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New Delhi: About 57 per cent of Indian districts, home to 76 per cent of India's total population, are currently at 'high' to 'very high' heat risk, according to a new study. According to the study published Tuesday by Delhi-based climate and energy think-tank Council...

New Delhi: Health authorities in India are keeping an eye on reports of a rise in Covid cases in Singapore and Hong Kong even as official sources asserted the current coronavirus situation in the country was under control. A review meeting of experts from the...

Hyderabad: A 26-year-old man in Hyderabad allegedly bit off a woman's finger during a heated argument over a monetary dispute, police said Monday. The incident happened May 17 and the accused, Hemanth -- an employee at a private firm -- was arrested after a case...

Mumbai: Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan Tuesday administered the oath of office and secrecy to veteran NCP leader and Samata Parishad founder Chhagan Bhujbal as a minister in Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis's Cabinet. The swearing-in took place in the presence of Chief Minister Fadnavis, Deputy CMs...

Bengaluru: Two people, including a 12-year-old, were electrocuted while trying to drain rainwater that had entered an apartment in the city, police said Tuesday. According to Mico Layout Police, Manmohan Kamath (63), a resident of Madhuvan Apartment in NS Palya near BTM 2nd Stage, had...

Jerusalem: Pakistan should hand over key terrorists Hafiz Saeed, Sajid Mir, and Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi to India, just like the US did with one of the masterminds of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, Tahawwur Hussain Rana, India's Ambassador to Israel JP Singh has said. "When...

New Delhi: The Pahalgam terror attack was directed from across the border, with terrorists in direct communication with masterminds in Pakistan, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri told the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs Monday, according to sources. In a detailed and hard-hitting briefing, Misri laid...

New Delhi: Apple vendor Foxconn has invested USD 1.48 billion or about Rs Rs 12,800 crore in its India unit in the last five days, the company said in a regulatory note. Foxconn has made investment in its Tamil Nadu unit, Yuzhan Technology (India) Private...

New Delhi: In a crucial security and foreign policy briefing, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs was informed that there was no nuclear signalling from Pakistan during the recent military standoff following Operation Sindoor, according to sources familiar with the matter. The committee, chaired...

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank Monday proposed to ease norms for investments by banks, NBFCs and other regulated entities in Alternate Investment Funds. In December 2023, the central bank had issued guidelines relating to investment by the regulated entities (REs) in Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs), with...