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PM Modi with Ukraine President Zelenskyy on Monday. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the second time this month. PM Modi held a bilateral meeting with Zelenskyy in New York on the sidelines of the UN’s landmark Summit of the Future.“Met President Zelenskyy in New York. … Read more

AHMEDABAD: IIM Ahmedabad has announced it will implement the govt-mandated reservation policy in its PhD admissions, marking the first time the premier B-school will apply the quota for SCs, STs, OBCs and persons with disabilities in its doctoral programme that started in 1971.The online announcement for the PhD programme subtly notes: “Govt of India guidelines … Read more

NEW DELHI: India has reported its first case of Monkeypox (Mpox) caused by the fast-spreading Clade 1B strain of the virus. Last month, WHO declared Mpox a disease of international concern. Health ministry sources said the strain has been found in a patient from Kerala who returned from Dubai recently. “The patient is stable, and … Read more

Bangladesh’s interim govt clarified Monday that hilsa fish was not being sent as a gift to India but as an export to help Dhaka earn foreign currency.Syeda Rizwana Hasan, adviser to ministry of environment, forests and climate change, said they did not want to keep the door for discussions with India closed over small matters. … Read more

The Election Commission, in its submissions to the Kovind committee on ‘one nation one election‘, said conducting simultaneous polls across the country in 2029 would require Rs 7,951 crore, reports Bharti Jain. It sought a “definite lead time” before polls are synchronised as logistical requirements would go up enormously – from electoral rolls to EVMs … Read more

Aspirants take part in a 10km run during the recruitment test in Ranchi on Sept 10. Sahibganj SP has been tasked with forming a team to inquire into all the deaths. RANCHI/RAMGARH: Annu Bediya, a 30-year-old tribal youth from Sanki village in Jharkhand‘s Ramgarh district, died after collapsing while taking part in a 10-km run … Read more

SURAT: The investigation into Saturday’s alleged incident of railway sabotage near Kim in Surat district has revealed that it was a fabricated story. Three railway employees had removed parts of the track to make it seem like an attempt to derail a train, took videos and photographs, and installed the fish plates and other removed … Read more

DHAKA: Bangladesh has called upon India’s govt to advise political netas to refrain from making “objectionable and unacceptable” remarks about Bangladeshis. Dhaka has lodged a strong protest against the “highly deplorable” remarks reportedly made by Union home minister Amit Shah about Bangladeshi nationals during his recent visit to Jharkhand.Bangladesh interim govt’s ministry of foreign affairs … Read more

TEHRAN: While tensions remain high between the US and Iran, there’s at least one American that state radio in Tehran invites on the air each week for its millions of listeners. It’s just that he’s a fictional insurance fraud detective who’s been on the case since 1949. “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar“, a radio programme created … Read more

BHOPAL: A teenager who went to the local market in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh was allegedly waylaid, kidnapped and held captive by four people who later gangraped her. The survivor went missing on Sept 21 and a report was filed by her kin the same evening. Police have arrested all the four accused in … Read more