Zanai Bhosle shares heartfelt throwback moment with Asha Bhosle: ‘She celebrated life, and that’s how we’ll honour her’ |

Zanai Bhosle shared a throwback video of her and grandma Asha Bhosle enjoying Mumbai festivities from their balcony. “She would want us to celebrate just the way she celebrated life,” she wrote. Asha died April 12; cremated with honors April 13. Celebs like Aamir Khan paid respects. Zanai’s emotional posts urge living fully. Zanai Bhosle,…

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Concern as Indian officials again dimiss US report of religious freedom violations

Randhir Jaiswal, official spokesperson for India’s Ministry of External Affairs, said the report was ‘motivated and biased’. Consulate General of India in New York / Wikimedia Commons The USCIRF has recommended that India should be listed as a Country of Particular Concern for ‘engaging in and tolerating systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious freedom violations’. Christians in…

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Microfinance replaces informal credit: Report

MUMBAI: A structural shift is reshaping India’s microfinance sector, with regulated lenders displacing informal sources as borrowing from moneylenders fell to 1% in 2024–25 from 46% in 2011, according to a survey by Microfinance Industry Network and National Council of Applied Economic Research.The survey, which covered 10,342 borrowers across 10 states, shows a maturing market…

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Shipping official amid reports of vessel carrying Iranian oil heading towards India| India News

Hours after reports of a vessel carrying Iranian crude heading towards India, the ministry of ports, shipping and waterways said it did not know of any such development. Vadinar, where reports said the ship was headed, is home to the oil refinery of Russian oil giant Rosneft-backed Naraya Energy. (PTI/ Representational) Mukesh Mangal, additional secretary…

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