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Parliament passes online gaming bill, Ashwini Vaishnaw says legislation takes a balanced approach

New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- Parliament on Thursday passed 'The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill' with the Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw stating that the bill encourages e-sports... Read More


NHRC takes Suo Motu cognizance of patient's death at Kanpur Medical College, seeks report from UP Govt

New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday taken suo motu cognizance of disturbing media reports concerning the death of a 25-year-old patient at Kanpur Medical Coll... Read More


Jerome Powell's Jackson Hole speech in focus: Will the US Fed signal a September rate cut?

New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- With the minutes of the July FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) meeting indicating that Federal Reserve policymakers were largely aligned on keeping the federal funds rate unch... Read More


INDIA Bloc's VP Nominee B Sudershan Reddy files nomination, pledges to "discharge role with impartiality and dignity"

New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- Opposition INDIA bloc's Vice-Presidential nominee and former Supreme Court Judge B Sudershan Reddy on Thursday filed his nomination papers for the upcoming election, describing t... Read More


The curious history of pigeons in colonial India

India, Aug. 21 -- PUNE On September 11, 1930, a car driven by a European crushed more than a hundred pigeons on Surat Street in Bombay. The car fled the scene, and attempts to chase it by hawkers nea... Read More


Vietnam, Laos continue to tighten special relationship, comprehensive cooperation

Vientiane, Aug. 21 -- Vietnamese State Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan on August 21 paid courtesy calls on General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and President of Laos Thonglo... Read More


Coco Gauff splits with coach Matt Daly, teams up with MacMilan ahead of US Open 2025

New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- Ahead of the US Open 2025, two-time Grand Slam winner Coco Gauff decided to part ways with her coach Matt Daly. The world No. 3 split with Daly, a grip expert whom she brought o... Read More


Heavy vehicles banned on old Mumbai-Pune road

India, Aug. 21 -- The Raigad district administration has imposed a complete ban on the movement of heavy vehicles on the Mumbai-Pune road, which passes through Bhor Ghat, considering frequent accident... Read More


Who is Niranjan Gupta? Hindustan Unilever appoints ex-Hero MotoCorp CEO as new Chief Financial Officer

New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- Hindustan Unilever (HUL) appoints ex-Hero MotoCorp CEO Niranjan Gupta as new Chief Financial Officer, according to an exchange filing on Thursday, 21 August 2025. (This is a dev... Read More


Finlands largest human trafficking trial exposes exploitation in the berry industry

Bangladesh, Aug. 21 -- On August 19, the Lapland District Court in Rovaniemi opened what officials have described as the largest human trafficking trial in Finlands history. At the center of the proce... Read More