Mumbai (TIP): The BSE Sensex made history on Friday, Sept 24, by reaching the 60,000 mark for the first time ever as investors continued to accumulate banking, finance and auto stocks despite lacklustre global cues […]
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has lowered India’s growth projections for the current financial year by a percentage point to 10%, mainly due to disruptions in economic activity caused by the second wave of the […]
Actress Vanessa Hudgens says she had Zoom pole dancing lessons during the lockdown, which were “tough” and left her bruised. Hudgens said: “I’ve had multiple hobbies, I’ve definitely leaned into multiple things. At one point […]
PESHAWAR (TIP): The Taliban’s new defence minister has issued a rebuke over misconduct by some commanders and fighters following the movement’s victory over the Western-backed government in Afghanistan last month, saying abuses would not be […]
Kathmandu (TIP): Nepal’s newly-appointed Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka said on Wednesday that he would work towards maintaining friendly and balanced relations with India and China and forge national consensus with political parties on matters of […]
Kabul (TIP): The Taliban expanded their interim Cabinet by naming more ministers and deputies on Tuesday, but failed to appoint any women, doubling down on a hard-line course despite the international outcry that followed their […]
Colombo (TIP): Sri Lanka has decided to ask for a $100 million loan from the IMF to procure 14 million doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine and finance other vaccination programme related costs, it was […]
Kathmandu (TIP): Senior Nepali Congress leader Narayan Khadka has been appointed Nepal’s new foreign minister. President Bidya Devi Bhandari appointed Khadka on the recommendation of the government led by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba. Khadka, […]
Tokyo (TIP): Two Japanese sisters have been certified by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest living identical twins, aged 107 years and 330 days, the organisation has said. The announcement coincided with Respect for […]
London (TIP): Scientists have found evidence of a resistant form of malaria in Uganda, a worrying sign that the top drug used against the parasitic disease could ultimately be rendered useless without more action to […]
London (TIP): The UK government has said that Covid-19 vaccine certification from all countries must meet a “minimum criteria” and that it is working with India on a “phased approach” to its international travel norms. […]
Beijing (TIP): China’s central bank on September 24 declared all transactions involving Bitcoin and other virtual currencies illegal, stepping up a campaign to block use of unofficial digital money. Chinese banks were banned from handling […]
London (TIP): The UK government said on September 24 that it will make it illegal for employers to withhold tips from workers under new regulations for the country’s hospitality industry. Most hospitality workers, many of […]
Sydney/Melbourne (TIP): A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck near Melbourne on september 23, Geoscience Australia said, one of the country’s biggest quakes on record, causing damage to buildings in the country’s second largest city and sending tremors […]
“We are not makers of history. We are made by history.” Martin Luther King, Jr. September 24 September 24, 1957 – President Dwight Eisenhower ordered the National Guard to enforce racial integration of schools in […]
The interests of the US and India find convergence on the issue of threats to the two countries from terrorists in Pak supported Afghanistan. US may be worried Afghanistan could become a source of another […]
Ensure punishment to criminals in holy robes The mysterious death of Mahant Narendra Giri, president of the Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad, allegedly by his own hand, yet again proves that self-confessed devotion to God and […]
Captain’s exit as CM leaves party on sticky wicket in Punjab Capt Amarinder Singh’s unceremonious exit as the Punjab Chief Minister is a new low for the self-destructive Congress. It’s inexplicable that a party with […]
With no glue still to bond the Opposition, the non-party movements of resistance could offer hope for change Paradoxically, the only avenue of political change through the elections that lies open, if at all, is […]
AUKUS: Yet another anti-China grouping created by the US “We Indians, instead of sorting out our disputes with China on our own on the basis of equality and fairness, have chosen to join the US-led […]
Across a decade of rolling threats, from the euro zone to Brexit and Covid, Germany’s outgoing chancellor focused on holding the EU together It was Monday 13 July 2015 and dawn had broken when Angela […]
China’s central bank on Friday, Sept 24, declared all transactions involving Bitcoin and other virtual currencies illegal, stepping up a campaign to block use of unofficial digital money. Chinese banks were banned from handling cryptocurrencies […]
Bitcoin mining produces electronic waste (e-waste) annually comparable to the small IT equipment waste of a place like the Netherlands, research shows. Miners of the cryptocurrency each year produce 30,700 tonnes of e-waste, Alex de […]
Brussels (TIP): The European Union aims to have a common charging port for mobile phones, tablets and headphones under a European Commission proposal presented on Thursday, Sept 23, in a world first, with the move […]
Twitter announced a slew of features during its product event held on Thursday. The micro-blogging site revealed that it is rolling out Tips, which is a tipping feature, to everyone with more payment options to […]
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