Taking a grim view of incidents of sewer deaths in the country, the Supreme Court on Friday said government authorities will have to pay Rs 30 lakh as compensation to the kin of those who die while cleaning sewers.

Interest rate is likely to remain high for the moment, Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das said, stressing the central bank will remain extra vigilant and keep "Arjun's eye" to ensure a sustained decline in inflation.

 Fact-Checking Wizard and Co-Founder of the fact checking website Alt-News Mohammed Zubair has been honoured with the 2023 Freedom of Expression award in Journalism by Index on Censorship, a non-profit organisation headquartered in London.

The Congress on Thursday slammed YouTube India for adding a warning tagline to a video of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's speeches in Telangana, alleging that the social media platform is playing into the hands of the ruling dispensation.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the 17-km priority section of the country's first Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor and took a ride in a 'Namo Bharat' train running on the stretch.

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra's advocate has declared a withdrawal from the defamation case filed by the MP.

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a PIL challenging the restoration of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Lok Sabha membership and imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh on the petitioner.

A sessions court here has rejected an appeal by the Delhi Police challenging an order of release of seized electronic devices of five editors of news portal The Wire in connection with an FIR, saying serious injury would be caused to the "foundations of democracy" if press, its fourth pillar, is not allowed to function independently.