NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi Wednesday said it was because of the “whole-of-govt” approach that the challenging task of holding a hassle-free NEET-UG retest could be completed, as he hailed the collective efforts of different ministries and departments for the June 21 exam’s smooth conduct.Modi made these remarks while chairing a cabinet meeting, where Union…
New Delhi: Every time the FIFA World Cup comes around, Indian football fans find themselves asking the same question: why not India? Perhaps it is a question that should not be reserved for once every four years. Perhaps it is a question Indian football needs to ask itself every day. Women wearing masks of Lionel…
Shares of Micron Technology Ltd. surged as much as 16% in extended trading on Wall Street on Wednesday, June 24, after reporting a blowout quarter that surpassed every analyst estimate across parameters. How Did Micron Fare In Q3? For the fiscal third quarter, Micron reported revenue of $41.46 billion, well above estimates of $35.84 billion….
SoftBank Group founder and CEO Masayoshi Son has said that he is not planning to step down in his sixties, announcing to shareholders that he intends to remain at the helm of the technology conglomerate for another decade or more. According to a report by news agency Reuters, the 68-year-old billionaire tech investor declared that…
UBT MPs meet Birla, question rebels’ Shinde Sena merger NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: In a meeting with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday, Shiv Sena (UBT) said two-thirds of its MPs cannot join or merge with another party on their own, without the initiative of their original party, and urged him to uphold provisions of the…
New Delhi: With elation pasted on his face like a young boy who has scored his first goal, Cristiano Ronaldo raced to the Portugal bench, falling into the arms of his teammates and hugging Diogo Dalot. Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice against Uzbekistan in Portugal’s 5-0 win. (Getty Images via AFP) The sixth minute strike against…
Futures on Wall Street, particularly those linked to the Nasdaq, have seen a sharp surge after the close of regular trading on Wednesday as a blowout quarter from Micron allayed investor concerns that the recent rally in chip / memory / AI-linked stocks is here to stay. The Nasdaq futures are up 550 points on…
Why do the crime stories of Ranga-Billa, Jessica Lall, Nithari, Nirbhaya continue to evoke an immediate emotional response years after they were committed? The release of Raakh on Prime Video has brought back a question that resurfaces every time India revisits one of its most disturbing crimes through a film, a book, a documentary or…
NEW DELHI: The French Revolution, the Russian Revolution and Nazism will no longer be part of the Class IX history syllabus. NCERT officials said these modern world history themes will be taken up in Class X as part of secondary-stage progression, while the new Class IX textbook will chart the story of early humans, the…
NEW DELHI: Crude oil prices fell below the $75-per-barrel mark on Wednesday as the Strait of Hormuz reopened but are yet to return to the pre-conflict levels of $65-70 a barrel.While Brent crude traded at nearly $73.4 per barrel at the time of filing this report, the Indian oil basket — a blend of sweet-grade…
