After unleashing ‘Epic Fury’ on Iran, the United States has launched another front to step up its pressure on the country. The US, on Tuesday, imposed sanctions on Iran’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Nobitex, and several of its senior executives, accusing the platform of helping the Iranian government and sanctioned entities bypass Western restrictions. The move,…
NEW DELHI: IndiGo on Tuesday said it will temporarily discontinue its wide-body flight operations to and from Manchester from Aug 31, citing longer flight routes due to airspace restrictions amid the Iran conflict, rising aviation turbine fuel (ATF) costs, and forex volatility.The budget airline will return one of the six Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft it…
Tensions in the Middle East escalated once again early Wednesday after Iran launched missiles towards US military facilities in Kuwait and Bahrain. According to the US central command (CENTCOM), the missiles failed to hit their targets and were either intercepted or broke apart before impact. In response, the US military carried out strikes on an…
NEW DELHI: India’s battle against lifestyle diseases is intensifying, with the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6) revealing a sharp rise in both obesity and high blood sugar levels among adults. Nearly one in three women and more than one in four men are now overweight or obese. The share of adults with elevated blood…
NEW DELHI: Shipping services from India to alternative West Asian ports have more than doubled since conflict broke out in the region, severely impacting the movement of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. The number of shipping services operating east of Hormuz and through the Red Sea rose from 127 in Feb to 257 in…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has held that criminal proceedings should not be allowed to go on against a loan defaulter if the bank and the debtor reached a compromise for settlement of the loan account. The SC said it would have a debilitating effect on the overall economy if such proceedings are allowed.A bench of…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Tuesday ruled that a dependent married daughter could not be excluded from the definition of ‘family’ and would be entitled to seek employment or allotment of a ration shop if any of her parents died in harness.A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Alok Aradhe faulted a provision of a…
NEW DELHI: The governing council of Niti Aayog, headed by PM Narendra Modi, is scheduled to meet on June 11, weeks after Centre’s premier think tank was restructured. A day later, the PM will chair a meeting of chief ministers from the north-east, officials said. The governing council will take stock of deliberations at the…
New Delhi: In search of a new expansive definition of ‘Aravali hills and ranges’ after dropping the earlier court-accepted controversial 100m height criteria, Supreme Court has entrusted the task to a five-member high-powered committee that’ll include experts from Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education, Forest Survey of India and Geological Survey of India.A bench…
NEW DELHI: Rejecting the action against the CBSE brass for the OSM controversy as an attempt to avoid fixing accountability, Congress on Tuesday reiterated its demand that education minister Dharmendra Pradhan be sacked.While Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi dubbed the govt action as a “cover-up” and an “eyewash”, Congress general secretary KC Venugopal…