Hundreds of thousands of Nepalese, who earn a living by working as daily-wage labourers in India, visit the neighbouring country seeking medical treatment or rely on Indian markets to purchase daily essentials, are said to be holding big chunk of scrapped Indian bank notes.

"This is the best thing that could have happened to the Hindus. Mr. Trump is committed to fighting Islamic terrorism to its end," Mr. Kumar told The Hindu.

On his final foreign tour, U.S. President says Trump is committed to NATO and other key alliances

"We strongly urge you to rescind this appointment immediately and build a diverse White House staff who are committed to the core American values of inclusiveness, diversity and tolerance," the letter delivered to the Trump said.

The tablet was put up for sale by Rabbi Shaul Deutsch, founder of the Living Torah Museum, in Brooklyn, New York, with the stipulation that the buyer must put it on public display, the auction house said.

Releases book that he says is a manifesto for future political action and only way to revive Democratic Party.

A senior Trump official said the job of national security adviser has been offered to retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn.

Chinese state media has warned Mr. Trump against isolationism and interventionism, calling instead for the United States to actively work with China to maintain the international status quo.

After a speedboat collided with a Vietnamese cargo vessel

They fear that the incoming administration will push a divisive agenda; Obama says won’t comment on appointments.

Google search trends indicate that interest in Afghanistan peaked on August 15, the day Kabul fell. Following this, Biden's rating dropped below 50%

Mr. Joko says he is ready to help with Modi-Xi meeting at the G20

For a little over three months, the world’s richest man and a big tech social media platform were sparring on micro-blogging site, and inside board rooms. Now, the action will be inside courtrooms

Democrats and Republicans have to brace themselves for soul searching and painful decision-making before 2024

Sunday’s debate was the second in the U.K. Prime Ministerial race that began last week, with a third round of voting set for Monday

Opposition calls it ‘an undemocratic, draconian act’; Parliament to elect new President tomorrow 

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Cybersecurity researchers have outlined cases where Thai activists involved in the country’s pro-democracy protests had their devices attacked with spyware

The two sides will make their arguments about the trial's proposed start date to a Delaware Court of Chancery judge on Tuesday

The Competition Appeals Tribunal said it had quashed the CMA’s ruling and referred the matter back for a new decision

The gathering has symbolic meaning for Vladimir Putin’s domestic audience as well, showing off Russia’s international clout even as it grows increasingly isolated and plunges deeper into confrontation with the West

Acting Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe and two others were proposed by lawmakers as the three candidates for the July 20 Presidential election

July 18 is celebrated as Nelson Mandela International Day. A quiz on the legendary leader who was born on that date in 1918

Celsius hopes that Bitcoin mining will help it repair its damaged relationship with customers, whose funds were frozen

The Olympic Council of Asia on Tuesday confirmed the delayed games would be held from September 23 to October 8

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The Defence Minister represented India at the swearing-in ceremony of Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during an unprecedented three-day visit to the African nation.

The last such revision took place effective August 31 when the windfall tax on crude petroleum was set at ₹1,850 per tonne

West Bengal’s economic decline, southern States’ growth post-1991, and regional disparities in India’s economic performance analysed in a working paper by Economic Advisory Council to the PM

Punjab and West Bengal have recorded sharp declines in per capita income after a head start

What are the sectors in which exports have dropped? Is there any significant risk at this point?

South Africa has struggled for years with low economic growth and high unemployment. The official unemployment rate was 33.5% in April-June of this year.

In the GST regime, compensation cess at varied rates is levied on luxury, sin and demerit goods over and above the 28% tax

The I-T Department said that due to the difficulties faced by taxpayers in electronic filing of audit reports, the deadline is being extended from September 30, 2024 to October 7, 2024

The current account surplus for Q4:2023-24 was revised downwards to $ 4.6 billion from US$ 5.7 billion earlier due to an upward adjustment of customs data on merchandise imports, the RBI said.

The interest rates on small savings schemes such as Public Provident Fund (PPF) and National Savings Certificate (NSC) are reset each quarter

In absolute terms, the fiscal deficit was at ₹4,35,176 crore as of August-end

Mahindra & Mahindra said its SUV wholesales in the domestic market increased 24% to 51,062 units in September compared to the same month of last year

More than 42.66 lakh people registered as construction workers to avail benefits from the buildings and construction welfare board of the State. But experts believe the construction sector of Odisha is not large enough to accommodate such a large labour force

OPEC and the U.S. can help ease oil prices in case there is disruption in supply due to a full-blown conflict between Israel and Iran; while OPEC has enough spare capacity to compensate for the loss of Iranian supplies, much of that capacity is in the Gulf region and potentially vulnerable to attack

Addressing the 3rd edition of Kautiliya Economic Conclave here, the Minister said, India's critical economic performance in the recent decade was underscored by its leapfrog from the 10th to the fifth largest economy in five years.