Author: Avikshit Khadri

The incident occurred at 8 am on Thursday in Ashoka Shopping Centre on Lokmantya Tilak Marg in Mumbai, where the victim has her office, the official said. A man was arrested for allegedly molesting and attempting to kill a 35-year-old woman lawyer inside the washroom of a shopping centre in south Mumbai, a police official said on Friday. The incident occurred at 8 am on Thursday in Ashoka Shopping Centre on Lokmantya Tilak Marg, where the victim has her office, the official said. “At around 7:30 am, she went to the common toilet at the shopping centre. When she found…

“Many important countries, whether it’s the US, the UK, India, are going in for elections and so, I’m not sure in 2024 the standards will develop,” Sinha said. India is unlikely to bring a crypto or Web3-specific legislative bill anytime soon and perhaps up to mid of 2025, said one of India’s senior politicians, who oversees the financial evolution of the nation. Jayant Sinha, Chair of the Standing Committee on Finance in India’s Parliament and a Minister of Parliament from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was answering a question during a CoinDesk interview at India Blockchain Week in Bengaluru…

The government aims to grow the pharmaceutical industry by about four times to $200 billion by 2030, Arunish Chawla, secretary, department of pharmaceuticals, said on Friday. The sector should be able to achieve the target through the help of industrial academia and production-linked incentives announced for industrial research and development, he said on the sidelines of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) summit. “We are already achieving double-digit growth year on year. We need to sustain the momentum and accelerate further and also adapt to the structural changes that are coming in the industry and the medical technology sector the…

Navi Mumbai Police arrested a beggar who was suspected of attacking a female college student in the Nerul node of the city. Navi Mumbai Police arrested a beggar who was suspected of attacking a female college student in the Nerul node of the city. The police personnel told PTI that the beggar allegedly attacked the student aged 21 with a glass bottle without any prior provocation. This has resulted in the young woman sustaining grievous injuries.  According to the PTI report, the incident occurred on December 4 when the accused, identified as 26-year-old Imam Hassan Shamshuddin allegedly attacked the woman near…

The state BJP unit has imposed a stay on the fresh appointments of new presidents of its 10 mandal units in Mira-Bhayandar which were recently announced by city chief- Kishore Sharma Sending out a firm message that factional politics will not be tolerated within the party, the state BJP unit has imposed a stay on the fresh appointments of new presidents of its 10 mandal units in Mira-Bhayandar which were recently announced by Kishor Sharma. An official letter imposing a stay on the appointments was issued by Vikrant Patil, who holds the position of general secretary in the state unit…

Berlin (05/11 – 40) The international transport corridor “Tajikistan-Europe” will be expanded. The initiative for the implementation of the “Crossroads of the World” project was announced at the IV International Tbilisi Silk Road Forum, which concluded in the capital of Georgia. The project envisions the development of connections between Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Iran. This means that the Silk Road, which once passed through the North Caucasus, will now be connected to the South Caucasus hub. “In this way, another node is added to the multimodal corridor ‘China – Tajikistan – Uzbekistan – Turkmenistan – Iran – Turkey – Europe’,”…

Police arrested the four for assaulting and causing hurt to Bharat Maruthi Ghadge, who has been booked for molesting and assaulting a woman, along with the charges of trespassing. Four people brutally thrashed a 42-year-old man for allegedly molesting a woman. The four accused are identified as Sagar Yadav (26), Indar Jadhav (23), Akshay Waghote (21), and Tushar Parkar (29), got to know about a man Bharat Maruthi Ghadge, 42, who had allegedly molested a woman they were familiar with. According to the police, Bharat, a rickshaw driver by profession, had entered the Ramabai Nagar area in Bhandup on October…

This is a ground-breaking phenomenon and will staggeringly change the trade and connectivity perception between India, West Asia, and Europe. The success of India’s G20 Presidency and its rise from the global south to the distinction of a leading player in global geopolitics speaks of the story of its grit, resilience, and determination. The secret of its roaring success comes from relying on its perennial cultural ethos of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam – One Earth, One Family, One Future. The Sanskrit expression Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam embodies the essence of India’s wisdom tradition that believes in the culture of accommodation and shared success. The message of…

Mumbai is one of the few places out of Kerala that Onam is celebrated in full glory. Here’s where you can shop for saris and Veshtis, stock up on chips, and lose yourself to dance Onam ends on August 29 but the 10-day celebrations continue across communities—atheist and agnostic; Malayalee or not. The celebrations are to mark virtuous demon king Mahabali’s visit to Earth. His story is part of Vishnu’s Vamana avatar. Given the size and enthusiasm of the Diaspora in the city, celebrations are sometimes even more elaborate than in Kerala, says author, scriptwriter and columnist Anand Neelakandan. “When…

Dhole, known to be a close aide of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, served with him when the latter was a minister in the Devendra Fadnavis government. The commissioner of Mumbai’s neighbouring Mira-Bhayander Municipal Corporation Dilip Dhole was transferred Wednesday after he was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in an alleged multi-thousand crore Urban Land Ceiling Regulation scam in the Thane district. Dhole will be replaced by Sanjay Katkar, an IAS officer of the 2014 batch. Katkar was earlier the joint managing director of the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO). Kailas Shinde will replace Katkar. Dhole, known to be a…