India

India plans to curb Google, PhonePe’s dominance in mobile payments: Report 

India’s governing body overseeing the country’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) mobile payments sys...

technology | 5 months ago

Bangladesh Foreign Secretary calls for swift conclusion of tripartite power agreement with India and Nepal

Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh Masud Bin Momen on April 17 emphasised the expeditious conclusion of...

world | 5 months ago

Swiggy changes worker insurance policy based on driver’s delivery performance: Report

Food delivery service Swiggy gave its drivers insurance support and other privileges based on their ...

technology | 5 months ago

India's 2024 elections to kick off with major implications for the world's biggest democracy

New Delhi — People will start heading to the polls in India Friday in what's set to be the largest g...

world | 5 months ago

Voting begins for Maldives Parliament, watched by India and China vying for control of Indian Ocean

Maldivians voted in parliamentary elections on April 21, in a ballot crucial for President Mohamed M...

world | 5 months ago

Nearly 66K Indians took oath of American citizenship in 2022: CRS report

As many as 65,960 Indians officially became U.S. citizens, making India the second-largest source co...

world | 5 months ago

Samsung to fix “green line” issue in India with free screen replacement 

Samsung is reportedly offering free screen replacements for users facing the “green line” issue on t...

technology | 5 months ago

U.S., India regularly consult at highest levels on democracy, human rights issues: State Department official

The United States (U.S.) and India regularly consult at the highest levels on democracy and human ri...

world | 5 months ago

WhatsApp, Meta move Delhi High Court against India’s IT rules

WhatsApp LLC. and its parent company Facebook Inc., now Meta, have moved the Delhi High Court, chall...

technology | 5 months ago

U.S. visa backlog challenge ‘heard loud and clear’, says envoy Garcetti

Addressing the issues of visa backlogs, and recalling President Joe Biden's order to reduce the visa...

world | 5 months ago

Indian, Russian firms awarded management of Sri Lanka's Matta International Airport

A joint venture between an Indian and a Russian firm have been awarded the management of Sri Lanka's...

world | 5 months ago

Most Indians have come across deepfake content online and worry about cyberbullying: Report

Around 22% of Indians surveyed said they recently came across a political deepfake they later discov...

technology | 5 months ago

India politician seeking reelection accused of making 3,000 sexual assault videos, using them for blackmail

New Delhi — Prajwal Revanna, a member of India's parliament from the southern state of Karnataka, ha...

world | 5 months ago

India 'shocked' as Musk's surprise China visit leaves them spurned

Elon Musk's surprise visit to China this week won concessions for Tesla but left India feeling spurn...

technology | 5 months ago

Summer heat hits Asia early, killing dozens as one expert calls it the "most extreme event" in climate history

New Delhi — It's still spring but hundreds of millions of people across South and Southeast Asia hav...

world | 5 months ago

Is DigiLocker mandatory for passport renewal?

Whether you are applying for your very first passport or getting your old passport renewed/replaced ...

technology | 5 months ago