Thiruvananthapuram: The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau on Monday registered two FIRs against former Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his family members in the alleged CMRL bribery case, sources said. The cases were registered by the agency’s Special Investigation Unit-1 following legal advice and a Kerala High Court directive. The action is based on a…
Shubh Navaratri – Day 1 Om Devi Shailaputryai Namah॥ *॥ Vande Vanchhitalabhaya Chandrardhakritashekharam। Vrisharudham Shuladharam Shailaputrim Yashasvinim॥* Goddess Shailaputri, meaning “Daughter of the Mountains,” is the first manifestation of *Goddess Durga among the Navadurga, worshipped on the first day of Navaratri. She is also known as Parvati, Sati, Bhavani and Hemavati. She represents the strength…
New Delhi: Elon Musk on Sunday renewed his attack on Mukesh Ambani over Starlink’s entry into India, accusing the billionaire’s supporters of indulging in “absurd hypocrisy and hyperbole” in arguing simultaneously that his satellite internet service cannot compete with “amazing low prices offered by Ambani’s de facto monopoly in India”, even as they claimed –…
Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire): The India-Côte d’Ivoire partnership is anchored in mutual respect and common commitment to development and prosperity, said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar as he called on President Alassane Ouattara during his visit to the West African nation. Jaishankar arrived in Cote d’Ivoire on Wednesday from Ghana on the second leg of his…
New Delhi: Air India Express, Air India and Akasa Air have cancelled flights to Riyadh till October 10 amid disruptions due to attacks at the airport. IndiGo has cancelled its Riyadh flights till October 9. Saudi Arabia’s two airports in Riyadh and Abha came under attack, reportedly by Houthi militants. Air India Express and Air…
New Delhi: India aims to double its 5G user base from 550 million to one billion by 2030, Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Thursday, adding that the country, which was behind the world in 4G, has resolved to lead the world in 6G. Speaking at the inauguration of the 10th edition of the India…
New Delhi: While India’s green economy can support more than a crore jobs by 2035, key challenges, such as women’s lower access to technical education, limited green skilling and a lack of finance and policy related to the green workforce, continue to persist, according to a new report. The report says to build a green…
New Delhi: The World Bank on Tuesday raised India’s GDP growth forecast for the current fiscal to 7.1 per cent, up 0.5 percentage points from its projections in April, supported by robust domestic demand and strong exports, despite global headwinds. India remains one of the fastest-growing major economies in the world and a key contributor…
Mumbai: After nearly three-and-a-half years, the Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday raised key benchmark policy rate by 25 basis points to 5.5 per cent in a bid to tame rising inflation amid the continuing West Asia crisis. With the rate hike, home loans, vehicle loans and corporate loans would become expensive and EMI for…
On 15 August 1971, the United States closed the gold window, ending the convertibility of the dollar into gold at a fixed price and marking the effective collapse of the Bretton Woods system established in 1944. Fifty-five years later, US long-term interest rates have returned to levels last sustained in the early 2000s: the 30-year…
