NEW DELHI: The Indian embassy in Beirut issued an advisory on Thursday cautioning Indian citizens residing in Lebanon amid the recent escalation in the Middle East following the killing of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh by Israeli forces.Advising against non-essential travel to Lebanon, the embassy stated, “In view of the recent escalations in the region, Indian…
NEW DELHI: After winning the T20I series against Sri Lanka 3-0, the Indian cricket team, led by Rohit Sharma, is gearing up for the ODI series in Colombo starting from Friday.Rohit, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer reached Sri Lanka on Sunday and on Wednesday all had practice sessions gearing up for the ODIs.But now a…
NEW DELHI: Grappling with just 30 fighter squadrons when it is authorised 42 to face the threat from China and Pakistan, the IAF will to wait further for the deliveries of the indigenous Tejas Mark-1A jets to begin.The first of the 83 “improved” Tejas jets was to be delivered to IAF by March 31 this…
MUMBAI: More than 200 cooperative and regional rural banks are experiencing outages because of a ransomware attack. Following the attack, the National Payments Corporation of India disconnected their core banking provider C-Edge Technologies – a technology company promoted by SBI and TCS – from the payment system.In a statement issued here, NPCI said, “C-Edge Technologies,…
Kerala government refuted on Wednesday Union home minister Amit Shah‘s statement in Parliament that central agencies had issued advance extreme weather warnings for Wayanad, where rain-triggered landslides early Tuesday killed more than 160 people.Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said Shah’s remarks were “inconsistent with the facts”. The area where the disaster hit, only an orange alert…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday told Parliament the Centre had warned Kerala govt multiple times about the possibility of a rain-induced natural disaster, the first alert going out as early as July 23. Shah’s remarks came in response to attacks from opposition members in both Houses as they questioned the govt’s preparedness…
MUNDAKKAI: Until two days ago, Mundakkai was the dream getaway for tourists, with its rolling tea plantations and misty environs, housing a mosque, church, post office, a clutch of shops and scores of houses. Now, it’s a wasteland of sludge and mangled metal and wood, reports Rajeev KR. Sreejith Kumar VS, who works at a…
NEW DELHI: Amid signs of a renewed effort by India and China to resolve the military standoff in eastern Ladakh, India and China held another round of diplomatic talks for an early completion of the disengagement process that India sees as essential for resuming normal bilateral exchanges.While there was no breakthrough in the talks as…
AYODHYA: Ramchet, a cobbler from Sultanpur who found himself in the spotlight after he had an unexpected visitor on July 26 – Rahul Gandhi – claims he is swamped with offers to sell the footwear mended by the Congress MP during the brief stopover at his rundown shop near the district court.Rahul had stopped at…
NEW DELHI: Pleading with the Supreme Court for prospective implementation of its nine-judge bench ruling allowing states to levy royalty on extracted minerals and tax on mineral-bearing lands, the Union government on Wednesday said retrospective application would create a burden humongous enough to ruin many PSUs and industries, dent the larger economy and send prices…
