NEW DELHI: Vehicle owners can now port their FASTags from one bank to another – much like the portability process for a mobile-phone number – with NHAI Friday rolling out the ‘One Tag’ framework. Nearly a dozen major banks, including SBI, ICICI and Airtel Payments Bank, have joined the tag’s portability system.The move will allow…
This marks a major step in cervical caner prevention –New Delhi: India has crossed the 80 lakh mark in human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination under the national campaign since its launch in Feb 2026, marking a major step in cervical cancer prevention.The campaign provides free, voluntary, single-dose HPV vaccination to 14-year-old girls, with parental consent, at…
Indian-American entrepreneur says US’s loss would be India’s gain if even 10% of those stuck in Green Card backlog go back to India. Indian-American entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa said if Indians waiting for residency in the US go back to India as America First activists want them to, it will be India’s gain. India could get…
13,186 additional seats have been approved NEW DELHI: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has approved 13,186 additional MBBS seats for the 2026-27 academic year, taking the total approved undergraduate medical intake to 1,40,214 seats across 836 medical colleges, excluding seats at the Institutes of National Importance (INIs).The updated seat matrix, as on September 1, incorporates…
Long Beach City College has broken ground on a $250 million stadium and sports complex, starting a major redevelopment that will replace its 76-year-old Veterans Memorial Stadium with a modern 285,453-square-foot sports precinct. The redevelopment was officially launched during a groundbreaking ceremony at the college’s Liberal Arts Campus. The historic stadium will be demolished to…
This will be Xi Jinping’s first India visit since 2016 NEW DELHI: From establishing temporary no-fly zones over his hotel to conducting checks for potential so-called CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear) threats, President Xi Jinping’s security during his 24-hour visit to India is expected to reach an unprecedented scale.The security measures are attributed mainly…
PM Modi-Pezeshkian meeting NEW DELHI: After calling for expanding and diversifying India’s trade basket with Iran, PM Narendra Modi doubled down on ties with Tehran as he discussed with President Masoud Pezeshkian India-Iran “friendship” and agreed the two countries should move forward with a “long-term and win-win strategy”.The leaders met for the second time in…
Elon Musk reacts to a viral post about getting Indian citizenship. Aidan Joyce, a social media account that claimed to be an Irish man, said he fell in love with India and wanted to make Kolkata his home. He asked Elon Musk‘s AI chatbot Grok how he could move to the country permanently. The exchange…
Earlier, Doda district administration had issued a similar two-month VPN ban order on Sept 7 JAMMU: Udhampur district administration Thursday imposed a two-month prohibition on all Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), citing security concerns over their alleged use to circumvent lawful cyber restrictions. “The directive was issued on Sept 10 under BNSS Section 163 and came…
Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 4 wickets. (Pic Credit: Sri Lanka Cricket) NEW DELHI: Defending champions Sri Lanka produced a remarkable fightback under pressure to beat Pakistan by four wickets and book their place in the Women’s Asia Cup final, where they will face India in a repeat of the 2024 summit clash.Chasing 131 at…