• Thursday, February 27, 2025

India top court asks judges, lawyers to avoid stereotyping women

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 maiden state-of-the-art 3D post office opens in Bengaluru: Every…

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…

Pakistan caretaker PM Kakar includes wife of Kashmir separatist leader,…

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…

Search underway on Vistara aircraft at Delhi airport after bomb…

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…

Elon Musk praises Indian-American presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy, months after…

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…

India central bank launches portal for unclaimed deposits

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…

Why India’s Olympic gold-winning athlete Neeraj Chopra sought help from…

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…

Pakistan general elections delayed as poll body decides fresh constituency…

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…

Ailing circus industry in India’s Kerala seeks government help; hopes…

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…

Missing Muslim woman leader of Modi’s BJP murdered by husband:…

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,…