Canada, 22/8:In a recent update regarding US tariffs, Canadian products would now face tariffs after the two nations failed to strike a trade pact The lack of a final agreement forces hefty US tariffs, with new 50-percent duties impacting some $20 billion worth of goods, or 5.5 percent of Canadian exports to the United States….
Bangalore, 21/8: Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (AERA) has sharply reduced the user development fee (UDF) for passengers departing from Kempegowda International Airport, while introducing the levy for passengers arriving in Bengaluru for the first time. Under the new tariff structure, domestic passengers departing Bengaluru will pay a UDF of Rs 300, down from…
Ranchi, 21/8: A scuffle broke out on Friday between police and students protesting against alleged Jharkhand recruitment exam irregularities in Ranchi, with the agitators attempting to burn effigies of Chief Minister Hemant Soren and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.Student leaders under the banner of the ‘JPSC-JSSC Reforms Manch’ have accused the Jharkhand government of “deceiving” and…
Hyderabad, 21/8: The Akhil Bharatiya Samanvay Baithak, a three-day gathering of Sangh Parivar organisations inspired by the RSS, concluded on Friday at the Vijnana Vihara Residential School campus in Gudilova, near Visakhapatnam, with an acknowledgment of systemic failures fueling anxiety among youth and contributing to recent Gen Z protests.Talking to reporters on Friday, RSS Sah…
New Delhi, 21/8: Delhi Police on Friday was forced to file an FIR for firing pellet guns at a 19-year-old youth during students’ protest after a dramatic sit-in that lasted nearly six hours by top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, victim Sachin Lochav and his mother at the Parliament Street police station.The registration of the FIR…
Bhubaneswar, 21/8: In a sad piece of news Veteran Odia singer Pranab Patnaik breath his last on Friday at the age of 88. He breathed his last at his residence in Bhubaneswar. Patnaik was a popular name in the Odia music industry and had sung several hit Odia songs during his career. …
New Delhi, 21/8: The Supreme Court on Thursday held that uttering casteist abuse in private spaces does not meet the statutory requirement of being considered an offence under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Atrocities Act, Live Law reported.The case was filed against a manager of a school, accusing him of assaulting…
Yemen, 21/8: Somali pirates, in a span of four days, hijacked two ships including a Cameroon-flagged cargo vessel carrying weapons was seized off the coast of the semiautonomous Somali region of Puntland and a suspected Iranian shadow fleet tanker off the coast of Yemen. The earlier vessel had aboard six Indians of the total ten…
Mahabalipuram, 20/8: Identifying water as the “soul” of South Indian states, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday suggested joint meetings involving respective states and Union Ministries concerned to resolve long-pending water disputes in the region.Cauvery water and Karnataka’s proposed move to build a reservoir in Mekedatu. “…while it simply flows into the sea, then…
Ahmedabad, 20/8: The death toll in the Bhavnagar hooch tragedy rose to eight on Thursday, while at least eight others remained in critical condition. Police have registered an FIR against 21 suspects accused of buying and selling spurious liquor under the brand name “Royal Stag”. The liquor, suspected to have caused the deaths, was allegedly…
