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September 10, 2025 10:50 AM

CP Radhakrishnan elected as Vice President of India

National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nominee CP Radhakrishnan has been elected as Vice President of India, defeating INDIA bloc candidate Justice B Sudershan Reddy in the election held on Tuesday. Radhakrishnan secured 452 first preference votes, whil...

September 9, 2025 2:51 PM

France’s Macron seeks new prime minister after government’s collapse

French President Emmanuel Macron is seeking his fifth prime minister in less than two years after opposition parties united to kick out centre-right Prime Minister Francois Bayrou over his unpopular plans for budget tightening. Bayrou, handed a 364-...

September 9, 2025 2:52 PM

‘I lose my freedom today’: Thailand’s Thaksin jailed in fall from grace

A smiling Thaksin Shinawatra arrived at Thailand's Supreme Court on Tuesday morning in his black and silver Mercedes Maybach luxury sedan, dressed in a dark suit and a yellow tie. But the former Thai prime minister left the court complex bereft of t...

September 9, 2025 2:13 PM

Amnesty says Pakistan spying on millions through phone-tapping, firewall

Pakistan is spying on millions of its citizens using a phone-tapping system and a Chinese-built internet firewall that censors social media, in one of the most comprehensive examples of state surveillance outside China, Amnesty International said. T...

September 9, 2025 10:10 AM

Stalemate or surrender: France’s Macron is left with no good options

The challenge French President Emmanuel Macron faces in choosing his fifth prime minister in under two years lays bare the depth of a political crisis that in many ways is of his own making, and one with no clear path out. Francois Bayrou is set to ...

September 9, 2025 9:47 AM

French parliament ousts prime minister, deepening political crisis

France's parliament brought down the government on Monday over its plans to tame the ballooning national debt, deepening a political crisis that is weakening the euro zone's second-largest economy. Lawmakers voted to oust Prime Minister Francois...

September 9, 2025 4:16 PM

Nineteen killed in Nepal in ‘Gen Z’ protest over social media ban, corruption

At least 19 people in two cities died on Monday in Nepal's worst unrest in decades, authorities said, as police in the capital fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters trying to storm parliament in anger at a social media shutdown and corrupti...

September 8, 2025 9:45 PM

State of world today is cause for genuine concern: Jaishankar at BRICS Leaders meeting

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, representing Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the virtual BRICS Leaders’ Meeting, said on Monday that the state of the world today is a matter of concern, with the multilateral system failing to adequately ad...

September 8, 2025 5:26 PM

Modernising Tax- Bringing simplicity, transparency, and digital Readiness

The government has enacted the Income Tax Act, 2025, bringing in a major overhaul of the country’s direct tax regime aimed at making it more transparent, efficient and equitable. Officials said the reform is designed to simplify compliance, promote...

September 8, 2025 12:37 PM

GST 2.0: Fueling India’s commerce with simpler, smarter taxation

The GST Council, at its 56th meeting, approved a set of next-generation reforms aimed at simplifying India’s indirect tax regime, widening inclusivity and laying the groundwork for long-term growth. The changes, will come into effect from September...

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