Countries around the world are growing increasingly cautious about maintaining sovereign assets abroad. (AI image) India’s gold reserves are increasingly being stored in the country – a significant move in an era where countries use financial warfare to mount pressure and settle scores. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has intensified its efforts to transfer…
Lucknow: Chief secretary SP Goyal took a strict view of complaints of urea shortage in some parts of the state, even though he was informed that there was adequate urea available in the state’s buffer stock.Chairing a meeting of district magistrates and divisional commissioners on Wednesday, the CS said that a minimum of 25 tonnes…
Representative Image (AI-generated) October 13 marks a unique occasion in the United States as the country observes both Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Celebrated on the second Monday in October, Columbus Day has been a federal holiday since 1892, with parades honoring Italian-American heritage and pride. Indigenous Peoples’ Day was first recognized through a…
NEW DELHI: Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party (JSP), billed as Bihar’s newest political alternative, appears to have made little electoral headway according to exit polls for the assembly elections. Most agencies placed the party at zero to a handful of seats, suggesting that the high voter turnout and speculation of a silent shift towards Kishor…
Lucknow’s Muharram transcends religious boundaries, weaving Shia mourning rituals into the city’s cultural fabric The period may be of mourning but there is much to it that celebrates the city’s golden, glorious nawabi bearings. Muharram culture is in Lucknow’s DNA, by its founder’s deliberate design, which city has kept alive through ages.First month of Islamic…
Rahul Gandhi during the Voter Adhikar Yatra, in Bihar. (AICC via PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday escalated his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Election Commission of India (ECI), calling the much-touted “Gujarat Model” a “model of vote-chori (poll theft).”“It (‘vote chori’) was happening in Gujarat before 2014….
PATNA: Provisions on seizure and confiscation of vehicles or buildings used to commit offences punishable under Bihar’s liquor prohibition law are “draconian”, Patna HC has said, calling for extreme caution during their application, reported.A division bench of acting Chief Justice PB Bajanthri and Justice SB Pd Singh said authorities were exercising unfettered power under the…
Greta Thunberg (ANI) Greta Thunberg on Saturday told Swedish authorities that she is being subjected to harsh treatment while in Israeli custody.The environmental activist was detained and removed from a flotilla ship delivering aid to Gaza, as reported by the Guardian.In an email from the Swedish foreign ministry to Thunberg’s associates, an official who visited…
NEW DELHI: The aviation minister K Rammohan Naidu vowed in Rajya Sabha on Monday that the government will take “very, very strict action” against Indigo over the recent fiasco to “set an example” across the industry.Speaking during question hour, Naidu said the disruption was a result of IndiGo’s internal lapses. Blaming the carrier for failing…
NEW DELHI: The finance ministry is considering an earlier proposal to merge the three state-owned general insurance companies into a single entity, following their improved financial health, to achieve better efficiency and scale.Government infused Rs 17,450 crore between 2019-20 and 2021-22 in three PSU general insurance companies, namely Oriental Insurance, National Insurance and United India…