June 2024

New Delhi: More than Rs 8,000 crore in funds was added on Zerodha's Kite app on the Lok Sabha election results day, according to a chart shared by the brokerage firm’s co-founder and CEO Nithin Kamath on Tuesday. Kamath, in a post on X,…

New Delhi; As generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and other AI skills become more common in all use cases such as education, the workplace, research and development, and others, experts on Tuesday said that a strong AI policy…

Kabul: More than 300 Afghan refugee families have returned home from Pakistan and Iran over the past couple of days, reported the state-run Bakhtar news agency on Tuesday. A total of 303 families who used to stay as refugees for years…

Colombo: Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers, on Tuesday, authorised the investigation of the cause of the recent floods, which left 17 dead and thousands displaced as heavy rains and strong winds lashed out across many parts of the country.…

Ramallah: Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli army gunfire in the West Bank city of Tulkarm on Tuesday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said in a statement. The victims were identified as Abdel Fattah Jabara and Ahmed Rajab, the…

Baghdad" The Iraqi Interior Ministry announced on Tuesday that its forces had arrested some individuals responsible for attacking branches of American and UK companies in the country's capital, Baghdad. According to a ministry statement,…

Colombo: As India has completed its elections and results are out, foreign policy experts and academics have viewed the results as proof of India’s strong democracy while the re-election of Prime Minister Modi’s government is proof of…

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres congratulates the people of India for the "massive exercise of democracy", his Associate Spokesperson Florencia Soto Nino said on Tuesday. "We, of course, want to congratulate the…

Washington: US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that would immediately turn down requests for entry into the country by asylum-seekers crossing the southern border illegally, in the event that officials deem the border is…

United Nations: In Afghanistan, where the Taliban rules with an iron fist and human rights violations, is marked by a history of "lost opportunities", according to Under-Secretary-General Marting Griffiths. “I think we have lost we've…

New Delhi: The counting of votes for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections is currently underway, with the NDA leading the charts in early trends. As per the early trends, the NDA is leading in 286 seats, while the opposition INDIA bloc is…

Srinagar; Among the two former Chief Ministers of Jammu & Kashmir, Omar Abdullah was leading and Mehbooba Mufti was trailing in their respective constituencies. As per the early leads available here, former CM and National…

Lucknow, June 4 (IANS) Counting of votes in Uttar Pradesh, which sends 80 members to the Lok Sabha, has begun amidst tight security. Special measures have been taken this year to combat the intense heat, ensuring a comfortable…

New Delhi; Ahead of the counting, BJP leader Bansuri Swaraj on Tuesday paid obeisance at Birla Mandir here and said she was positive that the Modi government will make a comeback at the Centre. Daughter of former External Affairs…

Panaji; Ahead of the counting of votes, the BJP and Congress have expressed confidence about winning both the Lok Sabha seats in Goa. Union Minister of State for Tourism Shripad Naik, after the BJP core meeting held on Monday evening,…

Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP President B.Y. Vijayendra said on Monday that a party delegation will meet Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot to press for the transfer of the investigation into the death of an employee of the Tribal Welfare Corporation…

New Delhi: The entire north India, including the Delhi-NCR, is reeling under an oppressive heat wave with cases of heat stroke being reported from different parts, but respite is likely soon, according to an IMD scientist. IMD's weather…

Hyderabad: Counting of votes polled for 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana will be taken up at 34 counting centres amid tight security on Tuesday. Counting of votes for the Secunderabad Cantonment Assembly constituency, where a by-election…

Bhubaneswar, June 3 (IANS) The leaders as well as workers of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are upbeat after almost all the Exit Polls surveys projected massive gains for the party in Lok Sabha elections in Odisha. The…