Sydney, Feb 4 (UNI) Heavy rainfall has eased, but evacuated residents of northeastern Australia have been told it is not yet safe to return home amid widespread flooding. The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) on Tuesday morning canceled a severe weather warning that had been in place since Friday for Queensland’s North Tropical Coast region. Parts…
Jakarta, Feb 4 (UNI) A 6.1-magnitude earthquake rocked off Indonesia’s North Maluku province early Tuesday without prompting large waves, the country’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency said. The agency had first issued the quake’s magnitude at 6.2 before revising it. The earthquake struck at 04:35 a.m. Jakarta time Tuesday (2135 GMT Monday), with its epicenter…
Gaza City, Feb 4 (UNI) The war in Palestine’s Gaza Strip will not resume after the implementation of the first stage of the ceasefire deal, Hamas political office deputy head Musa Abu Marzouk told Sputnik. “I rule out that the war will resume after the first stage [of the ceasefire deal]. Not because he [Israeli…
New Delhi, (UNI) The Supreme Court on Monday issued a significant directive restraining the Centre and state governments from taking any steps that would reduce forest areas without compensatory measures. A bench, comprising Justices B R Gavai and K Vinod Chandran, was hearing a batch of petitions challenging the 2023 amendments to the Forest Conservation…
New Delhi, (UNI) The Supreme Court on Monday sought clarification from the Union Government regarding the prolonged detention of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in correctional homes across India instead of deporting them to their native country. A bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice R Mahadevan emphasized that once an illegal immigrant from Bangladesh is apprehended…
New Delhi, (UNI) The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain an appeal challenging the Karnataka High Court’s decision to quash criminal proceedings against former Karnataka BJP state president Naleen Kumar Kateel in an extortion case linked to the electoral bond scheme. A bench, comprising Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar,…
New Delhi, (UNI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Parliament House, and expressed gratitude for approving an urea plant in Namrup in the Budget 2025-26. He also termed the decision of the Central Government as a ‘game-changer” in the State’s developmental journey. During the meeting, both the…
New Delhi, (UNI) The Supreme Court has scheduled February 12 for hearing a batch of pleas challenging the constitutionality of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023. The controversial legislation excludes the Chief Justice of India from the selection panel for appointing Election Commissioners, which has sparked widespread criticism. The urgency in…
Moscow, Feb 4 (UNI) The 16th world chess champion, Norway’s Magnus Carlsen, called on Russia’s Arkady Dvorkovich to resign as International Chess Federation (FIDE) President. Earlier on Monday, 3 February, it was announced that FIDE and the Freestyle Chess Tour, co-organised by Carlsen, had failed to reach an agreement on cooperation due to disputes over…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (UNI) Financial Services arm of Aditya Birla group Aditya Birla Capital Limited today reported a 3.7 per cent drop year-on-year in its Profit After Tax (PAT) at Rs 708 crore for the October-December quarter of FY25, versus Rs 735.76 crore in the corresponding quarter of previous financial year 2023-24. Net Interest…
