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Make In India reaping fruits as Amazon eyes $20 billion exports by 2025: Top official

Amazon has slashed the subscription fees for its global selling programme from $120 to $1 for the first three months for exporters signing up before March 31

Nov 17, 2023

Ex-Minister Lal Singh's arrest snowballs into a big political issue in Jammu [details]

Fearing backlash in the next Lok Sabha elections BJP is divided over the timing of arresting Lal Singh. Singh, a 63-year-old leader, has served as a two-time Lok Sabha MP from the Udhampur constituency and held various ministerial portfolios in the State government. After switching from the Congress to the BJP in 2014, he became a minister in the PDP-BJP coalition government.

Nov 14, 2023

South Carolina Senator Tim Scott drops out of 2024 Republican presidential race

South Carolina Senator Tim Scott has dropped out of the 2024 Republican presidential race, leaving the field with only four candidates -- former US President Donald Trump, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley and tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.

Nov 13, 2023

Cybersecurity: From AIIMS to ICMR, data breaches haunt crores of Indians

From a massive ransomware attack on the AIIMS that crippled its centralised records and other hospital services last year to the latest ICMR data leak that allegedly exposed the personal information of at least 81.5 crore Indians, hackers have always been one step ahead

Nov 12, 2023

Most parts of K'taka to receive heavy rains today

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy rains on Saturday across Karnataka.

Nov 11, 2023

Delhi air quality improves but still in 'poor' category

The air quality in Delhi-NCR improved slightly on Saturday, moving from 'severe' to the 'poor' category, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).

Nov 11, 2023

K-pop singer Nahee dies at 24, cause unidentified

Popular K-pop singer Nahee has mysteriously died at the age of 24. The cause of death remains unknown.

Nov 10, 2023

Rain provides relief in Delhi-NCR, air quality improves in many areas

Rain in several parts of Delhi-NCR provided the much needed respite from the escalating air pollution.

Nov 10, 2023

Delhi's air quality continues to be 'severe'; Rise in carbon levels at several stations

The air quality in Delhi on Wednesday morning continued to be in 'severe' category with several stations across the city recording a rise in PM 2.5 and carbon monoxide (CO).

Nov 8, 2023

Delhi's AQI improves a little, to 394! What makes tackling air pollution a challenge in the Capital every year?

From incentives on electric vehicles to purchase of stubble from farmers, any permanent solutions to the problem have to first come from both state and union governments

Nov 7, 2023

Telangana Assembly polls: BJP announces 4th list of candidates for Telangana polls

The BJP on Tuesday announced its fourth list of candidates for the November 30 Telangana Assembly polls.

Nov 7, 2023

37 killed in Israeli attack on refugee camp in Gaza; Iran top leader meets Hamas as Blinken holds talks with Iraq PM

At least 37 Palestinians were killed and more than 100 others injured in a massive Israeli attack on the al-Mughazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, the Gaza-based Health Ministry has said.

Nov 6, 2023

Delhi's AQI continues to be in 'severe' category, improves slightly at some points

The air quality in Delhi-NCR continued to be "severe" on Sunday evening with the overall Air Quality Index at 471 in yet another smoggy day, according to data from the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).

Nov 5, 2023

Sheikh Hasina is world's longest-serving female head of govt

At 76-years-old, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is a political phenomenon who has guided the rise of this nation of 170 million from rustic jute producer into the Asia-Pacific's fastest-expanding economy over the past decade, Time said in a cover story on the world's longest-serving female head of govt.

Nov 4, 2023

Thousands of polluting cars challaned, yet Delhi, NCR towns choke

The Delhi-NCR region is transforming into a gas chamber due to pollution. To manage the situation, Delhi, Noida, Greater Noida, and Ghaziabad have implemented the Graded Response Action Plan-3 (GRAP-3).