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Sri Lanka Crisis: Island country runs out of Diesel
Dharamjot Kaur Sri Lanka has completely run-out of Diesel as on Thursday, handicapping transport movement as the emergency hit the country's 22 million individuals through record-long...

Mask not mandatory anymore: Maharashtra Govt.
Dharamjot Kaur The Maharashtra Government is the first to relax all covid curbs and has also removed the mandate on wearing masks. The decision was arrived...

Varuna 2022: India-France to conduct Naval Exercise
Dharamjot Kaur India and France began a five-day naval wargame exercise on Wednesday, 30th March, as part of an effort to cumulatively increase maritime security cooperation. This...

Shanghai Lockdown: Chinese traders ordered to live in office under Covid-19 restrictions
Dharamjot Kaur China’s Wall Street underwent total chaos, hours before the government ordered a strict lockdown in Shanghai, after the city experienced the worst Covid-19 outbreak...

Rahul Gandhi visits a Karnataka Lingayat Mutt in support of the election campaign
Angana Pal Chinya Against the fuel price hike by the central government, members of the Maharashtra Congress staged a protest in Bengaluru on Thursday. Protests were...

Prez Xi Jinping offers firm support for Afghanistan
Jasnoor Kaur Chinese President Xi Jinping offered strong support for Afghanistan at a regional conference on Thursday but made no mention of the country's Taliban leaders'...

AFSPA to be removed from three North-East areas: Amit Shah
Dharamjot Kaur The controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) has been abolished by the Central Government in various districts of Nagaland, Manipur, and Assam. The...

Slaps & Claps two things the Academy is trying to deal with, Action Against Smith
Gunjan Handa The Board of Governors conducted an emergency meeting just days after Hollywood star Will Smith struck comedian Chris Rock during the 94th Academy Awards...

CEO of the Qatar World Cup wants to meet Gareth Southgate to discuss his comments on LGBTQ+ issues and women’s safety
Angana Pal Chinya In response to Gareth Southgate’s comments on the human rights records of the country, Nasser Al-Khater, the chief executive of the Qatar World...

Terror attack averted: 12kg Explosives and 3 Men taken into custody
Gunjan Handa Three men were detained in Nimbahera, Chittorgarh, on Wednesday, and 12 kg of RDX was discovered in their possession. The three men from Ratlam,...

MK Stalin Meets PM Modi in New Delhi with 14-point Agenda
Dharamjot Kaur On Thursday, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a three-day visit to the capital. Stalin is said...

Geomagnetic storm from Sun causes a radio blackout on Earth
Jasnoor Kaur The brightest star in our Solar System is becoming more ferocious as it develops velocity and activity. On late Thursday night, the Sun had...

Apple plans to produce Rs 25,000 crore worth of iPhones in India under the PLI scheme until FY23
Anish Kocherla According to a Business Standard report, Apple iPhone production should hit Rs 25,000 crore in FY23 under the Government's Production Linked Incentive Scheme (PLI)....

Rana Ayyub moves Delhi HC to contest travel restrictions
Dharamjot Kaur Indian journalist Rana Ayyub went to the Delhi High Court on Thursday to seek judicial authorization to go abroad, a day after she was...

F1 is set to return to Las Vegas next year
by Ria Arora Las Vegas is all set to host F1 from 2023. (Photo Credits: Sky Sports) Las Vegas is set to feature again on the...

Maharashtra to be the first state to introduce a digital biometric criminal database
Aditi Shekar To aid police investigations, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will unveil a digital fingerprint and iris scanning technology for the criminal database. There are 6....

Don’t Harass Innocent Doctors : Read Suicide Note of the Doctor accused of Murder
Gunjan Handa "My death may prove my innocence. DON'T HARASS INNOCENT DOCTORS. Please," read the note left behind by Dr Archana Sharma, who died by suicide...

PMC seeks 50% stake in Pune Metro’s proposed commercial properties
Pritam Biswas Commercial establishment developments are being planned by the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (Maha-Metro) at metro stations and depots of Pune Metro rail in...

Spice Jet settles $20 Million dispute with Credit Suisse
Dharamjot Kaur The aviation giant that found itself in a financial dispute with a Swiss firm, Credit Suisse, has confirmed that it has settled the $20...

Australian journalist Cheng Lei faces trial over spying charges in Beijing Court
By Anikaa Singh On Thursday, Australian journalist Cheng Lei went on trial in a Beijing Court on spying charges after being detained for more than 19...

Teenager imprisoned for racially abusing Marcus Rashford on Twitter
by Jasnoor Kaur British teenager, Justin Lee Price, aged 19, has been sentenced to a six-week jail term on Wednesday for racially abusing England forward Marcus...

Congress Ministers stage protest in Delhi amid Fuel Price Hike
Archith Srinivas In a bid to show the ruling party in low light once again, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is leading a protest against the fuel...

