NEW DELHI: Bhabanipur constituency witnessed high-voltage drama as chief minister Mamata Banerjee and her arch-rival Suvendu Adhikari traded barbs at each other amid the ongoing polling for the second phase of the West Bengal assembly elections.As voting began on Wednesday, Mamata and Suvendu landed in the same polling booth area and took swipes at one…
British social media influencer has gone missing during a work trip to Morocco A 31-year-old British traveller and social media influencer has gone missing during a work trip to Agadir, Morocco, leaving her family “extremely concerned” over her sudden disappearance.Rachel Kerr, originally from Dunblane in Scotland, was last seen at the Caribbean Village Agadir, where…
Any increase in UAE’s crude oil production will directly strengthen India’s energy security. (AI image) The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE’s) shock move to exit the OPEC and OPEC+ may have far reaching implications for not just world oil markets and oil prices, but also in terms of the relevance of cartels in an increasingly multi…
Distance runner Sabastian Sawe, who hails from Kenya, is the talk of the town following his record-breaking achievement on Sunday. The 31-year-old became the first person to break the two-hour mark in the 2026 London Marathon, finishing in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds. Moreover, Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia broke the women’s marathon record,…
Neural tube defects, such as Spina bifida, are one of the leading congenital disorders (affecting about one in 1,000 live births worldwide) and are associated with the junctional neurulation. Though NTDs are most likely to develop within the first four weeks of pregnancy, it has historically been challenging to observe the specific molecular mechanisms that…
CBSE Class 12th Result 2026 The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has rejected the claims of delays and technical glitches in the evaluation of Class 12th answer sheets under its newly introduced On-Screen Marking system. The board asserted that the process is functioning “perfectly” and remains firmly on schedule, as reported by PTI. Speaking…
Blackmail showcased Irrfan in a different space. Directed by Abhinay Deo, the film explored dark humour. He played a middle-aged man stuck in a routine life. His marriage lacked excitement. Things changed when he discovered his wife’s affair. This led to unexpected twists and it starred Kirti Kulhari, Arunoday Singh, and Divya Dutta. It released…
A single line can sometimes do what long lectures cannot: pull a deeply uncomfortable truth into public view. That is exactly what happened when Apoorva Makhija said on her YouTube channel, “Strict parents create great liars.” The remark, blunt and unsparing, quickly moved beyond her video and into a wider conversation after a related expert…
Indian stock markets rose sharply on Wednesday, April 29, benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty surging more than 1 per cent each as strong earnings, rising hopes for sooner end to the raging war in the Middle East and other factors boosted investor sentiment. 30-share BSE Sensex rallied 609.45 points or 0.79 per cent to close…
HDFC Mutual Funds: If you had invested Rs 1 lakh a decade ago (10 years ago), and stayed invested, your mutual fund investment could have grown up to six times by now. Credit goes to compounding. The longer you stay invested, the better the result you can expect. Here are some of the schemes of…
