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India exported smartphones worth USD 4.67 billion in April-July this fiscal, following a multifold jump in shipments to the US, which emerged as the biggest destination for India-made devices, according to government data. The smartphone exports to the US jumped multiple times to USD 1.67 billion during the first four months of this fiscal against USD 284.6 million a year ago, the commerce ministry data showed.

PTI, “The individual concerned has been banned from attending any further games at the event and the matter is in the hands of the Indian authorities." ALSO READ: India vs Australia Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023 Updates It is to be known that this is the fourth time Jarvo, considered a nuisance across all venues in the UK, has managed to breach security in a match involving India. As per details, Jarvo, wearing the India jersey, coolly entered the venue just as the Indian team were lining up for the march past.

Labour Party gather in Liverpool on Sunday for their annual conference with an unfamiliar feeling: optimism. The party has been out of power for 13 years, and in the last national election in 2019, voters handed Labour its worst drubbing since 1935. But with an election due next year, polls put Labour as much as 20 points ahead of the governing Conservative Party, and Labour scored a morale-boosting special election victory in Scotland last week.

Delhi Municipal Corporation or MCD. Singapore's High Commissioner to India, Simon Wong, in a social media post today morning highlighted a spelling error in the name of his country on a signboard installed near the high commission. Mr Wong, likely discovered the gaffe while on his morning walk, took to X and asked the MCD to do a 'spell check' before installing the signage. His post included a picture of signage, which had wrongly mentioned the spelling of his country as Singapur.

Israel-Gaza War LIVE Updates A few months after the Israeli forces withdrew from Gaza 38 years after capturing it from Egypt, Hamas won the Parliamentary elections. Despite it forming the government, the foreign assistance was cut off as it refused to renounce non-violence and recognition of Israel. It also refused to sign the former agreement between Israel and Palestine, resulting in a brewing conflict with Israel.

A civil servant from the UK has been given the all-clear from cancer after becoming the first person in Wales to be prescribed a new wonder drug, according to a report published by Swansea Bay University Health Board. News agency BBC also reported it. 42-year-old Carrie Downey was diagnosed with bowel cancer a year ago and given dostarlimab infusions for six months. Tests have shown there is no longer any evidence of the disease, the report said. The drug, dostarlimab, targets a specific variant of colorectal cancer. Carrie was diagnosed on 1st September last year while doctors were investigating after she complained of having pains from a previous hernia mesh implant.

India Today. As per the report, the meet was held to discuss India’s G20 Presidency, though the MPs appreciated the presidency, many also raised questions on suspension of visa services for Canadians. Clearing the air, the Union Minister stated that the suspension was not a retaliatory action but rather an effort to protect the safety of the Indian diplomats, sources said as reported by the daily.

Last month, when delegates of the Group of 20 (G20) nations arrived in New Delhi, they were given the taste of one of India’s most successful creations: the Unified Payments Interface (UPI). Travellers could make a one-time payment in their own currency to load a digital wallet, which could be used throughout their visit to pay merchants in rupees using the ubiquitous UPI QR codes. That was just one of the various ways UPI has gone global in recent years: the system is already accessible in some form or the other in close to two dozen countries.

Swedish private equity firm EQT Partners is poised to sign on the dotted line to acquire one of Australia’s largest veterinary chains, VetPartners.

The few which have made a difference might include the 'Bhagavad Gita', the 'Panchatantra tales', the 'Kama Sutra', Patanjali’s 'Yoga Sutras', and Mahatma Gandhi’s autobiography. To which I might add Albert Howard’s 'An Agricultural Testament' (1940). Howard was British, but his life’s work was mostly in India.

Amit Shah, Defence Minister and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday extended greetings to all Indian Air Force personnel on 91st Air Force Foundation Day. Indian Air Force on Sunday morning started the 91st-anniversary celebration with a ceremonial parade at Bamrauli Air Force Station in Prayagraj. Taking to X, Union Home Minister Amit Shah wrote, «Greetings and warm wishes to all Indian Air Force personnel and their families on the occasion of the #91stAnniversary of this amazing force.

