The Railway Protection Force (RPF), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), and Indian Railway Institute of Disaster Management (IRIDM) have signed an MoU to establish a framework for integrated relief operations during railway accidents. This collaboration aims to enhance national railway disaster readiness, focusing on faster, safer, and more coordinated rescue efforts, particularly during the critical…
The verification process will utilise biometric information through Aadhar identification system. (AI image) Facial recognition and fingerprint authentication – these are the two new features that may be launched for payments made through the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), according to a Reuters report.The National Payments Corporation of India, UPI’s operator, intends to display this biometric…
NEW DELHI: The Lawrence Bishnoi gang carried out shootings at multiple locations in Canada on Sunday night. Fateh Portugal, associated with the Lawrence gang, claimed responsibility for the shootings in a social media post and released the videos.The post stated that a person named Navi Tesi extorted 5 million from people in the name of…
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday launched the foreign currency settlement system in GIFT city on Tuesday, at the sixth Global Fintech Fest in Mumbai. With this, the GIFT IFSC has joined a select group of international financial centres that can settle foreign currency transactions locally.At the event, the FM also highlighted that India…
NEW DELHI: Former Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal has been allotted a new government bungalow at 95, Lodhi Estate, based on his eligibility as the head of a national political party.The allotment was made in his capacity as the national convenor of AAP, which holds national party status.AAP’s over…
Tighter US immigration rules are making Indian families think twice before arranging marriages with relatives living in the United States, matchmakers and experts say.Sidhi Sharma, a 19-year-old medical student from Haryana, had hoped to marry an Indian citizen with a high-paying US job, but abandoned the idea after recent headlines about President Donald Trump’s immigration…
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has activated the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2026 registration demo link today, October 7, 2025, at demo.nta.nic.in. This move is aimed at helping aspiring candidates familiarise themselves with the online registration process ahead of the official application window.The NTA is set to open the registration for JEE Main 2026,…
US President Donald Trump has asked Google to restore access to Univision on the YouTube TV streaming platform. In a post shared on the social media platform Truth Social, Trump has argued that the blackout is detrimental to Republicans ahead of the upcoming Midterm elections in the US. He tagged Google on the Truth Social…
Actor Ishaan Khatter shares insights into his childhood. He grew up with a single mother, facing financial challenges. This experience profoundly shaped his worldview. Khatter highlights his mother’s sacrifices in raising him and his brother. He also touches upon his middle-class upbringing and the privileges of being in the film industry. Ishaan Khatter recently opened…
In a remarkable cinematic achievement, Rishab Shetty’s ‘Kantara: A Legend Chapter 1’ has taken the box office by storm, raking in an astonishing Rs 256.50 crore in merely five days. Wrestling its way past other major releases, it now proudly claims the title of the fourth highest-grossing film of the year. Rishab Shetty’s Kantara: A…
