The rupee opened 3 paise weaker at ₹95.99 against the US dollar on Thursday (September 17), compared with Wednesday’s (September 16’s) close of ₹95.96. The currency briefly moved back above the ₹96-per-dollar mark in early trade, its first move above that level since July 27. The weakness comes after the US Federal Reserve raised its…
PM Modi inaugurates SEMICON India 2026 at Yashobhoomi in New Delhi NEW DELHI: The AI boom is creating demand for new and reliable chip manufacturing hubs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday, pitching India as a destination building the ecosystem that the global semiconductor industry needs.Inaugurating Semicon India 2026, the PM said AI was changing…
CBSE had decided to enforce the three-language policy for all classes from Class VI to X NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday rapped CBSE for being stubborn in its decision to enforce the three-language policy from this year for Class VI students and forced it to reconsider the decision with a clear mandate, camouflaged as…
Kirsty Waugh. Image Credit: Worcester News Kirsty Waugh from Tunbridge Wells has turned her own name into a worldwide fundraising mission while continuing treatment for a brain tumour. This 12-year-old girl has tracked down 14,000 people called Kirsty across 50 countries, bringing them together through an online map and a growing collection of photographs. The…
Lady Gaga and fiance Michael Polansky are parents to a baby girl!The star couple had fans on baby watch last week after they were spotted on a day out with an infant. A TMZ report now confirms that the couple are parents to a baby girl and have named the little one Rose Bean Polansky….
The government has revised the Special Additional Excise Duty (SAED) on petroleum exports, cutting levies across petrol, diesel, and aviation turbine fuel (ATF) on Thursday, September 17. Under the revised structure, Petrol export levy has been reduced to ₹0.5 per litre from ₹1.50 per litre, Diesel levy has been cut to ₹20 per litre from…
NEW DELHI: On most routes in India, a ticket for a flight three days away costs more than one for the same flight a month later. That is how airline pricing works. Seats get dearer as the plane fills and the date closes in.On flights into Kolkata this October, the rule has flipped.An analysis of…
PC: Egypt State Information Service A newly discovered tomb at Egypt’s Saqqara necropolis has revealed the burial place of a senior Old Kingdom official, along with a wider network of burials. An Egyptian archaeological mission found the tomb of Sekhentyu-Ptah during its first excavation season in the west of the Bubasteion. The site contains a…
Judge Amogh Shyamkant Kaloti has also worked as Joint Secretary, Secretary and SLA in Law and Judiciary Department, Government of Maharashtra MUMBAI: Till recently, Amogh Kaloti, who works under the law and judiciary department headed by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, was barely known outside Maharashtra’s legal circles. A low-profile district judge who was appointed Maharashtra’s…
Juventus began their quest for Europa League glory with a 5-0 thrashing of NEC Nijmegen, while Bournemouth secured an impressive victory at Real Sociedad on their European debut on Thursday. Juventus, Palace cruise to Europa League wins, Bournemouth beat Sociedad Crystal Palace were 4-0 winners over Lech Poznan, but Celtic suffered another European embarassment as…
