- Sunday, February 23, 2025
Twitter on Tuesday released plans for its new policy for on its account verification process, in the promised revamp on the concerns over the blue check-mark badges it uses to authenticate the identity of prominent accounts. The microblogging platform said in a blog post that it plans to relaunch the…
The Indian government on Wednesday approved merger of Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) with DBS Bank India Ltd (DBIL) and removed restrictions on withdrawal of deposits at the crisis-ridden bank. "Cabinet approves Scheme of Amalgamation of Lakshmi Vilas Bank with DBS Bank India Limited; with this there will no further restrictions…
Ahmed Patel was the Congress' man for all seasons and every reason, the quintessential backroom strategist who maintained a studied low profile but held a steel-grip over the party's affairs as he helped steer it through the potholed roads of changing political landscapes. Babubhai and AP to friends and Ahmed…
Malayalam feature "Jallikattu" has been selected as India's official entry for the International Feature Film category at the 93rd Academy Awards. The Film Federation of India (FFI) said on Wednesday that the Lijo Jose Pellissery directorial was unanimously chosen from 27 entries. "There were a total of 27 films that…
Dr Gaurav Sharm, on Wednesday took oath in Sanskrit in the New Zealand Parliament. Recently elected as the Member of Parliament, Sharma, 33, hails from Hamirpur in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. India's High Commissioner to New Zealand and Samoa, Muktesh Pardeshi said on Twitter that Sharma took oath…
Indian sporting fraternity has paid emotional tributes to football superstar Diego Maradona. The Argentine soccer great, who led his country to the 1986 World Cup title, died on Wednesday. He was 60. "My hero no more ..my mad genius rest in peace ..I watched football for you," former India cricket…
New Zealand Cricket (NZC) head Greg Barclay has been elected as the ICC's new Independent Chairman. Barclay comfortably overcame the challenge from Singapore's Imran Khwaja to succeed India's Shashank Manohar during ICC meeting on Tuesday. The electronic voting process involved 16 board of directors -- 12 from full member (Test…
England will tour Pakistan next year for the first time since a 2009 attack by gunmen on the visiting Sri Lankan team in a move hailed by England cricket authorities as “a significant moment”. England will play two Twenty20 internationals in Karachi on October 14 and 15 in their first…
A teenage trafficking survivor in India has won 900,000 rupees ($12,165) in a rare payout that lawyers said was “unprecedented” in size under the country’s compensation schemes for victims. The survivor was 13 when she was trafficked from eastern Odisha state and sold to a brothel in Sonagachi, India’s largest…
Massive crowds of maskless mourners gathered in Lahore on Saturday for the funeral of hardline Pakistani cleric Khadim Hussain Rizvi, who for years terrorised the country’s religious minorities, incited riots and advocated the destruction of European nations in the name of fighting blasphemy. Vast throngs of men were seen packing…