Read more. Four more remains were discovered on October 7, and the death toll from the Sikkim flash flood reached 30. There are currently 81 persons missing, for whom search efforts are underway.

British Parliament that both sides had already closed the majority of chapters, but added that his country would accept only a “fair and reciprocal” trade deal. A year later, hard negotiations are still continuing. UK PM Rishi Sunak said last month that there was progress in talks but he “won’t rush” into a deal.

Shares in the troubled British lender Metro Bank have bounced back by a third on reports that it has been sounding out bigger rivals to buy a chunk of its assets

Identifying India as its priority market, British coffee chain brand, Costa Coffee’s global CEO Philippe Schaillee on Friday said that it will add 50 more speciality coffee stores in the country. The company, which is now owned by beverages major Coca-Cola, recently opened its 150th store in the country.

Suella Braverman has cautioned his niece about some of her language around immigration and urged her not to forget that she herself is a child of migrants. According to a report in 'The Times' on Saturday, Father Ayres Fernandes told the newspaper from India that he sees the need to clamp down on illegal immigration. However, the director of a retreat centre in Okhla said there was a need for more compassion towards refugees and asylum seekers.

Click here! The prime minister has also ordered the military to clear the infiltrated towns of Hamas militants that remained locked in gunfights with Israeli soldiers. Earlier, Israel's Minister of Defence, Yoav Gallant, said "Hamas terrorists made a grave mistake this morning and launched a war against Israel". "IDF troops are fighting the enemy at every location.

Two senior Republican members of the United States House of Representatives on Friday, Oct. 6, urged the Biden administration to strengthen the enforcement of export controls concerning the transfer of advanced computing chips and the associated manufacturing tools to China.

Ranil Wickremesinghe has reiterated that such an investigation into the incident was not permissible under the country's law. Responding to Sunday's editorial in the Catholic Church's Messenger newspaper titled «An international investigation team is needed for an independent, transparent, and thorough investigation and monitoring», the President's Media Division (PMD) said, «We cannot endorse the idea of international investigations into Sri Lanka's internal matters.» «The Constitution of Sri Lanka and all other existing laws do not provide for conducting international investigations.

Asian markets posted gains Friday, shrugging off Wall Street losses ahead of key US jobs data due later in the day. Analysts say signs of a robust American economy, such as strong labour market data this week, are bad news for equities as it gives the Federal Reserve more reason to keep monetary policy tight through to the end of the year and beyond. US Treasury yields hit their highest levels since 2007 this week as investors fear high borrowing costs for businesses and consumers will eventually drag on the economy. All eyes are on Friday's monthly US employment data, which will give investors a good idea of whether recent signs of a softening in the labour market will continue. «European markets look set to open modestly higher ahead of today's US jobs report,» said Michael Hewson, chief market analyst at CMC Markets UK, «which, along with the September CPI report which is due next week could shift the odds significantly on whether we see another rate hike in November». «One other reason for the welcome retreat in yields yesterday may well have been the sharp decline in oil prices we've seen the past couple of days.» On Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished flat, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq index ticked lower. But Hong Kong was on the front foot Friday, with gains of about 1.5 percent by the afternoon, though Tokyo closed marginally lower. Singapore, Seoul and Manila were also up, while mainland Chinese markets were closed for a week-long holiday. London, Frankfurt and Paris all kicked off with small gains. Stephen Innes, managing partner at SPI Asset Management, said the Asian advances were «thanks partly to a drop in oil prices that benefits Asia's colossal oil-importing nations». «This

BBC director of nations, Rhodri Talfan Davies, said GenAI provides opportunities to deliver «more value to our audiences and society». «We believe Gen AI could provide a significant opportunity for the BBC to deepen and amplify our mission, enabling us to deliver more value to our audiences and to society,» he added.