India has, for years, been the country receiving highest remittances globally, and this year was no different. India retained the number one spot of being the country which saw the maximum amount of monetary inflow - $129 billion - from its diaspora. Here are some insightful facts about remittances received …...Read More
Remittances To India As Much As Pakistan, Bangladesh Budgets Combined: 5 Facts
R Ashwin: The One Who Got Away
There are many terms in sporting parlance that no athlete wants to see written alongside his or her name. The one that perhaps hurts the most is ‘bench-warmer'. So when it is used, quite regularly, for someone who is 38 and running out of time and also the only player …...Read More
Brother Missing After Mumbai Boat Tragedy, Man Makes Rounds Of Hospitals
A Navy speedboat had collided with the ferry, causing it to sink. Jogaram Bhati, 60, has not slept a wink since Wednesday as he is making rounds of hospitals in the city, looking for his younger brother who is one of the two people missing after a Navy craft crashed …...Read More
"Not In His Nature To Be Nasty": Omar Abdullah Defends Rahul Gandhi
Omar Abdullah, Congress ally and Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, defended Rahul Gandhi today after a BJP MP alleged that senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was responsible for his injuries during a brawl outside the parliament building. Protests ruled parliament today over Union Home Minister Amit Shah's "fashion" remark …...Read More
Strict Laws For Women's Welfare; Marriage Not A Commercial Venture: Top Court
The court said the police were sometimes quick to jump into action in selective cases. The Supreme Court on Thursday said the strict provisions of law were for the welfare of women and not a means to "chastise, threaten, domineer or extort" their husbands. Justices BV Nagarathna and Pankaj Mithal …...Read More
Delhi's Air Quality Worsens, Hits 'Severe Plus' Category
The national capital remains under Stage IV of the Graded Response Action Plan. (File) Delhi's air quality plunged into the 'severe plus' category on Thursday, with a 24 hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) of 451 recorded at 4 pm, according to the Central Pollution Control Board data. The city …...Read More
BJP Leaders Flock To Hospital To Visit Injured MPs
Leaders of the BJP are making a beeline for Delhi's Ram Manohar Lohia hospital to visit to the two party MPS admitted after they were injured in the brawl outside parliament earlier today. Pratap Sarangi from Odisha and Mukesh Rajput from Uttar Pradesh had sustained head injuries during parallel protests …...Read More
'One Nation, One Poll' Panel Gets More Members After Some Parties Object
The Joint Parliamentary Committee to review the One Nation One Election bill will have eight more members. Now it will have 27 members from Lok Sabha and 12 from Rajya Sabha, instead of 21 members from the lower house and 10 from the upper house, as was initially declared. The …...Read More
No Alarm, Cash And Jewellery Gone: Thieves Drill Into Surat Bank Locker Room
The robbery took place at the Union Bank of India on Kim Crossroads in Surat. A group of thieves drilled a large hole into a wall of an Union Bank of India (UBI) branch in Surat, broke six lockers and stole cash, jewellery and other valuable items worth lakhs of …...Read More
Omar Abdullah Meets Amit Shah, Discusses Statehood Restoration, Terrorism
Omar Abdullah told reporters that he briefed Amit Shah about the situation in the Union territory. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday met with Union Home Minister Amit Shah here and discussed various key issues, including an early restoration of statehood and involving the elected government in …...Read More
