Tired of clumpy salt? A simple, time-tested kitchen hack is making a comeback: adding raw rice grains to your salt shaker. This natural desiccant effectively absorbs moisture, preventing salt from hardening. The frustration begins when you walk into the kitchen one rainy day to find the same frustrating dilemma – the salt shaker that refuses…
BAREILLY: A 26-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl, who later died by suicide due to trauma, police said on Wednesday. The post-mortem report confirmed sexual assault and multiple injuries on the minor’s body, including bite marks and nail scratches. The cause of death was found to be hanging, they…
The Centre on Monday announced that the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, or VB-G RAM G Act, 2025, will come into force across India from July 1, replacing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) after nearly two decades.The government has pitched the new legislation as a “next-generation…
Frank Naeve, Lufthansa senior VP (sales, distribution and marketing) MUMBAI: The Israel-Iran war will “in the medium term” alter traffic international flows to and from India and also some other parts of the world. When the Gulf carriers, which have a lion’s share of this traffic, are able to resume their pre-crisis schedules remains to…
Shares of Bajaj Consumer Care Ltd. surged as much as 15% on Friday, April 17, in response to its March quarter results. With three quarters of outperformance, the changes are now being noticed by the street under the new leadership. The company’s revenue went up by 30.4% from last year to ₹326.65 crore, while its…
An Indian passenger being welcomed by family members upon his arrival on a flight from Saudi Arabia, amid the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict, at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport Gujarat. (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: With the Israel-Iran war escalating by the day, Indian missions in West Asia including Qatar, Bahrain and UAE are trying hard to…
Humayun Kabir “Rajneeti nie kichu bolbo na”, we will not speak about politics. That is the repeated line from workers and staff at the Babri Masjid site in Beldanga, Murshidabad. Their trepidation is not hard to understand. The leaked tape controversy around former TMC MLA Humayun Kabir has already disrupted the trajectory of his newly…
Samsung Electronics saw its market value surge past the $1 trillion mark for the first time on Wednesday, riding a powerful wave of demand for artificial intelligence (AI) chips.The rally comes as the global race to build AI infrastructure accelerates, boosting chipmakers that supply high-performance memory and processors.Samsung has emerged as a key player in…
Wall Street ended lower on Tuesday as investors digested Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh’s confirmation hearing and a major leadership shake-up at Apple, even as uncertainty around US-Iran negotiations kept sentiment fragile ahead of a looming ceasefire deadline. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 293 points, or 0.6%. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite…
R Praggnanandhaa (Photo by Yoav Nis) NEW DELHI: You read that right. R Praggnanandhaa, India’s lone representative in the Open section, arguably squandered the best opportunity to score his second win at the Candidates Tournament on Friday at the Cap St Georges Hotel & Resort. Rather, the 2741-rated Grandmaster chose to settle for a lifeless…
