Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, died Thursday after 70 years on the throne. She was 96. The palace announced she died at Balmoral Castle, her summer residence in Scotland, where members of the royal...

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday exuded confidence in India's double-digit GDP growth in this financial year, saying that the nation is on a strong wicket when compared to others, and is responsive in terms of extending hand-holding to the required sections. "We...

Delhi government has imposed a complete ban of firecrackers till 1 January, 2023, Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on 7 September. Rai said that there will be a complete ban on production, storage, sale and use of firecrackers till Jan 1, 2023. He also added that this year, there...

With India surpassing the United Kingdom (UK) to become the world's 5th largest economy, a report by the State Bank of India (SBI) has foreseen that the country will outstrip two other major economies by the end of this decade. The SBI's Economic Research Department predicted that India...

About 300 brick-and-mortar branches of public sector banks will be opened in the unbanked areas of various states by December 2022, according to sources as quoted by the news agency PTI. These new branches will cover all remaining villages with a population of more than 3,000 which do...