New Delhi: Chief Minister and AAP candidate from Kalkaji Atishi on Sunday launched a crowdfunding campaign to contest the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls and said she hoped that people would support her party’s politics of work and honesty. Addressing a press conference here, Atishi released an online link for people to donate money, saying she…
London: UK borrowing costs have risen rapidly to their highest level since the banking crisis of 2007-08, with implications for the government’s tax and spending plans. Yields on gilts, as UK government bonds are called, have been rising – and these yields are effectively the level of interest that the government pays on its borrowing….
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday paid tributes to spiritual leader and social reformer Swami Vivekananda on his birth anniversary, saying he inspired youths to work towards nation-building and serve humanity. His legacy continues to inspire countless people around the world, Murmu said in a post on X. Swami Vivekananda was born on January…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday visited an exhibition hosting many of the participants of the Viksit Bharat Young Leaders Dialogue. Modi has said he will be spending the entire day with over 3,000 “dynamic, young leaders” chosen from across the country following a selection process. The dialogue is being held as part…
The comparison between the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and the ideology of communism reveals troubling parallels in their consequences for humanity. Both have inflicted immense suffering and loss, though through vastly different mechanisms and contexts. Communism, as an ideological framework, has often been implemented through extreme measures that prioritize the collective over the individual….
Bengaluru: Two Indian satellites came within three metres of each other in a trial attempt for space docking and are now being moved apart, the Indian space agency announced this morning. “A trial attempt to reach up to 15 m and further to 3 m is done. Moving back spacecraft to a safe distance. The…
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Saturday withdrew its orders permitting a hike in ticket prices for Ram Charan starrer ‘Game Changer’. Further, in compliance with the directions of the High Court, it said early morning shows will not be permitted in the future ‘until public interest, health and safety are duly considered’. The orders withdrawing…
Kolkata: Former career diplomat, ex-union minister and Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Saturday night said that deposed Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina should be allowed to stay in India as long as she wants. Expressing happiness that Indian foreign secretary Vikram Misri went to Dhaka last month and held discussions with the authorities there,…
Singapore: India is growing and Singapore sees many opportunities to expand bilateral cooperation with South Asia’s fastest growing economy, senior minister Lee Hsien Loong has said. “India is growing, and on the move,” Lee, who served as prime minister for 20 years, told the Indian business community on Saturday. “Singapore has a good brand name…
New Delhi: The BJP on Saturday released its second list featuring 29 candidates for the Delhi Assembly polls, fielding Kapil Mishra, a former AAP leader now identified with hardline Hindutva politics, from Karawal Nagar. It has fielded Harish Khurana, son of former Delhi chief minister Madan Lal Khurana, from the Moti Nagar constituency. With the…
