Tag: India
-
India central bank cuts interest rates to boost economy
India’s central bank on Thursday unexpectedly lowered interest rates and, as anticipated, shifted its stance to “neutral” from “calibrated tightening” to boost a slowing economy after a sharp fall in the inflation rate. The monetary policy committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India cut the repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.25 per…
-
42-year-old woman cuts off 25-year-old stalker’s genitals
A middle-aged Indian woman attacked her alleged stalker and cut off his genitals before rushing him to hospital to save his life, police said on Thursday. The accused woman on Tuesday asked two men to lure the 25-year-old to an isolated place in the suburbs of Mumbai where the three of them assaulted him. The…
-
11 die, 90 fall sick after eating temple food in India – Police
The police said on Saturday that 11 people including two children died and more than 90 were hospitalised after consuming a religious food offering at a temple in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. The police said two people have been questioned in connection with the incident on Friday, after devotees fell ill when they…
-
Indian govt meets with WhatsApp to trace fake news – Source
Indian tech ministry officials met with senior WhatsApp executives to ask the Facebook Inc (FB.O) unit to start tracing the origins of misinformation spread through its messaging platform, a senior government official said on Friday. WhatsApp has been working to curb the circulation of what technology minister Ravi Prasad termed “sinister” content in India, the…
-
India unveils world’s tallest statue celebrating independence hero
India on Wednesday unveiled the world’s tallest statue in the western state of Gujurat in celebration of her unity. Towering at 182 metres, the Statue of Unity is a tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, a hero of India’s freedom struggle and the country’s first deputy prime minister. Patel, a Gujarati, was known as the ‘Iron…
-
Actress who helped trigger India’s #MeToo movement ‘inspired by God’
Bollywood actress Tanushree Dutta poses for photographs outside an entertainment channel’s office in Mumbai, India, October 12, 2018. Tanushree Dutta, Bollywood actress who helped trigger the #MeToo movement in India challenging sexual harassment and abuse sees it as part of her religious education. She said her action was triggered after a 10 years experience of…
-
Four Nigerians arrested with 600 grams of heroin in India [Photos]
As part of the special campaign, to check drug trafficking and such misdemeanours, Khanna Police, Ludhiana district of Punjab, India has nabbed four Nigerian nationals in the last few weeks. The latest suspect identified as Traurare Yakubu was arrested on Wednesday, August 21. Ub Inspector Davinder Singh along with a police party stopped the suspect,…
-
Breaking: Monsoon floods claim 39 lives
Floods in India’s Southern State of Kerala have claimed 39 lives and caused a loss of 1.1 billion dollars, officials said on Monday. This is as the region braces for more rains during one of its worst monsoon seasons in a century. As many as 33,372 people evacuated from villages in low-lying areas were housed…
-
India asks telecoms to block Facebook, WhatsApp in case of misuse
India has asked its telecom operators to find ways of blocking applications such as Facebook and messaging app WhatsApp in the case of misuse, according to a document seen by Reuters on Tuesday. India has in recent months intensified efforts to crack down on mass message forwards after it found that people were using social…
-
India approves death penalty for piracy – Reports
India’s cabinet has approved a bill that will punish piracy at sea with death penalty or life in prison, local media reported. The draft law seeks to improve the safety of the nation’s navigation after a rise in attacks on vessels along critical sea routes, official sources told the NDTV television. India has reportedly been…