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Image for representation only | Photo Credit: J. Allen Egenuse At least 2.08 crore voters, or 21.14% of Maharashtra’s pre-Special Intensive Revision electorate, have not been included in the draft electoral roll published on Monday (August 31) following the SIR exercise across all 288 Assembly constituencies in the State. Of the 9.78 crore voters on…
People gather as NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani hold a press conference at the scene of an officer-involved shooting, in Times Square, New York City, U.S. August 31, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters A knife-wielding woman stabbed and killed a person and injured another in New York’s tourist-filled Times…
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The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has imposed a penalty of ₹1 lakh on Pladis India Pvt. Ltd., the maker of McVitie’s biscuits, for what it termed a misleading claim on its Whole Wheat Marie biscuits. The consumer protection body said the McVities Whole Wheat Marie Biscuits contained only 19.5% whole wheat flour (atta), while…
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The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has imposed a penalty of ₹1 lakh on Pladis India Pvt. Ltd., the maker of McVitie’s biscuits, for what it termed a misleading claim on its Whole Wheat Marie biscuits. The consumer protection body said the McVities Whole Wheat Marie Biscuits contained only 19.5% whole wheat flour (atta), while…
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The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is India’s preeminent digital payments system. In July 2026 alone, it processed 2,366 crore transactions — or around 7,600 transactions per second — in total worth nearly ₹30 lakh crore. Across the 2025-26 financial year, UPI handled 24,160 crore transactions worth ₹314 lakh crore, accounting for 85% of the country’s…
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On August 21, a three-judge Supreme Court Bench led by the Chief Justice of India dismissed a petition and sought a fresh one in a case on minimum wages in rural employment guarantee programmes. The Bench lauded MGNREGA’s role in rural development. It probed whether the ‘Right to Work’ should be treated on par with…
The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is India’s preeminent digital payments system. In July 2026 alone, it processed 2,366 crore transactions — or around 7,600 transactions per second — in total worth nearly ₹30 lakh crore. Across the 2025-26 financial year, UPI handled 24,160 crore transactions worth ₹314 lakh crore, accounting for 85% of the country’s…
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“The flood in the Bhote Koshi River in Rasuwa was not an ordinary flood,” Prime Minister Balendra Shah said in a social media post late on Monday. “It was one of the region’s major disasters, triggered by an avalanche of snow and ice in the Himalayan region,” he said. “This incident indicates that the risks…
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Monday (August 31, 2026) to hit Iran “hard” after the two foes traded fire for the first time in weeks, as his Treasury secretary vowed to keep up a pressure campaign aimed at hobbling Tehran’s economy. After six months of war, the foes remain at an impasse, with Iran…
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Pakistan’s head coach Sarfaraz Ahmed during a nets session in London, England | Photo Credit: PA via AP In an unusual move, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday (August 31, 2026) decided to send seven members of its touring Test squad home and replace them with a fresh set of players ahead of the…
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