Thirteen people, mostly women, were killed and two others injured in a series of explosions at a firecracker manufacturing unit in Virudhunagar, India. The blasts were triggered by sparks from firecrackers being tested on the road. The victims were working in sheds set up illegally behind a firecracker shop. The chief minister announced compensation...
Read MoreAmidst this, yesterday, the 69th National Awards were held in the capital and Vivek’s film ‘The Kashmir Files’ won the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Film on National Integration. On the other hand, Karan Johar was also at the ceremony, to accept the Special Jury Award for Shershaah, a film he had produced. Soon...
Read MoreFormer chief minister and AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami announced that his party would lead a grand alliance for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and win all 40 seats. He also asserted that the AIADMK would not have an alliance with the BJP for both the 2024 LS polls and the 2026 assembly...
Read MoreFarmers in Erumanur village in Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu, destroyed paddy crops on 30 acres of land as the crops withered due to a lack of water for irrigation. The farmers rely on rain for irrigation and had invested around ₹25,000 per acre in raising the paddy. They are now requesting government assistance and...
Read MoreOfficials at the Anamalai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu are celebrating as a sub-adult tiger successfully killed a sambar deer. The tiger had been placed in a 10,000 sqft enclosure without human contact for 17 months as part of an experiment to rewild the animal. The tiger has also killed and eaten other prey,...
Read MoreA seven-year-old girl was killed in Ahmedabad when a foundation pit collapsed at a construction site. The girl, along with her mother and one-year-old brother, was buried under the soil. The site supervisor and other laborers rescued them, but the incident was not reported to the police or fire brigade. The girl did not...
Read MoreUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has highlighted the work done by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in developing locations associated with Babasaheb BR Ambedkar into pilgrimage sites. Adityanath stated that PM Modi has given true respect to Ambedkar by transforming places like Mau, Delhi, Mumbai, England, and Nagpur into important sites. He also criticized...
Read MoreThe IMF director for Asia-Pacific, Krishna Srinivasan, explained the agency’s stance on currency market intervention and other economic policies in an interview. He discussed the impact of China’s slowdown on the Asia-Pacific region and India, emphasizing the strong linkages between countries and the indirect effects of China’s slowdown on the world. Srinivasan also mentioned...
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