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Thailand’s new Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has vowed to act quickly to relieve the country’s economic problems in his inaugural speech to Parliament

Nine passengers have been injured after an engine fire sent smoke into the cabin of an Air China jetliner landing in Singapore, prompting an evacuation of the aircraft

Sports betting company DraftKings has apologized after using the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks to entice people to bet on baseball and football games

A tortilla chip maker’s decision to pull its extremely spicy product sold as a “One Chip Challenge” from store shelves following the death of a Massachusetts teen has renewed attention on the popularity — and risks — of similar dares marketed by brands...

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After 10 months of Elon Musk’s rule, crypto scams on X (formerly Twitter) are still thriving.

MUMBAI : Rajiv Jain-led US-based boutique investment manager GQG Partners Llc, on Monday, acquired an additional 5.1 crore or 0.76% stake in private lender IDFC First Bank Ltd from V. Vaidyanathan, MD & CEO of the bank, for ₹478.7 crore through block deal on the exchange. GQG Partners increased its stake in IDFC First Bank to 3.36% with an additional purchase of 5.1 crore shares.

Nagaland assembly on Monday unanimously opposed the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio told the house that the UCC as single law which deals with all matters relating to marriage and divorce succession and inheritance, adoption including personal laws and practices. The Chief Minister said that the UCC should be exempted for the state of Nagaland on the ground Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation, 1873 (BEFR Act 1873), 9-Point Agreement 1947 and 16-Point Agreement 1960. Under the BEFR Act 1873, Inner Line Permit (ILP) system was introduced in Nagaland and other northeastern states while the 9-Point Agreement 1947 granted judicial, executive and legislative powers, as well as autonomy in land-related matters in Nagaland and under the 16-Point Agreement 1960, the Government of India recognised the formation of Nagaland as a full-fledged state. MLA Imkong L. Imchen said that the implementation of UCC could potentially lead to inconvenience for the people of Nagaland. He further noted that the verbal assurance from Union Home Minister Amit Shah assured to exempt Nagaland from the UCC. Leader of Naga People’s Front legislature party, Kuzholuzo Nienu said that any attempt to enforce UCC on the diverse communities across the country would be futile and counterproductive and that it would be a direct threat to the fabric of a communitarian tribal ethos and values. Imposing UCC is betraying the hope and trust of the minorities, especially the tribal communities, for whom constitutional provisions, like article 371 (A), has been provided to protect and promote the customs, values and practices, he said. Minister, Power and Parliamentary Affairs, K.G.

BRICS Summit held in South Africa and the G20 Summit that just concluded in India, have intrigued the world with their agenda to declare themselves as true representative voices of the Global South, which refers to developing countries. Such representation suggests political and ideological opposition to a Western dominated world order, aimed at others claiming their rightful place as equal players in world affairs.

Kialia Pinellas was mystified when her teenage daughter started acting like a giddy groupie while they were shopping at a mall outside Orlando, Fla. “She was just going crazy," says Pinellas. “I have never seen her react that way." It turned out her 14-year-old daughter Khaloni Crowell had recognized a clothing-store clerk as “Dhatboiitre," a young TikTok personality who posts prank, lip sync and comedy videos for his 1.1 million followers.

India vs Pakistan LIVE Score As soon as Virat Kohli became the fastest man to score 13,000 runs, fans went gaga on the internet. Social media platforms flooded with wishes and messages for ‘King Kohli’.

Friend.tech, a decentralized social media platform, has experienced a rapid resurgence, with its Total Locked Value (TVL) nearly doubling to nearly $20 million in just the past four days.

After a day long strike of bus operators came to an end on Monday, former Indian cricketer Anil Kumble was spotted travelling in a Bengaluru Metropolitian Transport Corporation (BMTC) bus. The former team India captain shared his photo taken inside BMTC bus on X, formerly Twitter.

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday alleged that members of the opposition INDIA alliance want to erase the Sanatan Hindu religion which withstood such attempts made in the past by Mughal rulers, the British and the Portuguese. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader's remarks came amid a political row after Tamil Nadu minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, who belongs to DMK, blamed Sanatan Dharma for promoting division and discrimination among people and called for its eradication. Also, DMK leader A Raja had likened Sanatan Dharma to diseases like leprosy and HIV which had social stigma. «Mughal rulers like Babar, the British and the Portuguese, who came to Goa with the agenda of forced conversion, had tried to eradicate the Sanatan Hindu religion, but all of them failed.

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US President Biden is significant because, when PM Modi was on his maiden state visit to the United States in June this year, several human rights organisations had flagged the curbing of press freedom in India and had urged President Biden to talk about the same. In US, PM Modi and President Biden had conducted a rather rare press conference, Modi answered a questions from an US journalist about the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government’s record in treatment of minorities.

Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) released its financial administrative policy for the fiscal year 2023 on August 29, outlining key areas of focus. The policy aims to ensure that Japan's economic activities and public life remain stable amidst changing socio-economic conditions and are geared towards future growth. 

Maratha community which will be foolproof and stands legal scrutiny but it won't take any hasty decision, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said on Monday ahead of the all-party meeting. Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the government will try for broad consensus on how to move forward on issues raised by Marathas and other communities at the meeting. «The state government wants to give the Maratha community a reservation that will be foolproof and which will pass legal test.

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Rahul Gandhi has hit out at the BJP during an interaction with students and academics in Paris, saying that the governing party is out to get power at any cost. When asked about the debate around the name of the country, Gandhi noted that both India and Bharat are documented in the Constitution and therefore, the government was acting in “strange ways" because they are “irritated" with the name of the Opposition’s Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A.). "There is something deeper that is going on, which is that people who want to change the name of anything are basically trying to deny history.