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“Additional achievement”: Uttar Pradesh CM inaugurates Charitable Blood Centre; praises IMA’s healthcare efforts in Gorakhpur (Photo: ANI). GORAKHPUR: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday lauded the contribution of medical professionals towards public welfare, highlighting the Indian Medical Association (IMA) for extending its role beyond clinical practice by establishing charitable blood banks and free…

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav inspects flood-affected areas from a bridge to assess the ground situation, in Bihar. = NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday hit out at the Centre over the flood situation in Bihar, alleging that the government had no money for flood-affected people but was…

Picture two works hanging side by side. For a moment, forget the labels. The lines are so deftly controlled, the spaces so carefully constructed, that it is easy to imagine they came from the same hand. But the artists are separated by continents, generations and circumstances. They never met, never knew of each other, and…

Petition filed in Supreme Court over UPI tax NEW DELHI: A petition challenging the Centre’s newly notified charges on certain high-value commercial UPI transactions has been filed in the Supreme Court, with the petitioner arguing that the move could eventually affect the common citizens.Advocate Anjan Datta has sought the scrapping of two Gazette notifications issued…

India condemns drone attack on Mecca NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday condemned the drone attack near Mecca in Saudi Arabia, saying the incident was particularly concerning because of the city’s importance to Muslims worldwide.The ministry of external affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, responding to media queries, said: “We are deeply concerned at the drone attack near…

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Centre’s new Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) framework for Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions, accusing the government of yielding to pressure from the United States and urging Modi to “have a spine”.In…

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to reconstitute a five-member high-powered committee set up to probe alleged police excesses against student protesters in Delhi, saying that the committee was formed with the highest standards of fairness and transparency.This comes after a plea was filed in the apex court alleging that one of the members…

No damage was reported in the incident (File photo) NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Wednesday summoned Pakistan’s top diplomat in New Delhi and lodged a strong protest over the “unacceptable and unprofessional conduct” of a Pakistani naval ship..The incident took place on the evening of September 15, when a Pakistan Naval…

PM Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping PM Narendra Modi raised Indian concerns in ties with China with President Xi Jinping when the leaders met last week on the sidelines of the BRICS summit, saying both sides need to show sensitivity to each other’s core concerns, according to the Indian government.The assertion by MEA was…

Jairam Ramesh takes jibe at Centre over MDR on UPI NEW DELHI: Congress on Wednesday stepped up its attack against the Centre and accused it of “giving into” United States’ demand to get rid of zero MDR and charge for UPI.In a social media post on X, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh dubbed the government’s…