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

The Kalinga Literary Festival began in Bhubaneswar in 2013. The annual Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) Book Awards will be held on February 15, 2025, at the India International Centre (IIC) in New Delhi. The prestigious event will honour 15 outstanding books across English, Hindi, and Sanskrit languages, celebrating literary excellence …...Read More

The bill focuses on increasing the revenue of the state government. The Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act 2002 (Amendment) Bill, 2024, was passed by both houses of the legislature on Thursday. Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said that the state government will make efforts through the GST Council to provide …...Read More

The eight terror suspects arrested by the Assam STF with help from Bengal and Kerala police A terrorist from Bangladesh who is a member of an Al-Qaeda affiliate in the Indian subcontinent was among eight terrorists arrested by the Assam Police's Special Task Force (STF) from Kerala. Bangladesh national Md …...Read More

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

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

A police case has been registered against Congress's Rahul Gandhi following a complaint by the BJP, holding him responsible for injuries to two MP of the party. Both leaders, one of whom is 69 years old, are in the hospital. Mr Gandhi has been accused under various sections of the …...Read More

Zakir Hussain is the son of the legendary tabla player Alla Rakha. Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain will be laid to rest in San Francisco on Thursday, Press Trust of India reported, quoting family sources. Zakir Hussain, one of the world's most accomplished percussionists, died at a San Francisco hospital on …...Read More

Few could have foreseen Bashar al-Assad's dramatic ouster as 2024 drew to a close. For years, Syria's battle lines had been frozen under a fragile ceasefire brokered by Russia and Turkey in 2020. Yet, Assad's downfall—after his family's iron grip over Syria for over five decades—has shaken the region to …...Read More

Mamata Banerjee had termed the remarks made by Amit Shah as derogatory. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she was shocked at Union Home Minister Amit Shah's recent remarks about BR Ambedkar and the way he was being "belittled". Mamata Banerjee was speaking at the 'Kolkata Christmas …...Read More