NEW DELHI: The Madhya Pradesh high court has suspended a notary’s licence for preparing a fake marriage registration document, ruling that notaries have no power to act as marriage officers. The court also freed a young woman who said she was threatened into a sham “court marriage,” and allowed her to return to her parents.The…

NEW DELHI: A Delhi consumer court has upheld an insurer’s decision to reject a health insurance claim after investigators found that a patient’s hospital records showed she received an injection nearly 20 minutes after she had already been discharged — one of ten discrepancies that pointed to suspected fabrication of medical documents.The Delhi State Consumer…

Nearly a decade after China launched its sweeping crackdown in Xinjiang, rights groups and researchers say Beijing’s campaign against Uyghurs has entered a new phase, one focused less on mass internment camps and more on reshaping identity, language, religion and family life.According to Financial Times, the shift has come even after Chinese authorities claimed in…

Bianca Andreescu (Image Via Getty) Canada’s Billie Jean King Cup campaign came to a painful end on April 11 in Astana. The decisive moment came when Bianca Andreescu missed a crucial serve on her opponent’s match point. That single error handed Kazakhstan the final win they needed. With that, Canada lost the tie 3-1 and…

NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday raised import duties on gold and silver to 15% from 6% as part of a broader effort to curb rising imports of precious metals and conserve foreign exchange amid mounting pressure from the West Asia crisis.In a notification issued by the finance ministry, the government increased the social welfare…