New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) India’s currency may be under pressure in the short term, but its long-term story remains compelling, Chief Economic Adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran has said, describing the rupee as “fundamentally undervalued” and an attractive opportunity for investors.Speaking to Bloomberg, Nageswaran said the current valuation of the rupee offers a strong entry point, particularly for long-term investors looking at India’s growth potential.His remarks come at a time when the …

New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) The Islamic State, which has managed to capture a large audience in the country, especially in South India, has been urging its recruits online to set trains on fire. In addition to burning down trains filled with passengers, it has also been urging its supporters to carry out knife attacks on busy streets.An official said that this plan was in fact set in motion in 2023. In the March 2023 edition of the Islamic State’s magazine, Voice of Khorasan, an article appeare…

Islamabad, April 24 (IANS) A leading minority rights organisation on Friday highlighted a disturbing pattern of violence against women, citing 6,543 cases of gender-based violence reported last year.According to the Voice of Pakistan Minority (VOPM), the violence against women recorded in 2025 rose sharply from 5,253 in 2024—a 25 per cent increase in just one year.“This is not just a trend; it is a warning. It signals that despite laws, policies, and public discourse, women across the countr…

Thiruvananthapuram, April 24 (IANS) The CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST), one of the country’s premier research institutions, located in the state capital, will host a Techno-Fest cum Customer Meet on May 11, to mark National Technology Day.The initiative is aimed at strengthening engagement with industry stakeholders and customers while providing a dynamic platform for knowledge exchange and collaboration.The event is expected to bring together…

New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) The Central government’s Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission has signed two memoranda of understandings (MoU) with two government institutes to strengthen quality assurance, ensure rational use of medicines, pharmacovigilance and collaborative research, an official statement said on Friday.One MoU with the Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices Bureau of India aims to enhance the quality assurance framework for medicines made available through Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaus…

Chennai, April 24 (IANS) Director Jagan Shaji Kailas’s upcoming film, featuring Malayalam actor Dileep in the lead, has been titled ‘Neekkam’, its makers have now announced. Taking to his social media timelines to share the title and the first look poster of the film that was released by the production house Urvassi Theatres, Dileep wrote, “THE INEVITABLE MOVE … @neekkam #neekkam #dileep.”The title poster of ‘Neekkam’, which was until now being referred to as D152, showed Dileep sporting an in…

New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) India is actively preparing for the rollout of 6G services and has extended the validity of the 600 MHz band, which is considered crucial for next-generation high-speed Internet deployment, said Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Chairman, Anil Kumar Lahoti, according to a report on Friday.NDTV Profit reported that he said, the move is part of broader efforts to strengthen spectrum availability and improve network efficiency amid rapidly rising data consumpti…

Mumbai, April 24 (IANS) India’s stock exchange BSE Limited on Friday warned investors about the resurfacing of a fraudulent deepfake video circulating on social media and messaging platforms, which falsely shows its Managing Director and CEO, Sundararaman Ramamurthy, purportedly offering stock market tips and investment advice.Regarding this, the exchange has clarified that the video is entirely fabricated and malicious, using deepfake technology to mislead investors by making false claims of gu…

Pune, April 24 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday confirmed that the government plans to continue with the disinvestment process of IDBI Bank.The comments dispelled the uncertainty hanging over the privatisation of IDBI Bank, as the offers received in the earlier bidding round were below the reserve price fixed by the government. Consequently, the proposed transaction had to be called off last month.Under the original plan, the government was to sell a 30.48 per cent stake in I…

Quetta, April 24 (IANS) The Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) and Baloch Republican Guards (BRG) claimed responsibility for several attacks on Pakistani forces and installations in Awaran, Jhao, Basima and Sibi areas of Pakistan’s Balochistan, local media reported on Friday. BLF spokesperson Major Gwahram Baloch said that fighters attacked a Pakistani military convoy in the Kolwah area of Awaran on April 22 while the convoy was moving from one camp to another, The Balochistan Post reported.He s…