The West Bengal government on Monday (June 22) announced a 20% increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) for state government employees and pensioners, marking one of the biggest revisions to the allowance in recent years. Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta made the announcement while presenting the first full budget of the BJP-led government headed by Chief Minister…
New Delhi:The US has formally notified the proposed sale of sustainment support services and related equipment for Apache helicopters and M777A2 Ultra-Light Howitzers for India at an estimated cost of $482.2 million. The Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), which administers Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programme of the US, issued the arms sales notification in the…
Paris is celebrated for its grand boulevards, elegant cafés and iconic landmarks. Yet beneath the pavements, far below the tourists and traffic, lies a second city that most people never see.The Paris Catacombs form an immense underground network of former limestone quarries stretching for hundreds of kilometres beneath the French capital. Hidden entrances, flooded passages,…
Talisman Mohamed Salah scored a goal and set up another as the Pharaohs came from 1-0 down at half-time to romp to a historic 3-1 victory against New Zealand in the FIFA World Cup. “It’s a great achievement for all the players. It’s a great win. It’s a great vibe. The next game is very…
The CGBSE NMMS Result 2026 has been declared, bringing relief to students awaiting scholarship selection. Candidates can now check their scores, qualifying status, and merit list details online. The board has also published the official answer keys, enabling students to review their performance and verify responses before the next stage of the scholarship award process….
Thalapathy Vijay birthday special: ‘Not hero material’ label to mass Tamil superstar; Know his early struggles and transformations Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar aka Thalapathy Vijay is widely regarded as one of Tamil cinema’s most influential stars and is surely the most bankable actor in Tollywood or even in Indian cinema. Next to the stardom of Shah…
Resilience is often described as toughness, but that word misses something important. The children who grow into steady, capable adults are not usually the ones who never fall apart. They are the ones who learn, early and quietly, that hard things can be survived, feelings can be handled, and mistakes do not end the story….
Japan may have used foreign securities, including US Treasuries, to finance its record currency market intervention over the previous month, a move that could warrant attention from the US. According to a Bloomberg report, which cited the reserve data released by the Japanese finance ministry earlier this month, the country’s foreign security holdings in May…
Tesla bull and CEO of Gerber Kawasaki, Ross Gerber has suggested that Elon Musk’s Starlink could one day launch a device which will be capable of challenging Apple’s iPhone dominance, according to a repot by Benzinga. But users quickly countered him saying Google Pixel smartphones already deliver much of that functionality. In post on social…
When Saudi Arabia unveiled NEOM in 2017, it promised nothing short of a city from the future. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman presented the mega-project as the centrepiece of the kingdom’s Vision 2030 strategy to reduce dependence on oil. The plans included flying taxis, robot assistants, a 170-kilometre-long mirrored skyscraper known as The Line, a…
