-day summit, scheduled for September 1213 at The Oberoi in New Delhi, is being convened by the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute (SWFI). The event a

Ahmedabad, Aug 22 (IANS) The Ahmedabad City Crime Branch on Saturday registered a case against a user on social media platform X for allegedly circulating a fabricated post claiming that Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi would replace Bhupendra Patel as the states Chief Minister and that Patel would be made the Governor. The case []

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, said on Friday that as global refining capacity faces uncertainty, India is expanding its position as the worlds third-largest refiner, with capacity rising from 272 MMTPA towards 300 MMTPA (million metric tonnes per annum). He said the India-Mauritius energy partnership reflects []

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) The India-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will be a game changer and is expected to significantly boost trade between the two sides, Lithuanian Ambassador to India Diana Mickeviien said. In an interview with IANS, Mickeviien said the agreement which is ready to be signed, would provide an important foundation for []

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) India and Brazil have signed a memorandum of understanding to deepen cooperation in telecommunications and information and communications technologies (ICTs) on the sidelines of the BRICS ICT Track Meeting, the Department of Telecommunications said on Friday. The agreement will advance digital innovation, strengthen digital infrastructure and foster cooperation in emerging []

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA) emerged as a structured mechanism assuring agricultural procurement, price stabilisation and market interventions to ensure better price realisation for farmers, reduce distress sales, and promote a stable and resilient agricultural economy in the country, an official factsheet said on Friday. The programme has []

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) India has rightfully maintained a measured stance by promising to review the facts presented and follow the extant laws of the land in reaction to a White House Report that puts India in a list of more than 40 countries that have allegedly helped China in transhipment of exports to []

Amstelveen, Aug 21 (IANS) The Indian mens and womens hockey teams face a stern test against the Netherlands as they begin their respective second-stage campaigns at the FIH Hockey World Cup 2026. With the Netherlands crowned Olympic champions at Paris 2024 in both mens and womens hockey, the fixtures present the Indian teams with a []

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi continued his sit-in outside the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Police at Delhis Parliament Street Police Station on Friday, protesting the alleged refusal of the police to register an FIR on a complaint by a student who, the []

Mr. Shaibu Cherian, Director, Paul Merchants Finance Chandigarh [India], August 18: Paul Merchants Finance Private Limited (PMFPL), a diversified NBFC and part of the Paul Merchants Group, has launched its Loan Against Silver product. The launch follows the Reserve Bank of Indias introduction of the Reserve Bank of India (Lending Against Gold and Silver Collateral) []

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) At least three people were killed, and one critically injured after a shuttering collapsed at an under-construction commercial mall in Rukmani Vihar in Uttar Pradeshs Vrindavan on Friday, triggering a rescue operation by police, fire brigade and other emergency teams. The incident took place in the Vrindavan Kotwali area when []

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal held a meeting with Check Point Software Technologies CEO Nadav Zafrir in Singapore to discuss the companys growing engagement in India, including expansion of its research and development activities and the use of artificial intelligence-driven security to protect Indias digital public infrastructure, Israeli []

Hyderabad, Aug 21 (IANS) An attempt to murder case has been registered against former OSD to Telanganas Forest and Endowments Minister Konda Surekha, who is currently inthe eye of a storm in the ruling Congress party following her daughters allegations against Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy. On a complaint by a real estate businessman, a []

Mumbai, Aug 21 (IANS) Actor-singer Moses Koul, who was seen as the lead in the series Class, has come out with a new track titled Jee Le and said that its about a moment where you dont know if you are falling for the moment, the person in front of you, or what you have []

Oslo, Aug 21 (IANS) Norway has raised concerns over US tariffs on Norwegian goods during talks with a senior US trade official in Washington, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. Norwegian State Secretary Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik met Deputy United States Trade Representative Jeff Goettman on Wednesday and discussed the tariffs as well as an []

New York, Aug 21 (IANS) The US Department of the Treasurys Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said it has imposed sanctions on 10 individuals that are part of a network responsible for transferring cash to Hezbollah. The network utilises couriers travelling on commercial airline flights between Lebanon, Turkey, the UAE, and Iran to move []

Los Angeles, Aug 21 (IANS) Hollywood actress Ashley Judd has shared her fond memories of watching The King Elvis Presley perform and record with his signature aura. On Thursday, the actress took to her Instagram, and shared a series of pictures, and videos celebrating her step-father Larry Stricklands induction in the Hall of Graceland Legends. []

Lucknow, Aug 21 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday carried out a significant reshuffle in the state police, transferring nine IPS officers across various district and headquarters postings. Avinash Pandey was attached to the headquarters, while IPS officer Charu Nigam was also sidelined and shifted from a key posting to a less significant role. []

New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Chinese player Li Shifeng and the 2021 winner Loh Kean Yew of Singapore crashed out of the mens singles section of the BWF World Championship 2026 at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi on Thursday. Shifeng lost a hard-fought three-game match against Japans Kodai Naraoka in the Round []

New Delhi [India], August 20: Nagarjuna Travels, founded by Devesh Tiwari, is emerging as a prominent name among the top spiritual tour companies in India, with a strong focus on pilgrimage tourism, Himalayan journeys, and spiritually significant destinations across the country. Headquartered in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, Nagarjuna Travels has developed a strong identity in the spiritual []

Aakash Bansal, CEO, MIDASX, along with Ganesh Ram, MD & CEO, MF Utilities India Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 20: MIDASX, Indias first AI-Powered B2B2CMulti-Assetwealthtechnology platform, has entered into an exclusive strategic association with MF Utilities India tomake its multi asset wealth platform available to all Mutual Fund Distributors across the country. The association will enable []

New certifications span a free foundation course to role-based professional credentials, designed to build AI capability across generations and career stages New Delhi [India], August 20: As India accelerates its ambition to become an AI-powered economy, the vision of AI for All is emerging as an important pillar of the countrys next phase of growth. []