HBO announces the release date of House of the Dragon, the Game of Thrones spin off 
Riddhi Oza HBO declared on August 21st, House of the Dragon will launch on HBO and HBO Max. This series is based on George R.R. Martin's...

Tom Parker: The ‘Wanted’ singer passes away at 33
Aashika Jain Tom Parker, a member of British-Irish boy band The Wanted, has tragically passed away aged 33 after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. ...

Bruce Willis to retire from acting because of illness
Ria Arora The Die-Hard actor Bruce Willis is retiring from acting due to his disease: aphasia; disclosed to the actor’s family on Wednesday. The family posted...

Burqa clad woman hurls petrol bomb at CRPF bunker in J-K’s Sopore
Ria Arora A burqa-clad woman was witnessed tossing a bomb at the CRPF bunker in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir. The bomb led to a fire which...

Sanketlife, the world’s smallest ECG machine, to get an AI upgrade
Aditi Shekar Sanketlife, a flagship product of Agatsa, will soon be transformed with Artificial Intelligence(AI) and blockchain technology. This will facilitate medical professionals with accurate medical...

Hackers steal over $600 million from video game Axie Infinity’s Ronin network
Nishtha Gupta In one of the largest crypto hacks of all time, Ronin Network, an independent gaming-focused blockchain developed by Axie Infinity publisher Sky Mavis, lost...

Giannis’ 40 points help Milwaukee rally past Philadelphia
by Aaryaman Dahiya In a matchup of two of the Eastern Conference's top teams, Antetokounmpo scored 40 points and had the game-winning block of Joel Embiid...

Egypt fails to qualify for finals as Mohammed Salah misses his penalty
by Aditi Shekar Mohammed Salah missed a spot-kick in a crucial penalty in World Cup qualifiers against Senegal, causing Egypt’s failure in qualifying. While Sadio Mane‘s...

BJYM members ‘vandalise’ Arvind Kejriwal’s residence, protest against CM’s remarks on ‘The Kashmiri Files’
Jasnoor Kaur Workers and supporters of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) reportedly vandalized property outside Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s residence on Wednesday morning as a form...

Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis takes a turn for the worse
Spruha Panda As Sri Lankans endure day-long queues experiencing power outages, public indignation over the country's greatest economic crisis grows. Due to a severe shortage of...

DA raised by 3% after more than a year for central govt employees
Jasnoor Kaur Under the 7th Pay Commission, the Centre declared a 3% hike in the Dearness Allowance (DA) for government employees and pensioners in a union...

Bhagwant Mann’s Two Big Decisions on Education
Archith Srinivas Before the commencement of the new academic year, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has made two decisions through a video message. The first decision...

Samsung, Western Digital partner to boost next-gen storage technologies
Archith Srinivas Samsung Electronics and Western Digital today announced a memorandum of understanding for a groundbreaking collaboration to standardise and accelerate the adoption of next-generation data...

PCMC Commissioner Approves Mechanized Sweeping of roads 9 Months after proposal
Aaryaman Dahiya In his first meeting after taking over as the administrator of the PCMC (Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation), Rajesh Patil gave a green signal for...

Indian Fintech startup Slice gets ready to take on PhonePe and Google Pay with UPI support
Yukta Baid Bengaluru-based fintech startup Slice is all set to venture into India’s crowded but duopoly-sided UPI payments market. According to a source well versed with...

Bengaluru police arrest four swimmers from Delhi for gang-raping woman
Aditi Shekar The four professional swimmers were detained after allegedly gang-raping a 23-year-old woman hailing from West Bengal. The incident occurred on the night of March...

The ‘Virat’ test for the men in white
With the roots of colonial-era still intact, a group of 18 men, under the leadership of the Maharaja of Porbandar arrived in England. Under the name...

Goodbye, Kalaignar!
The scene outside Kauvery hospital in Chennai is grim and sad as Muthuvel Karunanidhi, the ten-time president of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and a former Chief...

English Summer Burns Bright for Premier League Football
A plethora of drama unfolded during this summer transfer, which closed its doors on August 9. Gains for a few teams and losses for others, we...

The myth called united opposition
Harivansh Narayan Singh, a journalist turned politician was elected as Rajyasabha's deputy chairman. NDA candidate Singh got 125 votes while his opponent from UPA, BK Hariprasad,...
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- Decayed body of woman found on tree near river in Hinjewadi area
- PMC seeks 50% stake in Pune Metro’s proposed commercial properties
- Pune police trace 237 bitcoins siphoned off by cyber experts while probing crypto fraud 
- PCMC Commissioner Approves Mechanized Sweeping of roads 9 Months after proposal
- Sukhoi Fighter Jet Tyre Bursts At Pune Airport, Runway Closed For 2 hours