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United States President Joe Biden, on Monday (Oct 28) celebrated Diwali at a grand event hosted at the White House. The event was attended by over 600 prominent Indian Americans including Congress members, officials and industry leaders, reported news agency PTI.

Dhanteras marks the beginning of the Diwali festival and holds deep cultural significance in Indian tradition. Celebrated by purchasing gold and silver, it symbolizes wealth, prosperity, and purity. The day is also associated with the worship of Lord Dhanvantari, the deity of health and well-being, emphasizing the importance of security and abundance in life.

Team India has hit the rock in the ongoing Test series against New Zealand after they lost the Pune Test on Saturday (Oct 27), condemning them to their first Test series defeat on home soil in 12 years.

Police in the Indian city of Nagpur identified a man from Maharashtra's Gondia as the person responsible for the recent wave of hoax bomb threats, causing delayed flights and high security at airports.

Dharavi, Asia's largest slum is all set for transformation, but will its million residents get their rights? What are the environmental impacts of Dharavi's relocation plan? Who gets what in Dharavi? We take you inside the Dharavi Redevelopment Project on our special show; Dharavi Dreams: A reality check!

Over the past 10 years, the Republican Party has been reshaped as an outpost of Donald Trump's views, but the Grand Old Party of US politics has a storied history far from its current right-wing avatar.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Tuesday (Oct 29) said that its troops have achieved their goals in Lebanon and that the Israeli government can now go ahead with promoting a diplomatic resolution to end the conflict in the country's north.

Gisele Bundchen is pregnant with her third child. The supermodel and her boyfriend Joaquim Valente are expecting their first child together. The news comes exactly two after years Gisele filed for divorce from NFL star Tom Brady.

Industrialist-philanthropist Ratan Tata is fondly remembered by both people who knew him and who didn't. Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who was a close friend of Tata, recently shared an interesting incident that shows how humble the late tycoon was.

U.S. nonprofit Climate United unveiled plans on Tuesday to invest up to USD 250 million in what would become America's largest single purchase of electric semi-trucks.

US intelligence agencies have identified domestic extremists, driven by conspiracy theories about election fraud, as the most significant threat of violence leading up to and following the 2024 election.

Israel's parliament passed a bill on Monday that bans the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) from operating in Israel and occupied East Jerusalem, despite opposition from the United States.

Iran-aligned Lebanese militant group Hezbollah on Tuesday (Oct 29) announced its next chief, weeks after the killing of Hassan Nasrallah. According to a report by the news agency AFP, Naim Qassem will be the new leader of Hezbollah.

The Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir witnessed multiple attacks in the last two weeks. Some of these attacks took place close to the tourist places like Gulmarg and Sonamarg and the tourism stakeholders in the Kashmir Valley were worried that it might impact the tourist inflow during the autumn season.

In another setback for the Adani group, the Securities and Exchange Board of India has issued a show-cause notice to one of the group firms. The SEBI alleges Adani energy solutions misclassified certain investors as public shareholders. That is one of Hindenburg's allegations against the Indian conglomerate in its scathing report in January last year.

Electric vehicle manufacturer Polestar has issued a stark warning that proposed Biden administration regulations aimed at restricting Chinese vehicle technology would effectively end its operations in the United States, including the sale of cars manufactured on American soil.

He might be free of allegations of misconduct and cannibalism charges, but Armie Hammer has a long way to go before he can win back the trust of the entertainment industry in general.

Jeff Bezos has announced he will no longer endorse presidential candidates, citing a desire to maintain Amazon's neutrality and focus on the company's mission. This decision aims to distance the tech giant from political affiliations amid increasing scrutiny of corporate influence in politics.

The Taliban have imposed yet another bizarre order against women that will curb their voices further. The strange edict tells women not to recite the Quran out loud, as per Amu TV, an Afghan news channel based in Virginia, United States.