NEW DELHI: India’s room air-conditioner market is heading into the summer season under clear price pressure, even as companies remain bullish on long-term growth. Manufacturers including Blue Star have indicated further price hikes, driven by rising commodity costs, tighter energy-efficiency labelling norms that came into effect in Jan 2026 and current global headwinds. “The increase…
For the full year FY26, Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) achieved revenue from operations of Rs 27,479.63 crore, registering a growth of 16.15 per cent during FY 2025-26 over the revenue from operations of Rs 23,658.01 crore recorded during the previous year. Profit After Tax (PAT) during the full financial year stood at…
Screen grab: X/@KumaarSaagar NEW DELHI: Monu Manesar, the accused in the 2023 killing of cousins Junaid and Nasir, returned to his native village in Gurugram on Sunday after securing bail from a Rajasthan court. He was welcomed by the residents with drums, garlands and celebrations, locals said.Manesar, whose real name is Mohit Yadav, had been…
NEW DELHI: Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury, former Speaker of the Bangladesh National Parliament, has been arrested by the Detective Branch of Dhaka police, officials confirmed on Tuesday, even as authorities remained tight-lipped on the specific charges against her.According to officials from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, Chowdhury was taken into custody late Monday night from her residence…
Pawan Kalyan’s ‘Ustaad Bhagat Singh’ is experiencing a slowdown at the box office, nearing the end of its second week. The film has garnered over 95 crore worldwide but faces limited weekday growth and mixed audience reception. Despite Kalyan’s strong performance, critics point to predictable plotlines and reliance on old tropes. ‘Ustaad Bhagat Singh’ tells…
The Curiosity rover from NASA has, once again, redefined the way we perceive Mars after finding organic compounds that have not been seen before on the planet. The presence of these compounds does not indicate the existence of any forms of life that were there on the planet or may still be there now, but…
The 2026 FIFA World Cup will not just be bigger. It will be a different animal. Forty-eight teams, 104 matches, a Round of 32 and a tournament stretched across the United States, Canada and Mexico. For the first time, the champion will need to survive five knockout rounds instead of four. Brilliance for a month…
Shares of Indian IT companies, Infosys Ltd., TCS Ltd., Wipro Ltd., HCLTech Ltd., and others fell up to 8% in early trades on Friday, June 19, as they will all react to results reported by consulting firm Accenture on Thursday, which triggered a sharp sell-off not just in the stock, but also in shares of…
Titans tumble: The defeats may bring the allies closer NEW DELHI: As BJP appeared to get a lock on a state that sends 42 MPs to Lok Sabha, Mandate 2026 confronted INDIA bloc with a question about how to take on a rival with an ever-expanding footprint in the next LS elections.The results in Tamil…
SIVAGANGA: In the end, every vote made it count, literally, in Tirupattur constituency in Sivaganga district when TVK candidate R Seenivasa Sethupathy defeated DMK minister K R Periyakaruppan by just one vote in the Tamil Nadu assembly election. While Sethupathy secured 83,375 votes, Periyakaruppan polled 83,374 votes.The fight, which dragged on till 1.30am, was between…
