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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up Centre and asked it to consider amending the law to permit rape survivors to terminate unwanted pregnancies even beyond 20 weeks.While hearing a plea by AIIMS seeking to set aside its order allowing a 15-year-old girl to medically terminate her 30-week pregnancy, a bench of Chief…
NEW DELHI: Rupee fell 32 paise to an all-time low of 95.20 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday, pressured by rising global crude oil prices and a strengthening American currency.At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 95.01 and weakened further to touch a record low of 95.20, extending losses…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only PUNE: Twenty-four persons hospitalised after chlorine gas leakage in Pune’s Kondhwa area on Thursday, according to news agency PTI.The leak originated from an abandoned tank containing chlorine at a defunct water purification plant godown in the Gangadham area around 1 am, according to officials.“Following the leak and the subsequent…
The war between United States and Iran has dealt a serious blow to Pakistan’s economic progress made over the past two years, but Islamabad will continue its efforts to help ease tensions between the two warring sides and restore peace in West Asia, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said.Speaking during a cabinet meeting, Sharif said…
New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday indicated he would raise the issue of the Koh-i-Noor diamond if given the opportunity to speak to King Charles III.“If I was to speak to the King separately from that, I would probably encourage him to return the Koh-i-Noor diamond,” Mamdani said at a press conference on…
Mumbai, Apr 29 (ANI): Mumbai Indians’ skipper Hardik Pandya bowls during the Indian Premier League 2026 match against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Wankhede Stadium, in Mumbai on Wednesday. (ANI Photo) After suffering yet another loss in IPL 2026 despite posting a mammoth 243 on the board, Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya admitted that his team does…
Bengaluru: In a bid to strengthen its AI infrastructure capabilities, Cognizant is acquiring Astreya, a tech firm specialising in AI infrastructure and data centre services, in a deal valued at about $600 million – its third-largest acquisition after Trizetto and Belcan. Astreya manages over 500,000 end users and supports nearly 30% of the world’s data…
File photo: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar with Iran Foreign Minister, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, in New Delhi on Thursday. (ANI) New Delhi: External affairs minister S Jaishankar spoke to his Iranian counterpart Seyed Abbas Araghchi Wednesday, and according to the Iranian embassy here, exchanged views on the latest developments related to the US-Iran ceasefire, bilateral…
PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Ganga Expressway PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday lauded the naming of the Ganga Expressway after the Ganga river and announced that the 594-km greenfield corridor connecting Prayagraj and Meerut would be extended to Haridwar in Uttarakhand.Addressing a gathering after inaugurating the eway, Modi said govt would also work on a link…
Anti-ship missile helicopter launch New Delhi: In a boost to Indian Navy’s anti-ship warfare capabilities, Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) and Navy on Wednesday successfully launched naval anti-ship missile-short range (NASM-SR) from a helicopter platform in Bay of Bengal off Odisha coast. During the trial, two missiles were launched in quick succession from the…
