NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar took a swipe at the United State’s shifting stance and Western nations’ double standards, saying Washington imposes and lifts sanctions or tariffs based on its own interests and not on any fixed principle.Speaking at the Kultaranta Talks in Finland on Thursday, Jaishankar strongly defended India’s decision to buy…
The government has exempted excise duty on up to 30% ethanol component in blended petrol, which, according to experts, will proportionately reduce India’s energy imports and may also improve margins of stressed fuel retailers as oil companies may not pass the benefit to the consumer. Union petroleum minister Hardeep Singh Puri fills E85 fuel in…
New Delhi, In a sweeping crackdown on age fraud, more than 500 wrestlers were disqualified from the U-17 National Open Ranking Tournament in Gonda after the Wrestling Federation of India introduced a stringent Aadhaar-based verification system that exposed widespread discrepancies in age and birth records. WFI cracks down on age fraud, disqualifies 500-plus wrestlers at…
The names of the days often feel so familiar that they pass unnoticed. They appear on calendars, meeting schedules and phone screens without inviting much thought. Yet hidden inside those ordinary words is a record of how earlier societies understood the heavens.Long before modern astronomy explained planets and orbits, people paid close attention to the…
The Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU), Nalgonda, will announce the Telangana Integrated Common Entrance Test (TG ICET) 2026 results today, June 12. Candidates who appeared for the MBA and MCA entrance examination will be able to check and download their rank cards from 3.30 pm onwards through the official website.The examination is conducted by MGU on…
June 13 marks another anniversary of ‘Chalte Chalte’, the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer that arrived in theatres in 2003. While the romantic drama went on to become a commercial success, it is often remembered for a controversy that unfolded long before its release. The film became linked to the reported fallout between two of Bollywood’s biggest…
Shares of Hero MotoCorp Ltd. gained on Friday, June 12, after JPMorgan reiterated its “Overweight” rating on the stock and maintained its price target of ₹6,430, implying an upside of over 33% from Thursday’s closing price of ₹4,836.20. Following a management interaction, the brokerage said Hero MotoCorp expects the domestic two-wheeler industry to grow between…
Housing.com has launched a property search experience on ChatGPT, enabling users to search for homes through natural-language conversations instead of traditional filters and keyword-based searches. The company said the integration allows users to discover properties, refine preferences and compare options through conversational interactions. The move comes as companies across sectors explore generative artificial intelligence tools…
If someone had said a few weeks ago that a conversation about a plate of biryani would end up involving the Cyber Cell, the National Commission for Women, job losses and a nationwide debate, most people would have laughed it off.But that’s exactly what has happened.Comedian Pranit More has found himself in the middle of…
Shah chairs meeting to review security preparedness NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday chaired a high-level meeting to review the security and operational preparedness for the upcoming annual Amarnath Yatra, officials said.The yatra is scheduled to begin on July 3.The meeting was attended by National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, Jammu and…
