New Delhi, 30/12: The government on Friday hiked the interest rates on small deposits — including post office term deposits, NSC and senior citizen savings scheme — by up to 1.1 percentage points from January 1, in line with firming interest rates in the economy. However, the interest rates on Public Provident Fund…
New Delhi, 30/12: India’s wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant has suffered two cuts on his forehead, apart from a ligament tear in his right knee, abrasion injuries on back, and hurting right wrist, ankle, and toe, said Jay Shah, Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), in an official statement on Friday. …
Mumbai, 30/12: A week after young actor-model Tunisha Sharma died by suicide, her mother Vanita Sharma on Friday claimed that Sheezan Khan and his family were forcing her to convert. Tunisha (20) died by suicide in the make-up room of a TV serial set in Naigaon in Vasai in Palghar district on December…
New Delhi 30/12: India has capped its two-year term on the Security Council by turning the spotlight on its two issues of paramount interest, fighting terrorism and reforming the world organisation. Assuming the presidency of the Council in the final month of its term as an elected member, India convened a high-level meeting…
New Delhi, 30/12: India’s star cricketer Rishabh Pant suffered multiple injuries when his BMW car collided with a road divider on the Delhi-Dehradun highway, on Friday. The 25-year-old, who was going to his home in Roorkee, was taken to a local hospital. He suffered injuries on his head, back and feet but is…
New Delhi, ,29/12: The BJP received Rs 351.50 crore or 72.17 per cent of the total donations made to political parties by Electoral Trusts in 2021-22, while the Congress received less than the TRS, Samajwadi Party, AAP and the YSR Congress, according to the Association for Democratic Reforms. Electoral trust is a non-profit…
New Delhi, 29/12: G7 foreign ministers on Thursday called on the Taliban to “urgently reverse” a ban on women working in Afghanistan’s aid sector, a joint statement said. The ministers said they were “gravely concerned that the Taliban’s reckless and dangerous order barring female employees of national and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from…
Uzbekistan, 29/12: Two months after Gambian authorities linked 70 paediatric deaths to cough syrups made in India, Uzbekistan has alleged that 18 children have died in the central Asian nation following the consumption of a syrup made by another Indian manufacturer. “To date, 18 out of 21 children with acute respiratory disease have…
New Delhi, 28/12: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said that he would prefer to settle down in life with a partner who has a mix of qualities of both his mother Sonia Gandhi and grandmother Indira Gandhi. In an interview to a YouTube channel during the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, he termed his grandmother and former…
Mumbai, 28/12: The Competition Commission is understood to have issued demand notices to Google for its failure to pay within the stipulated time the penalties imposed on the internet major for anti-competitive practices, according to sources. Google has filed appeals before the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) against the Competition Commission of…
