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Forex reserves fall for 6th week to three-month low

THE lingering pressure on the rupee continued to extract the toll on forex reserves for the sixth consecutive week ending November 8, falling to the level of 84.38.

Moody's pegs GDP at 7.2% in 2024

'From macro perspective, economy is in sweet spot, with growth and moderating inflation'

Disquiet as Xi unveils $1.3 bn megaport in Peru

ON the edge of Peru's coastal desert, a remote fishing town where a third of all residents have no running water is being transformed into a huge deep-water port to cash in on the inexorable rise of Chinese interest in resource-rich South America.

Pak firms told to hire former servicemen to protect Chinese

PAKISTAN on Friday advised private security agencies, sponsors and project heads to hire former military personnel for the security and safety of Chinese nationals working on various sites in the Sindh province.

Non-veg in Diwali menu: UK PM's office apologises

PRIME Minister Keir Starmer's office on Friday apologised for a mistake in the organisation of its Diwali reception at 10 Downing Street after some British Hindus objected to non-vegetarian food and alcohol being served at the gathering.

Israeli strikes kill 12 rescue workers in Lebanon, 15 near Syria's capital

AN Israeli airstrike killed at least 12 Lebanese rescue workers on Thursday inside a civil defence centre in the eastern city of Baalbek, according to health and rescue officials, hours after state media in Syria said Israeli strikes in and around the capital killed at least 15 people.

Serious concerns in US over rise of extremism in B’desh

THERE are serious concerns in the US over growing extremism in Bangladesh, a former White House official has said, observing that deposed former Prime Minister Sheikh did a good job in controlling it.

VACCINE SCEPTIC ROBERT F KENNEDY JR IS TRUMP'S PICK TO LEAD HEALTH DEPT

President-elect names Doug Collins as his choice for Veteran Affairs Secretary

Manipur Naga women take out rally for peace

CALL for \"Save the peace\" reverberated across Manipur's Ukhrul town on Friday, days after National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM) general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah threatened that his outfit would return to violent ways if the Centre refuses its proposal for third-party intervention to address the decades-old \"Naga political issue\".

J&K Cong chief says House resolution does not demand Art 370 restoration

FOLLOWING Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge's U-turn on the demand for restoring Article 370, the J&K Congress chief echoed a similar sentiment, saying that it was neither raised in the resolution passed by the Assembly last week nor mentioned elsewhere.

Clash of 'Dadas' in Pawar homeground

AMIT Taware, a resident of Thopatewadi in Baramati assembly constituency in Maharashtra says Deputy CM Ajit Pawar has done a lot of development work in Baramati, but the people's real 'Daivat' (deity) is 84-year-old Sharad Pawar.

Fadnavis, Ajit Pawar agree to disagree on Yogi slogan of 'division is destruction'

DIFFERENCES in the ruling Mahayuti over UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's slogan 'batenge toh katenge' have come to the fore as Deputy CM Ajit Pawar of the NCP called the slogan inappropriate for Maharashtra while the other Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis of the BJP defended it.

If Cong wins, won't let anyone snatch ‘jal, jungle & zameen’ of tribals: Rahul

CONGRESS leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of serving the interests of billionaires who want to snatch the ‘jal, jungle and zameen’ (land, water and forests) of tribals.

Tribals didn't get due recognition: PM

Says from ₹25K cr to ₹ i.25L cr, NDA govt increased budget for tribals five times in i O years

NIA exercise to identify supporters of ULFA-1

THE NIA has launched an exercise to identify supporters and overground workers of banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA-I) and help police and security forces either arrest or neutralise them, sources said.

Canada in a quandary as more foreign students making a beeline for asylum

AMID diplomatic tensions with India, the Canadian government has maintained that a growing number of international students are claiming asylum in Canada and that the licensed immigration consultants are unethically advising students to claim asylum.

North, South Blocks to be restored in phased manner

THE repair and restoration of the twin secretariat buildings on the Raisina Hill—North and South Blocks—will be taken up in a phased manner to make way for the proposed Yuge Yugeen Bharat Museum to be set up in the precinct of the about century-old heritage structures.

Regional connectivity begins as Nepal powers up B,desh through India

The trilateral power-sharing agreement involving India, Nepal, and Bangladesh came into effect on Friday with power supply from Nepal to Bangladesh beginning through an Indian grid.

The Scent of Fallen Stars: A journey through time & love

AISHWARYA Jha has captivated readers and critics alike with her debut novel, The Scent of Fallen Stars, earning her the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Sahitya Samman.

Vulnerabilities and superstitionf What's common among all PMs

BIG bangs and whimpers - Indian prime ministerships have been a combination of these.

'POWER OF WORDS, RICHNESS OF STORYTELLING'

At the 2nd edition of Ramnath Goenka Sahithya Samman, Manoj Kumar Sonthalia, TNIE CMD, recalls enduring legacy of the group founder

T'GANA MUST WIN OVER PEOPLE TO ACQUIRE LAND

THE small village of Lagcherla in Vikarabad district of Telangana has sent state officials and politicians into a tizzy after a public hearing on land acquisition for a pharmaceutical cluster turned violent.

NEED TO SIMPLIFY TAX BRACKETS AND BROADEN THE NET

THE government has claimed that the tax burden on individuals earning less than 20 lakh a year-that is, the middle class has reduced over the past decade, while that on the rich-those earning more than ₹50 lakh has substantially increased.

THE TEEMING UNDERBELLY SUPPORTING A GLITZY TOP

have had strange interactions with Dharavi, dubiously honoured as Asia's largest slum.

THE LEGACY OF MONETARY MANDARINS

History will not be kind to central bankers fixated only on the financial economy. It will also be critical of govts passing the hard decisions to such unelected technocrats

'Normal for teens to hug and kiss': HC quashes harassment case against man

OBSERVING that it is natural for two teenage people in love to hug and kiss each other, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court recently quashed a sexual harassment case registered against a 20-year-old man for rejecting the marriage proposal of his lover despite hugging and kissing her.

Donkey milk biz offer leaves investors ₹100 cr poorer

Lure of huge profits led people to pump in money

Kishan Reddy accepts T'gana CM's challenge, to spend night in Musi slum

ACCEPTING the challenge posed by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy to stay in the slums on the Musi catchment areas, Union Minister and BJP state president G Kishan Reddy on Friday said that he would be spending Saturday night in one of the houses along the river.

Bomb threat on tissue paper in flight, 2 booked

TWO flyers who arrived at Kochi airport on an Air India Express flight from New Delhi were taken into custody after they allegedly wrote a bomb threat on a tissue paper and left it in the plane on Thursday.

Sabarimala opens for Makaravilakku, two-month pilgrimage season begins

THE Sabarimala temple opened for the Mandalam-Makaravilakku pilgrimage on Friday, marking the beginning of the pilgrimage season.