UPI Transactions Hit All-Time Highs In May
Transactions on the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) touched an all-time high of 18.68 billion in volume and Rs 25.14 trillion in value in May, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) data revealed on Sunday. The May numbers were up 4...
Covid Cases Up 272% In A Week
Doctors have said that a combination of mild but infectious variants of COVID-19, lower testing rates and the current viral season are behind the sudden rise in cases -- from just 35 on April 28 to over 3,700 within a...
6 injured after man throws Molotov cocktail in US
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has charged a 45-year-old man, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, for carrying out a "targeted terror attack" that occurred in Colorado's Boulder on Sunday, where several peaceful Israeli supporters were burned, Fox News reported. The FBI said...
Nagpur Police’s externment orders losing bite as criminals mock the law?
Nagpur: Externment orders in Nagpur are fast turning into a farce. Once considered a key preventive tool in the police arsenal to maintain public order, these directives under the Maharashtra Police Act are now being blatantly flouted by habitual offenders...
India confirms it lost fighter jets in recent conflict with Pakistan
New Delhi: General Anil Chauhan, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), has become the first Indian official to confirm that the Indian Air Force lost some fighter jets in clashes with Pakistan on May 7. In an interview to Bloomberg...
Stop using “100%” in food labelling, promotions, misleading for consumers: FSSAI
New Delhi: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a strong advisory against the use of the term “100%” in food labelling and promotional materials, citing its potential to mislead consumers. The apex food regulator has...
Delhi reports 1st Covid death amid surge in cases
A 60-year-old woman who tested positive for COVID-19 has died in Delhi, officials said on Saturday. This is the first fatality in the capital amid the current surge in cases. According to official data, Delhi has 294 active COVID-19 cases. "The...
Supreme Court directs NEET-PG 2025 exam in one shift
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday directed that the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Post Graduate (NEET-PG) 2025 examination, which is scheduled on June 15, be conducted in a single shift instead of two shifts. A bench headed by Justice Vikram Nath directed...
Money magnet: Maharashtra bags 40% of India’s FDI in 2024-25: Fadnavis
Mumbai: Maharashtra pocketed 40 per cent of the total Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) received by India in 2024-25, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Thursday. In a post on X, Fadnavis said the country received Rs 4,21,929 crore in FDI...
Flipkart, Amazon Deepen Fashion Push Into India’s Smaller Cities
Leading ecommerce players Flipkart and Amazon are deepening their push into the fashion segment, with a focus on smaller cities and towns. Flipkart reported that more than 6 million customers purchased ethnic wear in the past year, with nearly 90...
‘India set to be primary engine of growth in 2025, 2026’
India is expected to be the primary engine of global economic growth in 2025 and 2026, according to a report of the World Economic Forum (WEF), Chief Economists Outlook. The report, based on a survey of leading economists, cites India's...
HC raps Maha Govt for teen’s arrest over Operation Sindoor post
Mumbai: Pulling up the Maharashtra Government for arresting a 19-year-old college student in Pune for a social media post on the Operation Sindoor, the Bombay High Court has said the State has turned the teenage girl "into a criminal" instead...
SC dismisses PIL seeking protection of Veer Savarkar’s name from misuse
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) related to Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, which sought to establish certain facts about him and prevent the alleged misuse of his name. A bench comprising Chief Justice...
Maha Govt cancels MSRTC’s Rs 10,000 crore e-bus contract over missed deadlines
Mumbai: Maharashtra Transport Minister and Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) Chairman, Pratap Sarnaik, on Monday ordered the termination of the wet lease contract awarded to Olectra Greentech Ltd and Evey Trans Pvt Ltd for supplying 5,150 electric buses...
COVID-19 surge: Maharashtra reports 43 new cases, active cases stand at 209 now
Mumbai: As COVID-19 numbers rise in India, Maharashtra reported 43 news cases on Sunday, May 26, taking the total number of active cases to 209 in the State alone. However, doctors assure patients that the variant is behaving like any...
India Becomes World’s Fourth-Largest Economy, Surpasses Japan: NITI Aayog CEO
New Delhi: India has officially become the fourth-largest economy in the world, overtaking Japan, according to NITI Aayog CEO B V R Subrahmanyam. Addressing the media after the 10th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog on Saturday, Subrahmanyam highlighted that...
Elon Musk’s X down for users across globe
Microblogging platform, X (formerly known as Twitter), is currently suffering a major outage with thousands of users globally reporting issues. Users faced various problems, including difficulty signing in and not receiving direct messages. The outage caused inconvenience for many people trying...
India squad: Shubhman Gill named Captain, Rishabh Pant Vice Captain for England tour
Mumbai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has on Saturday officially announced Shubman Gill as the new test captain for the Indian cricket team for the upcoming England tour. This comes after both, Rohit Sharma and Virat...
IMD issues red alert for Goa, forecasts heavy rains till Sunday
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for Goa, forecasting heavy to very heavy rainfall till Sunday, with the state government advising people against venturing into rivers and waterfalls. Heavy showers lashed parts of the coastal state...
2 Israel embassy staffers shot dead in US
Two staff members of the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC, were shot dead on Wednesday evening near the Jewish Museum. The shooting occurred just steps away from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Washington Field Office, located in Northwest DC. US Homeland...
26 Naxals gunned down in Chhattisgarh encounter with security forces
Raipur: At least 26 Naxals were killed in an encounter with security forces in the dense forests of Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district, Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma confirmed on Wednesday. Sharma stated, “More than 26 Naxalites have been neutralized by the security...
