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New Delhi: The 8th Central Pay Commission has not yet submitted its recommendations to the government, Parliament was informed Monday. The commission chaired by former Supreme Court Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai was constituted by the government November 3, 2025. It had been given 18 months...

New Delhi: US Ambassador Sergio Gor Monday met Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and discussed matters relating to India-US bilateral ties. The meeting came two days after US Vice President J D Vance held a telephonic conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "Always good to meet...

Bogota: A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia Monday, killing at least 69 people, trapping residents under debris of collapsed buildings and forcing people to evacuate their homes as far as the capital of Bogota. The epicentre was in San Jose Del Palmar, a...

New Delhi: The Parliament approved the Taxation and other Laws (Amendment) Bill Monday, with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman making it clear that the legislation does not impose any tax or transaction charge on users making payments through the Unified Payments Interface (UPI). The Bill, which...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday claimed that Odisha was witnessing a "reverse migration" in the wake of job opportunities opening up both in the public and private sectors due to rapid industrialisation in the state. Majhi said this while addressing the 'Nijukti Mela'...

New Delhi: The pace of joblessness as well as the ratio of workers' population in India stayed almost flat year-on-year during the April-June quarter of this fiscal, reflecting no sign of expansion or contraction in the country's job market. The rate of unemployment, which measures...

Dubai: Iran Monday said it will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the United States meets its conditions. "It is up to the US side to stop and make amends for its illegal and destructive actions," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said, noting...

New Delhi: India's imports of Russian crude oil rose to a record for the second consecutive month in July, underscoring the country's continued reliance on discounted Russian supplies even as Western sanctions have tightened restrictions on Moscow's energy exports. Indian buyers imported Russian crude worth...

Mumbai: Market benchmark indices ended marginally higher Monday, with the Sensex climbing over 43 points and the Nifty ending flat, amid a spike in crude oil prices due to geopolitical uncertainties. The 30-share BSE Sensex was up 43.27 points, or 0.06 per cent, to settle...

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Monday passed a bill, which seeks to replace a British-era legislation, paving the way for inclusion of digital and virtual records as admissible evidence in the court of law, in sync with the digital dependence of the banking system. The Bankers'...