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New Delhi, Dec 8: India stands out as a poor and very unequal country, with the top 1 per cent of the population holding more than one-fifth of the total national income in 2021 and the bottom half just 13 per cent, according to a report. The report, titled 'World Inequality Report 2022', has been authored by Lucas Chancel, co-director of the World Inequality Lab, and coordinated by several

New Delhi, Dec 7: Protesting farmers' unions reached a consensus on the future course of the agitation as nearly all their demands have been met, but a formal announcement of their decision will be made Wednesday, farmer leader Kulwant Singh Sandhu said Tuesday. "Nearly all demands raised by us have been met...Letter (from government with assurances on farmers' demands) has been received. A

Mangaluru, Dec 7: Expressing concern over recent untoward incidents in Dakshina Kannada, Mangaluru MLA U T Khader said that the elected representatives and religious leaders should give priority to communal harmony and brotherhood in the society. Speaking to press persons in the city, the former minister urged the police to act sternly against those anti-social elements who try to disrupt peace in

Dubai: UAE announced on Tuesday that it will transition to a four-and-a half-day working week, with Friday afternoon, Saturday, and Sunday forming the new weekend. All Federal government departments will move to the new weekend from January 1, 2022. The authorities added that with this move, the UAE has become the first nation in the world to introduce a national working week shorter than the

LulLu Group chairman and managing director MA Yusuff Ali has saved a Kerala woman’s house from being repossessed by a local bank in a random act of kindness. The UAE-based businessman was approached by the woman, identified as Amina, while he was visiting people who rescued him and several others during a helicopter crash eight months ago, it is learnt. Yusuff Ali, his wife Shabira, and five

Mandya, Dec 7: “The Indian Constitution does not specify on how many members from the same family should be legislators. If an amendment is brought in the Constitution over this, it should be followed,” said Janata Dal (Secular) Legislature Party leader H D Kumaraswamy. Addressing media persons in Mandya, on Monday, Kumaraswamy said, “Family politics is not found only in Deve Gowda’s family

The Covid-19 virus is spreading faster than ever in South Africa, the country’s president said Monday, an indication of how the new Omicron variant is driving the pandemic, but there are early indications that Omicron may cause less-serious illness than other forms of the virus. Researchers at a major hospital complex in Pretoria reported that their patients with the coronavirus are much less sick

Bengaluru, Dec 6: Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar said on Monday that he was sent to Tihar jail for not joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Reacting to BJP minister KS Eshwarappa's statement as to why he went to Tihar jail, Shivakumar said, "I was lodged in prison for not supporting you (BJP). I was jailed because you people were upset that I didn't join the BJP." The Congress

Mangaluru, Dec 6: Erstwhile Hindutwa leader and former Puttur MLA Urimajalu Rama Bhat passed away today due to age related illness. He was 92. Bhat was the first Sangh Parivar leader to become an MLA in Karnataka, even before the national party BJP had been formed. In recent years he had become a harsh critic of BJP when scams involving party members and differences between them came after BJP

Lucknow, Dec 6: Controversial ex-Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board chairman Waseem Rizvi, who was recently excommunicated from Islam by the Shia clerics, converted to Hinduism on Monday. Rizvi, who was often in the news for criticising the Sharia and Muslim clerics and was considered close to the BJP, converted at a temple at Dasna in UP's Ghaziabad district. Rizvi later said that he had changed his