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Cabinet approves Rs 1,261 cr scheme to provide drones to 15,000 women SHGs

Centre to bear 80 per cent of the cost of drone estimated at Rs 10 lakh

'Moment of truth': Fossil fuel lobby casts long shadow over COP28

In an interview with AFP on Saturday, Jaber had defended the large presence of heavy-emitting industries, including the oil and gas sector

Israel and Hamas trade blame amid truce violation claims, says report

Israel, US spy chiefs meet Qatar PM; Blinken to visit the region this week

Truce between Israel and Hamas extended by two days: Qatar official

Israel offering a day's pause in fighting for every 10 additional hostages released by Hamas

Hamas releases 17 but killing at Gaza camp casts shadow on truce

An Israel-linked tanker seized off Yemen coast

At Meta, millions of underage users were an 'open secret,' say states

the social media giant "routinely continued to collect" children's personal information, like their locations and email addresses, without parental permission

PM pitches for UPI transactions, urges people to hold weddings in India

In his monthly Mann Ki Baat radio broadcast, Modi said the trend of cash transactions has been declining in the country

Four-day Gaza truce begins; first group of 13 Israeli hostages freed

The Red Cross confirmed an operation to "re-unite hostages and detainees with their families" has begun

Govt to assist in filing FIRs against social media firms for deepfakes

Further, Chandrasekhar said it would be acceptable for the government if social media platforms label content as deepfake instead of taking down the content

Israel, Hamas agree on 1st truce, 50 hostages to be freed in swap

Hamas and allied groups captured around 240 hostages when gunmen rampaged through southern Israeli towns on October 7

Healthcare advertisements most violative in H1FY24, shows Asci report

Influencer cases made up 22% of the ads processed by Asci. The list of non-compliant cases included actor Amitabh Bachchan, who violated the code on eight counts

Uttarkashi tunnel: Location for drilling identified to evacuate 41 trapped

Road work for vertical drilling on the hill above the tunnel is almost complete, says Anshu Manish Khulko, Director, NHIDCL

Indians now third-largest population of illegal immigrants in US: Report

The influx of undocumented Indians in the US has been climbing since the Covid restrictions were lifted, with 30,662 apprehended in FY21 and 63,927 in FY22

Citigroup cuts 300 senior manager roles in latest rejig, says report

"Building a winning bank requires a great deal of commitment, hard work and resilience from each of us," Fraser said in a memo to staff. "I'm fully aware we're asking a lot of our people"

After Sri Lanka and Thailand, Vietnam may let Indians in visa-free

Currently, only nationals of Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland can enter Vietnam without a visa

Gunfire kills, hurts dozens in Gaza hospital encircled by Israeli tanks

There was no immediate confirmation from the Israeli military of the reports from the Indonesian Hospital but the Palestinian news agency WAFA said the facility had been hit by artillery fire

India-bound ship hijacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels in Red Sea, says IDF

World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on social media that the "very sick" babies were evacuated, along with six health workers and 10 staff family members

IDF raids Hamas sites in Gaza Strip, finds weapons, supplies in school

During one of the raids, a large amount of weapons and military equipment was found inside a high school

US is 'not going anywhere', President Joe Biden tells Apec leaders

At the meeting, Biden also said he would keep working to advance a Pacific trade pact, even as his vision for a regional deal to counter China's influence stumbled over his bid to strengthen workers'

Aid supplies to Gaza on pause, UN sees imminent 'starvation': Report

Israel said its troops had found a tunnel shaft used by Hamas at Al Shifa hospital in the north of the Gaza Strip