Indian dairy firm Heritage Foods will increase the prices of its products this financial year to offset rising costs such as fuel and raw material expenses, its CEO told Reuters.

Consumer goods majors, including Nestle India and Cinthol soapmaker Godrej Consumer Products, are hiking prices to battle a double whammy of a slowdown in consumer spending and higher costs.

PhonePe has launched a feature enabling users to “create a circle” and make payments on behalf of their family, friends, or trusted contacts, said the fintech company on Wednesday.

Dependents in a family can use UPI Circle to create their own identity or profile in the digital payments service without a linked bank account, providing a secure financial service to “unbanked” individuals.

The Supreme Court will begin hearing a batch of 73 petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf Amendment Act today (April 16). The hearing, scheduled to start at 2 pm, will be conducted by a three-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, along with Justices Sanjay Kumar and KV Viswanathan, reported India Today.

The Waqf Amendment Act, which was passed by Parliament and signed into law by President Droupadi Murmu on April 5, has sparked widespread protests and legal challenges across the nation.

India and the United States have finalised the terms of reference for the initial phase of a bilateral trade agreement, Reuters reported, citing an Indian trade official.

The two nations had earlier agreed, in February, to collaborate on the first stage of the trade pact, aiming to finalise it by the end of this year. The broader goal is to boost bilateral trade to $500 billion by 2030.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has proclaimed April 14, 2025 as Dr B R Ambedkar Day in New York City, with its 8.5 million residents celebrating the day, a top official in the mayor's office said here.

Deputy Commissioner for the New York City Mayor's Office for International Affairs Dilip Chauhan made the announcement here in the presence of Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Dr Ramdas Athawale, who delivered the keynote address at a special event organised at the UN headquarters on Monday to commemorate Dr Ambedkar's 134th birth anniversary.

The federal government says it's freezing more than USD 2.2 billion in grants and contracts to Harvard University, since the institution said Monday it won't comply with the Trump administration's demands to limit activism on campus.

In a letter to Harvard Friday, the administration called for broad government and leadership reforms, a requirement that Harvard institute what it calls “merit-based” admissions and hiring policies as well as conduct an audit of the study body, faculty and leadership on their views about diversity.

Union minister Gadkari has said the long-delayed Mumbai-Goa highway will be completed by June this year, which is expected to bring relief to daily commuters and Konkan-bound travellers who have endured years of pothole-ridden roads.

Speaking at an event here on Monday, the road transport and highways minister also reiterated that physical toll booths would be removed across the country soon and the Centre will come up with a new toll policy.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday accused BJP governments in Uttar Pradesh and at the Centre of not delivering on their promises and alleged that the party was repackaging old schemes with new names to mislead the public.

"Before they become zero themselves, everything around them is turning into zero," Yadav said in a swipe at the BJP in a post on X.

Chinese authorities have accused the US National Security Agency (NSA) of carrying out sophisticated cyberattacks targeting critical Chinese infrastructure during the Asian Winter Games in February. The allegations, announced by police in Harbin and reported Tuesday by the state-run Xinhua News Agency, signal a heightened escalation in cybersecurity tensions between the two nations.

What were you doing when you were 14? Chances are, you were tackling homework or figuring out your favourite activity. Fourteen-year-old Indian-origin student Siddharth Nandyala, who lives in Dallas, was building a life-saving innovation.

Siddharth has developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered app called Circadian AI, which can detect heart conditions in just seven seconds.

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