President Droupadi Murmu inaugurates digital house of Gujarat Assembly

September 13, 2023 1:51 PM

President Droupadi Murmu inaugurates digital house of Gujarat Assembly

President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the digital house of the Gujarat Assembly today. Addressing the legislators after the launch of the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) project, the President said the ‘One Nation One Application’ will bring speed and transparency to the working of the house. Sh...

Tharman Shanmugaratnam to be sworn in as Singapore’s president tomorrow

September 13, 2023 1:33 PM

Tharman Shanmugaratnam to be sworn in as Singapore’s president tomorrow

Indian-origin Singapore-born economist Tharman Shanmugaratnam will be sworn in as the ninth president of the city-state tomorrow, days after he was overwhelmingly elected as the head of state. A predominantly Chinese society overwhelmingly endorsed Mr Shanmugaratnam. He has served Singapore all his ...

ED raids house, hotel of JDU MLC Radha Charan Sah in Bihar

September 13, 2023 1:18 PM

ED raids house, hotel of JDU MLC Radha Charan Sah in Bihar

In Bihar, the ED is conducting raid at the residence, farmhouse and hotel of senior Janata Dal-United leader and MLC Radha Charan Sah in Ara in Bhojpur district. The raid started in wee hours today. The raid is in connection with illegal property acquired from the sand business. Sources said the ED ...

Fourth G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group Meeting begins in Varanasi

September 13, 2023 1:16 PM

Fourth G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group Meeting begins in Varanasi

The 4th G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group Meeting begun today in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh to finalize the 2023 G20 Sustainable Finance Report. Three priority areas have been outlined for the SFWG meeting. The first one is Mechanisms for mobilization of timely and adequate resources for climate fi...

Eleven killed, 15 injured in road accident in Bharatpur, Rajasthan

September 13, 2023 1:07 PM

Eleven killed, 15 injured in road accident in Bharatpur, Rajasthan

In Rajasthan, eleven people were killed and at least 15 injured when a trailer rammed into their bus from behind in Bharatpur district early this morning. The bus was on its way from Gujarat to Mathura in Uttar Pradesh when the accident occurred around 4.30 am. The bus had halted at Antra flyover in...

Death toll in Libya flood crosses five thousand; over ten thousand still missing

September 13, 2023 1:06 PM

Death toll in Libya flood crosses five thousand; over ten thousand still missing

In Libya, at least 5,300 people are presumed dead and more than ten thousand are still missing in the widespread heavy flooding caused by Storm Daniel. Twenty-five percent of Libya’s eastern city of Derna was wiped out after dams burst in a storm. Over 1,500 bodies have already been recovered by the...