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Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty to foreign collusion charge

India, Sept. 2 -- Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiring to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security under a Beijing-imposed ... Read More


SCCL employee dies by suicide in Bhupalpally; police probe financial difficulties

India, Sept. 2 -- A phone call to his wife, moments before he died, is what police in Bhupalpally are now trying to piece together into a fuller picture of what drove an SCCL employee to take his own ... Read More


They clean India's cities. Now waste workers are being recognised as climate allies

India, Sept. 2 -- Long before the national capital wakes up, thousands of informal waste workers are already on the streets, collecting waste from homes, sorting it by hand and feeding materials back ... Read More


BJP, NC to hold rival protests in Srinagar; security tightened

India, Sept. 2 -- Security was tightened in Srinagar on Wednesday as the BJP and ruling National Conference prepared to hold rival protests, with the BJP planning to gherao the Civil Secretariat and t... Read More


MCA probe flags forged DGCA NOC by Drone Federation of India directors, recommends penal action

India, Sept. 2 -- A Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) inspection report has recorded serious allegations concerning the affairs of Drone Federation India (DFI), including the alleged submission of a... Read More


IRDAI proposes public insurance registry for promoting affordability

India, Sept. 2 -- Regulator IRDAI on Tuesday proposed a public insurance registry (PIR), envisaged as a digital public infrastructure, for promoting affordability and financial sustainability. The pr... Read More


Nepal floods: Death toll crosses 1,000 as rescuers recover more bodies

India, Sept. 2 -- The death toll from the devastating flash floods in Nepal surged to 1,050 on Tuesday, with security forces recovering more bodies from eight districts of the country, officials said.... Read More


UPI at 10: How India's payment revolution strengthens national security

India, Sept. 2 -- Ten years ago, the idea of paying a roadside tea seller, an auto-rickshaw driver or a vegetable vendor by scanning a QR code would have seemed extraordinary. Today, it is routine. Fe... Read More


Rising incomes to boost insurance demand: LIC CEO

India, Sept. 2 -- India's low insurance penetration, coupled with economic growth, rising household incomes, increasing financial awareness and longer life expectancy, is expected to drive strong dema... Read More


Stock markets close marginally lower amid higher oil prices

India, Sept. 2 -- Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty ended marginally lower on Tuesday as elevated crude oil prices and fresh US-Iran tensions weighed on investor sentiment. After a volatile tr... Read More