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Digital payments in India to triple by FY30: PwC

NEW DELHI: India’s digital payments landscape is poised for a transformative leap, with transactions expected to surge threefold over the next five years, PwC’s...

RBI Deputy Governor sounds alarm on AI: ‘Unchecked AI could endanger your money’

NEW DELHI: RBI Deputy Governor T Rabi Sankar recently raised concerns about the dual nature of artificial intelligence (AI) at the Global Fintech Fest...

Cough syrup deaths: Toll 20; Health Min assures of strongest action

BHOPAL: The death toll of children from kidney failure due to the now-banned toxic cough syrup ‘Coldrif’ in Madhya Pradesh has risen to 20. Besides,...

Bihar Assembly elections:  ECI facilitates postal voting for elderly, PwD, and service voters

NEW DELHI: The ECI on Wednesday reiterated to facilitate the elderly, persons with disabilities (PwD) and service voters to vote using Postal Ballot in...

Johnson & Johnson to pay $966 mn in baby powder cancer case after jury finds company liable

NEW DELHI: A Los Angeles jury ordered Johnson & Johnson, to pay $966 million to the family of a woman who died from mesothelioma,...

Delhi HC summons Red Chillies Entertainment, Netflix in Sameer Wankhede defamation suit

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued summons to Shah Rukh Khan’s home banner Red Chillies Entertainment, streaming giant Netflix and others...

Hamas official says hostage & prisoner lists exchanged

CAIRO: Senior Hamas official Taher Al-Nounou said on Wednesday that negotiators from his group and Israel have exchanged lists of prisoners and hostages who...

Erdogan: Not fair to put burden of peace only on Hamas, Palestinians

ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday it was neither fair nor realistic to put the burden of achieving peace in Gaza solely...

Mamdani accuses Netanyahu of ‘genocidal war’

LONDON: New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani denounced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for waging a “genocidal war” in Gaza, and called for...

UK police arrest second man over mosque attack

LONDON: British police have arrested a second man in connection with an alleged arson attack on a mosque, The Independent reported on Wednesday. Emergency services...

Mumbai Cricket Association to install Dilip Vengsarkar’s statue at Wankhede Stadium

MUMBAI: The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) on Wednesday announced that it will install a statue of former India captain and national selector Dilip Vengsarkar...

Cristiano Ronaldo becomes a billionaire

How Al-Nassr player's wealth increased over the years NEW DELHI: Cristiano Ronaldo has officially joined the billionaire club. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the...

‘Rohit Sharma should consider retirement; he doesn’t deserve this humiliation’

MUMBAI: Former India cricketer Manoj Tiwary has requested Rohit Sharma to announce his retirement from international cricket, stating that the star batter doesn’t deserve...

3,000 years of secret found hidden beneath ancient Egyptian temple

NEW DELHI: A sweeping new geoarchaeological study has just transformed our understanding of Egypt’s famed Karnak Temple near Luxor, one of the largest and...

Digital arrest scam: Police arrest 3 from Gujarat for duping Jammu trader of Rs 4.4 cr

Jammu: The cyber wing of Jammu and Kashmir police has uncovered an online fraud involving Rs 4.4 crore with the arrest of three accused...

SC directs EC to furnish details of 3.66 lakh excluded voters from final Bihar electoral roll

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission to provide it with the details of 3.66 lakh excluded voters from the...

SC agrees to hear plea seeking take down of video allegedly demonising Muslims

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a plea seeking directions to social media platform X and the handle BJP Assam...

World Bank raises India’s GDP forecast for FY26 to 6.5%

NEW DELHI: The World Bank raised India’s gross domestic product (GDP) forecast for 2025–26 (FY26) to 6.5 per cent from 6.3 per cent projected...

Punjab becomes latest state to ban ‘Coldrif’ cough syrup

CHANDIGARH: Punjab government on Tuesday banned ‘Coldrif’ cough syrup with immediate effect after authorities declared it “not of Standard Quality,” news agency PTI reported...

CPI(ML) Liberation rejects offer to fight on 19 seats, says not a ‘dignified proposal’

NEW DELHI: The Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist Liberation has rejected an offer to fight on 19 seats in the upcoming assembly polls as a...

Govt approves Rs 24,634 cr railway projects to boost connectivity, economy

NEW DELHI: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, on Tuesday, approved four railway projects worth Rs 24,634 crore, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw...

FM launches foreign currency settlement system in GIFT IFSC

NEW DELHI: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched the foreign currency settlement system in GIFT IFSC, which will facilitate seamless transactions on a real-time...

King Salman orders 24-hr access to Madinah’s historic Masjid Al-Qiblatain for worshippers

RIYADH: From dawn till the quiet hours of the night, worshippers in Madinah can now step into Masjid Al-Qiblatain anytime they wish. On October...

Australia squad for India series: Starc returns; Marsh to captain in ODIs, T20Is

NEW DELHI: Mitchell Starc is back in Australia’s One-Day International squad as the full list of players for a three-match series against India was...

25 years after landmark UN resolution

UN chief says women are too often absent from peace talks UNITED NATIONS: Twenty-five years after a landmark UN resolution demanded equal participation for women...

BJP engages ex, present ministers for Bihar Assembly elections

LUCKNOW: The ruling BJP has deployed its top leaders from Uttar Pradesh to campaign in Bihar, much before the Election Commission announced the dates...

Is Juno mission orbiting Jupiter dead? No one knows as Nasa is closed

NEW DELHI: Nasa’s Juno spacecraft, a solar-powered explorer of Jupiter and its moons, may have finally reached the end of its historic mission, yet,...

West Indian all-rounder Bernard Julien, 1975 World Cup winner, passes away

NEW DELHI: Former West Indian all-rounder Bernard Julien, who was part of the World Cup-winning team in 1975, passed away in Northern Trinidad at...

Fresh snowfall in higher reaches, rainfall in plains

Sharp dip in temperature in Kashmir Srinagar: Fresh snowfall in the higher reaches and showers in the plains of Kashmir on Monday led to a...

SC notice to Centre, Ladakh on plea challenging Wangchuk’s detention

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Centre and Union Territory of Ladakh on a plea filed by Sonam Wangchuk’s...

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