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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a 'yellow' alert for the national capital after rain lashed the city on Wednesday, giving a much needed respite to the residents from the heat.

The rise in internet penetration and digital infrastructure has seen a concurrent rise in online frauds. E-commerce platform Amazon India on Tuesday said it has tied up with the Uttar Pradesh Police to tackle the menace of online shopping scams through a consumer education and awareness campaign. Amazon India and the UP Police will join forces to educate online consumers about their rights and how they can protect themselves from bad actors.

The Mumbai Police on Monday has issued yet another prohibitory order that prevents the assembly of five or more people in one place and procession of people among many other activities between May 28 and June 11. This order has been issued by Vishal Thakur, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations), Mumbai Police and is considered to be routine whenever the law enforcement authorities expect trouble.

In a new twist to the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) exam paper leak case, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) has found that one of the accused allegedly used ChatGPT and electronic devices to share answers with the candidates appearing in at least two exams conducted for recruitment in government departments.

The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) today successfully concluded the 8th international confer...

PM Modi dedicated the new Parliament Building to the country today and installed the historic symbol Sengol, near the Lok Sabha Speaker's chair in the new building.

A Chhattisgarh government official has been suspended for draining a reservoir in Kanker district after he accidentally dropped his smartphone in the water.

The Times of India, the country's largest English newspaper, today launched the "Saving Our Stripes" campaign to raise awareness about the importance of tiger conservation. The campaign commemorates the 50th anniversary of Project Tiger, a centrally-sponsored scheme that started in 1973 and aims to ensure the survival and maintenance of the tiger population in specially constituted tiger reserves throughout India.

The inauguration of the new parliament building scheduled for May 28 has been a topic of much controversy – ranging from pub...

The sword of Tipu Sultan changed many hands from East India Company to Vijay Mallya...

The death of six cheetahs, including three newborn cubs, within a period of two and half months at Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park (KNP) has prompted the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) to form a high-level screening committee for the Centre's ambitious 'Project Cheetah'.

Two cheetah cubs born in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park nearly two months ago died on Thursday due to "sweltering heat and weakness", the official said. As per the officials, the cubs which were born to a Namibian cheetah on March 24, died from apparent dehydration and weakness within the fenced area housing the mother and cubs.

Indians are finding it difficult to spend ₹2,000 banknotes although there are reports that petrol pumps, jewellery stores and e-commerce delivery people are being flooded with them. As many as 91% of those polled by LocalCircles, who had attempted to use the notes since the announcement of the Reserve Bank of India's plan to take them out of circulation, found them difficult to use. High-value spends such as gold and jewellery, high-end consumer durables and real estate could be targets for ₹2,000 banknotes which are not deposited by individuals, upon which disclosed income levels have been exceeded.

Before the announcement of withdrawal of Rs 2,000 banknotes, petrol pump owners in Punjab used to receive just 10 per cent of the daily cash of this denomination. After the decision to withdraw the currency, almost 90 per cent of the cash received is of Rs 2,000 notes, the Punjab Petroleum Dealers Association said on Thursday.

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India’s booming real estate sector has created billionaires over the past few years, with names like DLF’s Rajiv Singh and M...

Small queues were witnessed at some bank branches on Tuesday for the exchange of Rs 2,000 notes against smaller denominations as part of the withdrawal exercise. As per the RBI guidelines issued on Friday, the exchange of Rs 2,000 facility is available from Tuesday. A person can exchange up to a limit of Rs 20,000 at a time without filling any form or requisition slip.

Keeping up the tradition of naming new varieties of mangoes after well-known personalities every year, the mango growers of Malihabad have now named a new variety after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has often revealed his love for the 'king of fruits'.

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been moved in Delhi High Court challenging Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and State Bank of India (SBI) notifications, which permits the exchange of Rs. 2000 banknotes without obtaining any requisition slip and identity proof.

El Nino is on the horizon, which can lead to severe heat waves and droughts in many countries, including India, and could take a $3 trillion toll on the global economy, new research published in the journal Science has warned.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to hold bilateral talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the G7 summit in the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Saturday evening, people familiar with the matter said. It will be the first in-person meeting between the two leaders after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February last year and is taking place over a month after Ukrainian First Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova visited India.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held productive bilateral talks with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol during which they agreed to deepen cooperation in areas like trade and investment, IT hardware manufacturing and defence and reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthen bilateral ties. They also discussed India's G20 presidency and South Korea's Indo-Pacific strategy.