New Delhi, 20/3: Bitcoin hovered near nine-month highs on Monday, and has closed out its best week in four years as turmoil in traditional banking drives some investors to turn to digital assets. The biggest cryptocurrency by market value fell 1.8 per cent in Asia hours to $27,549 after hitting its highest since June…
Ahmedabad, 20/3: The new National Education Policy (NEP) has been accepted by all and the whole country is working to implement it, unlike the NEPs in the past which created controversies owing to ideological links, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said. Addressing graduating students at the 4th convocation of the Central University of Gujarat…
London, 20/3: A man has been arrested after some pro-Khalistani groups vandalised the Indian High Commission in London and detached the Indian flag from the first-floor balcony of the building. Videos on social media showed a crowd waving yellow “Khalistan” banners and a man detach the Indian flag from the first-floor balcony of…
Sikkim, 19/3: The tourism sector in Sikkim was affected this week after many bookings were cancelled following heavy snowfall in the eastern and northern parts of the state that caused many visitors to get stranded, an official said on Sunday. However, with the clearance of the roads and resumption of issuance of passes,…
Dhaka, 19/3: At least 19 people were killed and 30 others injured on Sunday when a speeding bus crashed into a ditch in Bangladesh, officials said. The Dhaka-bound bus operated by Emad Paribahan veered out of control on the Bangabandhu Expressway at 7.45 am in Madaripur’s Shibchar, Police Superintendent Md Masud Alam said….
Paris, 19/3: President Emmanuel Macron faces a critical moment on Monday when the National Assembly is due to vote on no-confidence motions filed after his government bypassed parliament on Thursday to push through an unpopular rise in the state pension age. The move, which followed weeks of protests against the pension overhaul, triggered…
UP, 19/3: Completing six years in office, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday visited Ayodhya and prayed at the Hanumangarhi and Ram Lalla temple for the well being of the state. He was also briefed about the progress of the construction of the Ram temple, to which he was told 70…
Bhubaneswar,19/3: In a shocking development, Popular DJ Azex alias Akshay Kumar, who was fondly known as the ‘smiling DJ of Odisha’, was found dead at his Bhubaneswar residence on Saturday. His body was reportedly found under mysterious circumstances and the police have launched a probe into the shocking demise.
Bangalore, 19/3: In a significant step, the Godrej Memorial Hospital, a multi-specialty healthcare centre and a beneficiary of the Pirojsha Godrej Foundation, has introduced India’s first comprehensive genome testing that identifies an individual’s predisposition to over 150 conditions and genetic traits. The hospital has partnered with HaystackAnalytics, a HealthTech company based out of Indian…
Chandigarh 19/3: A manhunt was still on to nab radical Sikh preacher and Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh, police has said. “He is now a fugitive and we are looking for him and we will soon arrest him,” Jalandhar Police Commissioner Kuldeep Singh Chahal told reporters near Nakodar in Jalandhar late Saturday night. …
