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WazirX hack: Users unlikely to get full amount

USERS of crypto exchange WazirX, which was hacked in July resulting in the theft of digital assets worth above 2,000 crore, may not receive their funds in full.

54% of IPO shares get sold within week: Sebi

AS much as 54% of the IPO shares get sold within a week of their listing, markets regulator Sebi has said.

India is big story for next 20-30 yrs, pharma & life sciences strong sector: Nagarro CEO

ONE of the fastest growing IT companies Nagarro is bullish on India market and its growth opportunities.

Partial UK ban on export of arms to Israel

LONDON THE UK on Monday announced a partial suspension of some arms exports to Israel amid fears that they might be used to commit \"a serious violation of international humanitarian law\".

Netanyahu not doing enough to secure hostage release: US

US President Joe Biden on Monday said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not doing enough to secure a deal for the release of hostages taken by Palestinian armed group Hamas.

No TV or screens for toddlers, Sweden says

TODDLERS should not be allowed to watch screens at all, Sweden told parents on Monday.

TITANIC EXPEDITION YIELDS LOST BRONZE STATUE

A bronze statue from the Titanic not seen in decades and feared to be lost for good - is among the discoveries made by the company with salvage rights to the wreck site on its first expedition there in many years.

Dhaka wants to restart dialogue on Teesta river

BANGLADESH's interim government wants to restart with India the dialogue on the Teesta water sharing treaty, adviser on water resources Syeda Rizwana Hasan said, asserting that upper-riparian and lowerriparian countries should adhere to international principles on the distribution of water.

Russian missile barrage ahead of Ukrainian kids returning to school

Putin in Siberia says Kursk assault by enemy won't prevent his forces from advancing

Remove Central forces, says BJP MLA in Manipur

AGAINST the backdrop of fresh violence in Manipur, a BJP MLA of the state on Monday sought the withdrawal of central forces \"who are mostly present as mute spectators\".

BJP neta held for raping mentally challenged girl

A state functionary of the BJP was arrested for allegedly raping a mentally challenged girl in Bihar's Gaya district, police said on Monday.

Jawan found dead in Sunjwan base in Jammu, Army rules out terror angle

AN army soldier has died under mysterious circumstances at the highly secured Sunjwan military station in Jammu, the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir, on Monday.

CBI arrests RG Kar ex-principal

THE CBI on Monday arrested former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Sandip Ghosh in connection with the alleged financial irregularities at the establishment, officials said.

After deaths of aspirants, J'khand cop recruitment drive postponed by 3 days

AS the death toll reached 12 on Monday during the excise constable recruitment drive in Jharkhand, Chief Minister Hemant Soren instructed officials to postpone the recruitment process for the next three days as a precautionary measure and also prohibited any race taking place after 9 a.m

Not 'Shahi'! BJP takes objection to word in procession of Lord Mahakal in Ujjain

IN the era of politics of name change, politics has now begun over the use of the word 'Shahi' (imperial) in the traditional 'Shahi Sawari' procession of Lord Mahakal in Madhya Pradesh's holiest city Ujjain which is also the home city of state's chief minister Dr Mohan Yadav.

SC trashes Bengal plea against bail to student leader

THE Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the West Bengal government's plea challengingthe Calcutta High Court's order granting bail to one of the organisers of the August 27 march to the state secretariat to protest against a 31-year-old trainee doctor's rape and murder at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Kannauj leader raped minor, confirms DNA sample: Cops

THE DNA report of former block pramukh Nawab Singh Yadav, belonging to the Samajwadi Party, corroborated the rape on the 15-year-old minor survivor as it matched with the sample collected from her in Kannauj on Monday.

'Sharia law soon, women will have no rights in Bangla’

WOMEN in Bangladesh will bear the brunt of increasing prominence to radical Islamist outfits after the ouster of Sheikh Hasina as the prime minister in the country, Bangladeshi author, activist and physician Taslima Nasrin, who has been living in exile in India for many years now, tells Yeshi Seli.

J&K Cong president to contest from Srinagar

THE Congress on Monday released a second list of six more candidates for the maiden Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory, fielding recently appointed J&K Party chief Tariq Hamid Karra from a Srinagar seat.

State BJP chief to be in fray from Nowshera

THE BJP on Monday released its fourth list of six candidates for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls, fielding party's J&K unit chief and firebrand leader Ravindra Raina from his home constituency Nowshera in border district of Rajouri in Jammu region.

'Nation-building': PM launches BJP membership drive, sets 10 cr target

LAUNCHING the BJP's nationwide membership drive, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the youth have to be connected to achieve the goal of a developed India by 2047.

240 aero-engines for frontline Sukhoi fighter jets get green light

IN a major move to strengthen Air Force's combat capability, the Cabinet Committee on Security on Monday approved the proposal for procurement of 240 aero-engines for frontline multi-role Su-30 MKI fighters of the Indian Air Force.

Cong levels 'conflict of interest' charge against Buch, seeks investigation

THE Congress on Monday accused SEBI Chairperson Madhabi Buch of holding an office of profit at the ICICI Bank and receiving ₹16.8 crore from the bank and its subsidiaries.

Hindu Sena files PIL in HC over 'distortion of facts'

AMID a wave of social media outrage over the alleged distortion of the facts and contentious depiction of characters in the web series 'IC-814-The Kandahar Hijack', the Government has summoned the content head of OTT platform Netflix, which is streaming the series based on the infamous of hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight 814 in 1999.

MODI'S UKRAINE VISIT A FLEXURE IN FUTILITY

HY did Prime Minister Narendra Modi make the side-trip to Ukraine on his two-day visit to Poland? Why did he ignore suggestions from scouts that a visit to Ukraine was inadvisable at that moment? Was it because pressing agreements had to be signed? Or was superpower geopolitics using him as a messenger to forestall a potential global catastrophe? Consider this.

NORMALISING THE ABNORMAL IN OUR DAILY LIVES

With a stream of over-the-top content rushing at us, we are normalising things such as gore, corruption and civic decrepitude. Rural India is part of this transformation too

Guv seeks explanation from K'taka govt on land allotted to Kharge trust

GOVERNOR Thaawarchand Gehlot has sought an explanation from the state government on allotment of a five-acre plot at the aerospace park on the outskirts of Bengaluru to a trust run by AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge's family.

Rescue op in full swing in AP, toll at 17

A day after flash floods affected more than two lakh people in 16 divisions of Vijayawada city, people in several other colonies, abutting the Krishna River, feared inundation as Prakasam Barrage received record inflows.

Pallavaram cop to face inquiry for taking ₹20k from 22-yr-old cheated by husband

A departmental inquiry has been initiated against a police inspector attached to the Pallavaram All Women Police Station for allegedly taking a bribe of ₹20,000 for registering an FIR.

Exhibition on sexual health from tomorrow

THE Akash Infertility Treatment Centre and Dr Kamaraj Men's Specialty Hospital will organise a five-day medical exhibition from September 4 to mark World Sexual Health Day to raise awareness on reproductive and sexual health.