New Delhi ’26 march 2024 : The Rouse Avenue Court on Tuesday sent Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha to judicial custody till April 9 in connection with the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case. Meanwhile, the Court has fixed April 1 for hearing on interim bail plea moved …

New Delhi ’26 March 2024: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday released the preliminary data on India’s balance of payments (BoP) for the third quarter of October-December 2023-24. India’s current account balance recorded a deficit of USD 10.5 billion (1.2 per cent of GDP) in Q3: 2023-24, lower …

26-03-2024 UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council has called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, after the US did not veto the measure in a shift from its previous position. It also demanded the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages. It is the first time the council has called …

26-03-2024 WASHINGTON: Former US President Donald Trump has filed a defamation lawsuit against ABC News and its presenter George Stephanopoulos for on-air comments. Stephanopoulos asked congresswoman Nancy Mace in an interview why she backs Trump despite him being found “liable for rape”. Trump sexually abused E Jean Carroll in 1996 …

26-03-2024 CAIRO GAZA CITY: In mid-March, a line of trucks stretched for 3 kilometers along a desert road near a crossing point from Israel into the Gaza Strip. On the same day, another line of trucks, some 1.5 kilometers long, sometimes two or three across, was backed up near a …

26-03-2024 SYDNEY: Australia’s government will support a minimum wage increase in line with inflation this year as low-income families continue to grapple with costs of living, although the rise would be smaller as inflation eased. In a submission to the Fair Work Commission’s 2023-24 Annual Wage Review to be unveiled …

26-03-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: A billionaire industrialist and a former Indian Air Force chief on Sunday became the latest prominent figures, including a judge and an ambassador, to join Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party in recent weeks as it seeks to widen its lead over the opposition. …

26-03-2024 LONDON: Britain’s King Charles is “frustrated” by the pace of his recuperation from cancer, his nephew Peter Phillips said on Sunday, becoming the first member of the royal family to speak in detail about how the monarch was faring. The insight into the king’s mindset comes after Kate, Britain’s …

26-03-2024 JERUSALEM: A member of Israel’s war cabinet said on Sunday he would quit the national emergency government should proposed legislation that continues to exempt ultra-Orthodox Jews from mandatory military service be passed into law. “The nation cannot accept it, the Knesset (parliament) must not vote for it, and my …

26-03-2024 MOSCOW: Russia has charged four men it says attacked a Moscow concert hall and killed at least 137 people. Three were marched blindfolded into a Moscow court while the fourth was in a wheelchair. All were charged with committing an act of terrorism. The Islamic State group, or IS, …