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Public outcry as video surfaces of e-hailing driver harassing woman; Johor police launch probe

JOHOR BAHRU, Feb. 2 -- Police have launched an investigation into a viral video that appears to show an e-hailing driver sexually harassing a young female passenger in Johor Bahru. The 20-second clip... Read More


Healthy and Graceful Ageing

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- At a time when advances in medical science are increasing life spans faster than societies are learning to cope, ageing has emerged as one of the defining public health challenges... Read More


Crisis of Enforcement

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- My name? Mera naam Mohammad Deepak hai!" said a Hindu man, as he stood with an elderly Muslim shopkeeper who was being bullied by a mob claiming to be from the Bajrang Dal, a Hind... Read More


Moving Beyond Cliche Tourism

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- India's recovery of foreign tourist inflows after the Covid shock has been steady rather than spectacular. International arrivals have broadly returned to pre-pandemic levels, but... Read More


TIB reports BNP involvement in majority of political violence over past 1.5 years

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has reported that the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) was involved in 550 of the 600 incidents of political violence recorded during the... Read More


MPS Pharmaa reports standalone net loss of Rs 0.22 crore in the December 2025 quarter

Mumbai, Feb. 2 -- Net Loss of MPS Pharmaa reported to Rs 0.22 crore in the quarter ended December 2025 as against net loss of Rs 0.17 crore during the previous quarter ended December 2024. There were ... Read More


PremjiInvest bets nearly $33 mn on Bharat Forge subsidiary

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- PremjiInvest, the family office of Wipro founder-chairman and billionaire Azim Premji that invests in both privately held and publicly listed companies, has agreed to pump Rs 300 ... Read More


Prabowo to launch Indonesia ASRI drive to clean up cities

Bogor, West Java, Feb. 2 -- President Prabowo Subianto said he will soon launch the Indonesia ASRI movement, a nationwide initiative aimed at creating safer, cleaner and more attractive environments a... Read More


Budget focusses on investment as tool to boost consumption: FM

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the Union Budget for FY2026-27 has focussed on investment as a priority tool for boosting consumption, and the trajectory of fis... Read More


FinMin contemplating raising FDI in PSBs to 49%: DFS Secy

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- The Finance Ministry is contemplating hiking foreign direct investment in public sector banks to 49 per cent from the current 20 per cent to enhance their capital base. "We are s... Read More