THE Supreme Court of India has come up with a handbook for judges asking them to avoid terms such as seductress, spinster, vamp and harlot when speaking about women. The lawyers have also been advised to shun them while filing cases. According to the top court, usage of such terms…
INDIA'S first 3D-printed post office built with a robotic printer using 3D printing technology that deposits concrete layer-by-layer in accordance with computerised 3D model drawing input was inaugurated on Friday (18) in the southern city of Bengaluru. Prime minister Narendra Modi lauded the effort in a tweet saying that it…
ANWAARUL Haq, who recently took over as the caretaker prime minister of Pakistan which is due to go to national elections in a few months, has appointed Mushaal Hussain Malik, the wife of Yasin Malik, a separatist leader from Kashmir and leader of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, as a…
AUTHORITIES at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi were searching a Vistara airplane, which was set to depart for Pune in the western state of Maharashtra, following a bomb threat, airport officials said on Friday (18). In a statement, Vistara said flight UK971 had been delayed due to "mandatory…
US ENTREPRENUER and the world's richest man Elon Musk on Friday (18) praised Vivek Ramaswamy, an Indian-American politician from the Conservative Party running for the presidential post in next year's election, calling his candidature "promising". In a post on X, formerly called Twitter which is owned by Musk himself, he…
HERE are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Thursday, August 17, 2023: India's central bank Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday launched a centralised web portal UDGAM (Unclaimed Deposits – Gateway to Access inforMation). The portal has been developed by RBI for use by members…
ACE Indian athlete Neeraj Chopra on Thursday (17) called upon the country's external affairs minister S Jaishankar requesting him to intervene in the visa predicament faced by fellow athlete Kishore Kumar Jena as it has put his participation in the imminent World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, from August 19…
THE Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided for a fresh redrawing of constituencies based on the new census data, causing a delay in the upcoming general elections that were initially planned to occur within the constitutionally mandated 90-day window following the dissolution of the parliament last week. The decision…
ONCE it was a people's favourite, particularly during winter. But times have changed today so much so that circuses and the people associated with it are facing an existential threat. Tears welled up in the eyes of Gangadharan, as he recalled how difficult it had been for him to put…
SANA Khan, chief of the minority wing of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the western state of Maharashtra, has been found to be murdered by her husband, police of Jabalpur, a city in the central state of Madhya Pradesh bordering Maharashtra revealed on Saturday (12). According to reports,…