New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised the benchmark lending rate by 35 basis points (bps) – the fifth increase since May – saying it remains focused on bringing down the inflation to a tolerable limit. Even as the central bank called the Indian
Karnataka: Last week when the video of a Muslim student confronting his teacher at Manipal University in Karnataka went viral, it triggered an unpleasant memory in the mind of 21-year-old Humza Siddique. In the video, which sparked a massive uproar on social media, a young engineering
Srinagar: In Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), parts of Dal Lake have been frozen due to severe prevailing cold weather conditions and night temperature recorded a further drop in Kashmir valley as well as Ladakh. Small rivulets, nallahs and streams, connecting the interior parts
Ayodhya: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has announced to file a petition in the Indian Supreme Court against acquittal of all the 32 persons involved in the Babri Masjid demolition case by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court.
Bengaluru: Around five million people globally have had their data stolen and sold on the bot market till date, of which 600,000 are from India, making it the worst affected country. Bot markets are used by hackers to sell stolen data from victims' devices with bot
Washington: Indian journalist Rana Ayyub, an outspoken critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s anti-Muslim policies received the prestigious John Aubuchon award conferred on her by the National Press Club of Washington DC. Ms Ayyub, a columnist with the Washington Post, has been facing harassment and threats
Washington: The United States placed Pakistan on a list of countries that “engaged in or tolerated particularly severe violations of religious freedom” during 2022. “Around the world, governments and non-state actors harass, threaten, jail, and even kill individuals on account of their beliefs,” said Secretary of
Washington: The Biden administration signed off on two new significant arms sales to Taiwan in approvals that are sure to rankle China. The State Department said it had okayed sales worth more than $425 million of spare aircraft parts to support Taiwan’s fleet of F-16 fighters,
Montreal: United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres slammed multinational corporations for turning the world’s ecosystems into "playthings of profit" and warned failure to correct course would lead to catastrophic results. "With our bottomless appetite for unchecked and unequal economic growth, humanity has become a weapon of
Goma: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has said 272 civilians were killed in a massacre in the eastern town of Kishishe during last week. The new death toll was announced by Industry Minister Julien Paluku, who spoke at a press briefing with government spokesperson