Top Stories | - Part 747

US joins people of India to honor its democratic journey, Biden on India’s Independence Day

ION correspondentAugust 15, 2022August 15, 2022

As India celebrates its 76th Independence Day on Monday, US President Joe Biden greeted India and said that the Indian-American community has made their country a more innovative, inclusive,...

Business and Commerce Top Stories

India’s new-found confidence stems from spirit of youth, farmers, and above all, its women: President Murmu

ION correspondentAugust 15, 2022August 15, 2022

Extending her greetings to all Indians on the eve of Independence Day, the President said India is completing 75 years as an independent nation. She said, the 14th of...

Salman Rushdie off ventilator after stabbing, attacker pleads “not guilty”

ION correspondentAugust 14, 2022August 14, 2022

“The Satanic Verses” author Salman Rushdie was taken off a ventilator and able to talk Saturday, a day after he was stabbed as he prepared to give a lecture...

Entertainment & Arts Top Stories

Salman Rushdie still on ventilator and unable to speak: agent

ION correspondentAugust 13, 2022August 13, 2022

Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born novelist who spent years in hiding after Iran urged Muslims to kill him because of his writing, was stabbed in the neck and torso onstage...

Nation Top Stories

GST on rent: Govt. clarifies on the new rule on residential properties

ION correspondentAugust 13, 2022August 13, 2022

Amid reports regarding 18 per cent GST on house rent for tenants, the government on Friday clarified that the renting of residential unit is taxable only when it is...

Business and Commerce Health Top Stories

India logs 16,299 new Covid cases, 53 deaths in 24 hours, Delhi makes wearing mask mandatory

ION correspondentAugust 12, 2022August 12, 2022

India recorded a total of 16,299 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 4,42,06,996, according to the Union Health Ministry. With...

Russia Ukraine War Top Stories

India expresses concern over shelling near Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuke power plant

ION correspondentAugust 12, 2022August 12, 2022

India has expressed its concern over the reports of shelling near the fuel storage facility of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Ukraine, calling for mutual restraint as the...

Business and Commerce Top Stories

Three French Rafale Jets make strategic stopover at IAF base during Indo-Pacific deployment

ION correspondentAugust 12, 2022August 12, 2022

A French Air and Space Force contingent, including three Rafale jets, made a strategically crucial stopover at the IAF’s Sulur base in Tamil Nadu as part of a mega...

China shields Pak based global terrorist from United Nations sanctions despite incontrovertible evidence

ION correspondentAugust 12, 2022August 12, 2022

China has once again shielded a Pakistan based global terrorist – Abdul Rauf Azhar from United Nations sanctions despite incontrovertible evidence under the garb of procedures as it has...

States Top Stories

3 jawans killed, 2 terrorists gunned down in suicide attack bid at army base in J&K’s Rajouri

ION correspondentAugust 11, 2022August 11, 2022

Three soldiers were killed in action in a pre-dawn suicide attack on an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri. Two terrorists were shot dead. Two soldiers were also...