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The Court in some of its most forceful observations pointed out that the criminal law cannot be employed as a tool to penalize youths who tend to create emotional attachments. (AI image) In a groundbreaking decision on the enforcement of the criminal law on relationships between adolescents, the Delhi High court ruled that consensual romantic…

Strategists at America’s biggest bank JP Morgan have recently shared a note to investors, saying the sharp fall in software stocks may be excessive and could be driven by fears that are not fully supported by current business conditions. In its note to investors, the bank said that markets are pricing in near-term disruption from…

NEW DELHI: IndiGo will, from Wednesday (Feb 11), operate flights as per the requirements of the new safety-enhancing flight duty norms for pilots. The dispensation given by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to the airline from following the flight duty time limitation (FDTL) for its Airbus A320 family pilots lapsed on Tuesday. The…

Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Asif has delivered a scathing assessment of his country’s past alliances with Washington, telling the National Assembly that Islamabad had been “used like toilet paper and then discarded” after serving American interests in Afghanistan. Speaking during a debate on terrorism following a deadly suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in Islamabad,…

Shares of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) fell 6% in early trade on Wednesday, after the government announced an Offer for Sale (OFS) to reduce its stake in the company. On NSE, the BHEL stock was down 16 points or 5.80% to 260.10 at 11:20 am. On the Bombay Stock Exchange, the share price was…

NEW DELHI: The Union home ministry has issued an order that all six stanzas of the national song ‘Vande Mataram’ — including the last four that were dropped by the Jawaharlal’s Nehru govt, allegedly to maintain the song’s ‘secular’ appeal — shall be sung at all official functions and other occasions.The home ministry order dated…

From the 9th Century to Today: The Blue Quran Finds a Home in Mecca Museum In a landmark cultural moment for Islamic arts and history, the Holy Quran Museum in Mecca’s Hira Cultural District has opened a special display featuring a folio from the legendary ‘Blue Quran’ (Al-Muṣḥaf al-Azraq), which is one of the rarest…

Iranian security forces have been accused of executing wounded anti-regime protesters inside hospitals, including patients lying in beds with IV lines and breathing tubes, according to a report by the New York Post. The account alleges that officers entered medical facilities to identify injured demonstrators and shot some of them in the head at close…

NEW DELHI: The Union home ministry has issued an order that all six stanzas of the national song ‘Vande Mataram’ — including the last four that were dropped by the Jawaharlal’s Nehru govt, allegedly to maintain the song’s ‘secular’ appeal — shall be sung at all official functions and other occasions.The home ministry order dated…

Stock market today (AI image) Stock market today: Nifty50 and BSE Sensex, the main stock market benchmarks, rose in opening trade on Wednesday as global cues remained positive and optimism around the India-US trade deal continued. While Nifty was near the 26,000 mark, BSE Sensex rose over 100 points. At 9:16 AM, Nifty50 was trading…