Cash vouchers for newlyweds: This Chinese city has come out with innovative ways to woo couples; seeks to boost marriages

AI-generated image for representational purposes The move comes as marriages in China fell by one-fifth last year, with analysts attributing the decline to high childcare and education costs, Reuters reported.Ningbo’s civil affairs department announced on its official WeChat account that newlyweds will be eligible for eight vouchers worth a total of 1,000 yuan ($141/£107), redeemable […]

Delhi Bomb Threat: CRPF schools, courts receive threats; security tightened | Delhi News

NEW DELHI: Two CRPF schools and several courts in the national capital received bomb threats via e-mail on Tuesday, prompting immediate security alerts and precautionary measures, officials said.The schools, located in Prashant Vihar and Dwarka, received the threats around 9 am, the Delhi Fire Services said.Three court complexes in Delhi, including the Saket District Court […]

UAE President appoints four new Assistant Governors at Central Bank | World News

UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed appointed four experienced leaders as Assistant Governors at CBUAE/Image: CBUAE In a significant move aimed at strengthening the leadership of the UAE’s financial sector, President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued a federal decree appointing four new Assistant Governors at the Central Bank of the […]

Kidnapping strikes Nigeria again: 25 girls abducted from a boarding school in Kebbi; manhunt on

In a harrowing incident early Monday, armed attackers infiltrated a boarding school in Kebbi state, Nigeria, seizing 25 girls and leaving at least one staff member dead. The assailants employed advanced weaponry as they clashed with security personnel, orchestrating a chaotic raid that targeted students in their dorms. In the latest kidnapping to hit northern […]

IND vs SA: Shock defeat spurs India to training in Kolkata before Guwahati trip

India wasted no time in returning to the training ground after their embarrassing 30-run defeat to South Africa in the first of a two-match series in Kolkata. Two days after being outspun by the visiting Proteas, the Indian team were back in training for the second Test even before flying out to Guwahati, which will […]

Watch: Plane carrying Congo minister, 20 others bursts into flames; skids off runway

Screen grab (Source: X @geotechwar, @RT_com) A chartered Embraer ERJ‑145LR carrying Democratic Republic of Congo mines minister Louis Watum Kabamba and around 20 others onboard skidded off the runway and caught fire at Kolwezi Airport on Monday.According to The Sun, the aircraft, returning from Kinshasa, came in to land around 11 am when it overshot runway 29 […]

Stock Market Opens Lower; Metal Stocks Drag Indices | Udaipur Kiran

Mumbai, 18 November (Udaipur Kiran). The Indian stock market opened on a weak note on Tuesday, with both benchmark indices trading in the red. At 9:25 am, the Sensex was down 164 points, or 0.19%, at 84,784, while the Nifty slipped 47 points, or 0.18%, to 25,965. Weakness was visible across large-cap, mid-cap and small-cap […]

NASA to unveil rare imagery of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on 19 November 2025: How to watch live, participate and all you need to know |

NASA is preparing to showcase new imagery of the interstellar comet 3I ATLAS, offering the public a closer look at one of the rarest visitors to our solar system. The comet, which was discovered by the ATLAS observatory earlier this year, is only the third confirmed object to enter our solar system from elsewhere in […]

Google gets ‘appreciation note’ from the world’s biggest investor, for the first time ever in 25 years

Berkshire Hathaway has taken a $4.3 billion stake in Google-parent Alphabet, lifting Alphabet’s shares nearly 7% to $293.40 in after-hours trading. The purchase makes Alphabet Berkshire’s tenth-largest U.S. stock holding and marks the conglomerate’s first-ever investment in Google since the company was founded in 1998. The move surprised investors, especially as Warren Buffett has long […]

‘Deeply ashamed’: Larry Summers steps back from public roles; scrutiny mounts over Epstein emails

screen grab (Source:X/@nytimes) Former Harvard University president and US treasury secretary Larry Summers has said he will step back from several public roles following the release of documents detailing years of personal correspondence with convicted sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.In a statement issued by him on Monday night, quoted by The Washington Post, […]