June 2024

New Delhi: The Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections for May came in at Rs 1.73 lakh crore, a 10 per cent growth (year-on-year), driven by a strong increase in domestic transactions and slowing of imports, the Centre said on Saturday.…

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which achieved a 7-0 clean sweep in Delhi during the 2019 elections, could win six seats this time, the exit poll done by News 24-Today's Chanakya projected on Saturday. The exit poll, which…

New Delhi: The India Today-Axis My India Exit Polls on Saturday projected a landslide victory for the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar and Jharkhand in the Lok Sabha elections, though with little setbacks as compared to…

New Delhi: Reports have been floating around about Dinesh Karthik’s retirement since Royal Challengers Bengaluru's (RCB) final game of the season against Royal Rajasthan in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 Eliminator match. The…

New Delhi: The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Saturday said that PF members can now request a change or rectification in their data online and upload the relevant prescribed documents. The EPFO has operationalised a…

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala witnessed a record increase in tourist arrivals in 2023, both domestic and international, rebounding strongly after back-to-back deluges and the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the state Tourism Department.…

New York: Stress during childhood is linked with earlier substance use in male and female adolescents, a new study showed on Saturday. Early life stress is children’s experiences of abuse, neglect and conflict. According to the study…

New Delhi; The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has warned about a vulnerability in Checkpoint Network Security gateway products, which could allow hackers to compromise users’ data. According to its advisory by the…

New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp on Saturday said it banned more than 71 lakh accounts in India in the month of April for violating the laws of the land. Out of 7,182,000 banned WhatsApp accounts, 1,302,000 were proactively blocked,…

New York: Indian-origin researcher Dr Abhishek Jain, from the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University in the US, and his team are developing a vessel-chip technology for more personalised pharmaceutical drug…

New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Leading automaker Maruti Suzuki, on Saturday, reported sale of 1,74,551 units in May, down by 2 per cent (year on year) from 1,78,083 units in the same period last year. India's largest automotive brand saw…

Mumbai: Actress Urvashi Rautela, who has often been heavily trolled on social media, says the best way to handle it is by not dealing with it at all. "Well, the best way to deal with trolling is to not deal with it at all. That's what I…

Chennai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has left the Vivekananda Rock Memorial after 45 hours of meditation at the Dhyana Mandap in Tamil Nadu’s Kanyakumari. PM Modi also paid floral tributes at the statue of Thiruvalluvar, a saint and…

Taipei (Taiwan): India's DP Manu won a gold medal in the men's javelin throw event at Taiwan Athletics Open 2024 with the best effort of 81.58m here on Saturday. Manu started the competition with a throw of 78.32m before bettering it to…

Doha: Qatar, the US, and Egypt have jointly called on Hamas and Israel to finalise an agreement based on the principles of a US proposal, according to a statement from the Qatari Foreign Ministry. The three countries jointly call on…

Budapest: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has highlighted the urgency of a ceasefire and the need for negotiations between Russia and Ukraine to prevent the armed conflict from spreading. Orban made the remarks on Saturday when…

Prayagraj: In an unexpected development, the Allahabad High Court, after reserving its order on an application challenging the maintainability of suits related to the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Eidgah dispute, has reopened the same for…

Lucknow: Thirty-three poll personnel succumbed to heat-related conditions during the seventh phase of the Lok Sabha election held in 13 constituencies in the state on Saturday, according to Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO)…

Itanagar: Counting of votes, polled in April 19 Assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh, began on Sunday morning under three-tier security measures with the Central Paramilitary forces deployed in the first two tiers, officials said.…

Etawah (Uttar Pradesh); Lioness Neerja has given birth to four cubs at the Etawah Safari Park in Uttar Pradesh. At least three of the four cubs are healthy while one is still weak. With this, the number of lions at Etawah Safari Park…