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Due to warmer temperatures and increasing urbanization, the market for cooling systems is expanding in Africa

Human Rights Committee on Thursday voiced concern about alleged discrimination and violence against minority groups in India as well as over application of counter-terrorism legislation for decades in some districts of the country.

Union Budget 2024 has introduced an amendment in the rules for those who are planning to shift bases from India. This amendment mandates individuals domiciled in India to clear their complete tax dues and obtain 'clearance certificates' before leaving the country, under new provisions of the Black Money Act.

The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart. The great Bob Newhart passed away last week at the age of 94, and the soft-spoken performer left a massive impact on comedy — and on television finales. This is a salute.

Even something as mundane as job hunting can become a terrifying ordeal for women. A job seeker in Pakistan was subjected to sexual harassment when she applied for a trainee position at Giga Group, an Islamabad-based firm. The woman, a young graduate named Adina Hira had applied T for an entry-level trainee and office assistant position through the Indeed app.

global spending touching USD 200 billion this year, Prayank Swaroop, partner at global VC fund Accel, said on Thursday. Cybersecurity startups in the country are poised to see a steady growth on the back of higher spending in the domestic market, he said at the Accel Cybersecurity Summit 2024 in Bengaluru.

Kargil War, the Headquarters of the Army Training Command (ARTRAC) in Shimla is celebrating the 'Kargil Vijay Diwas Rajat Jayanti Mahotsav.'

Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday said the Supreme Court's decision on the NEET-UG matter is not a defeat of students but of the Congress' «irresponsible attitude» and «petty politics». The Congress, he charged is the «father» of paper leaks and corruption.

Air India Express, a subsidiary of Tata owned Air India on Thursday announced that it has expanded its network to Tripura. It will introduce daily direct flights connecting Agartala to Guwahati, Delhi and Kolkata from September 1, said the airline in a press release. Tripura will be the airline’s 46th destination.

A Tennessee store clerk is in hot water after authorities say he stole a customer’s winning lottery ticket, threw it away and later fished it out of the trash and tried to claim the winnings as his own.

Chinese officials have warned a delegation of top U.S. executives visiting Beijing this week that higher tariffs on imports from China will harm their businesses inside the country

Vietnam has passed a decree radically loosening the Communist Party-ruled state’s control on how electricity is sold to private companies

Eleven years into Venezuela’s crisis, the days of food shortages are virtually gone

A lawyer says activist publisher Jimmy Lai will testify in his defense at his Hong Kong national security trial

₹15,000) on a recruit’s first salary, internships offered at India’s top 500 companies, reimbursements of provident fund contributions and other measures aimed at higher participation of women in the workforce are expected to drive job creation substantially. The budget also aims to establish India as a leading startup nation. Key provisions include relief on the ‘angel tax’ and increasing the Mudra loan scheme’s limit from ₹10 lakh to ₹20 lakh per borrower.

government proposed a cut in import duty on gold and silver in the budget. Analysts said the move aimed at curbing illegal imports of gold would benefit domestic jewellers, especially the large organised ones.

budget in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram pushed forward five demands from finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

Finance Secretary TV Somanathan said in an interview to Anuradha Shukla and Deepshikha Sikarwar. Edited excerpts:

Paris Olympics 2024 just beginning in a matter of hours now, there are reports of different organizations and activist groups, who are trying to convince Los Angeles to pull out of hosting the 2028 Olympic Games in the city. According to The Telegraph's report, there are various issues, related to the environment, city traffic, population, security and much more that is compromised when a city hosts the Olympic Games, which is all the more reason why people are asking LA to pull out of being the hosts.

Nitin Gadkari is likely to represent India at the Iran President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian's swearing-in ceremony on July 30, displaying New Delhi's commitment to the partnership marked by the recent 10-year-deal on the Chabahar Port. India has been deputing senior ministers and leaders to Iran on important occasions in the backdrop of the nature of the partnership. Earlier this year, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankar represented India at Iran's former president Ebrahim Raisi's funeral. Raisi played a key role in the bilateral pact that will allow India operations of the Chabahar Port for 10 years. India had played a role in Iran's Brics membership last year. Five presidents and ten parliament speakers from different countries will attend Pezeshkian's inauguration. The election in Iran was necessitated following Raisi's death in a helicopter crash. Raisi had plans to visit India this year.

New Delhi: Close on the heels of PM Narendra Modi's Moscow trip for the annual summit, Russia is supplying 120 super long-range Surface-to-Air missiles to India that will give the country's military an edge over Pakistan.