- Thursday, May 08, 2025
Facebook Inc is toughening up the rules governing political advertisements in India to create more transparency ahead of the country's general elections due before May, the social media giant said late on Thursday (8). Users will see political advertisements with "published by" and "paid by" disclaimers, the Menlo Park, California-headquartered…
India's main opposition Congress party said on Thursday (7) it would scrap a decree passed by prime minister Narendra Modi's government prescribing jail terms for Muslim men seeking an instant divorce if the party wins an election due by May. Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in January issued an executive…
India’s latest communication satellite, GSAT-31 was successfully launched from the spaceport in French Guiana during the early hours on Wednesday (6). The launch vehicle Ariane 5 VA-247 lifted off from Kourou launch base, French Guiana at 02.31 IST carrying India’s GSAT-31 and Saudi geostationary satellite 1/Hellas sat 4 satellites, as…
At least a third of the ice in the Himalayas and the Hindu Kush will thaw this century as temperatures rise, disrupting river flows vital for growing crops from China to India, scientists said on Monday (4). Vast glaciers make the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region - which is home…
India's buffalo meat exports are set to plunge 15 per cent to their lowest in six years, a leading industry body told Reuters, as world number one meat consumer China clamps down on food smuggling. China does not allow imports of Indian buffalo beef due to fears over foot-and-mouth disease,…
Shares of home loan provider Dewan Housing Finance Corp fell 8 per cent on Tuesday (29) following a media report that alleged financial misappropriation by the controlling shareholders of the company. Dewan Housing, one of India's largest housing finance companies, said the Cobrapost website's report "appears to have been done…
Even as India's new e-commerce curbs sting global giants Amazon.com Inc and Walmart-owned Flipkart, their local rival Snapdeal is cheering the move. India will from February 1 impose restrictions on how e-commerce firms operate, including barring them from selling products from firms in which they have an equity interest, leading…
Virat Kohli bowed out of the New Zealand tour with India in an unbeatable position after they won the third one-day international by seven wickets in Mount Maunganui on Monday (28). With India up 3-0, world player of the year Kohli is to be rested for the remaining two matches…
In a dark alleyway no wider than arms' length, a single ladies' shoe is all that remains on the boarded-up doorstep of Prabhu Dhandapani, his wife and their eight-year-old daughter. Prabhu, 30, was one of around 50 residents of a refugee community in New Delhi who left the capital to…
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi's ruling party could lose a quarter of its seats in India's parliament with an electoral wipeout in the most populous state, if the Congress Party were to join an opposition alliance there, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday (23). Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party won 282…
