Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to citizens to avoid non-essential gold purchases for a year is expected to be a key agenda item at Tuesday’s (May 12’s) meeting between jewellery industry associations and officials from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), according to sources familiar with the matter. The meeting comes a day after listed jewellery…
Ever wondered how those weird, floating “snowmen” way out in the deep freeze of the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune’s orbit manage to stick around? These oddly shaped, double-lobed rocks called contact binaries, like the famous Arrokoth look fragile, yet they’ve survived billions of years without crumbling apart. Astronomers have been searching for an answer for…
Bengaluru: The world No 1 and world No 2 on the same side, a 56-year-old five-time world champion and a 12-year-old Argentinian prodigy sharing a team and an all-Chinese outfit, led by Ding Liren, named ‘Dragon Chilling’ – a nod to the viral ‘Ding Chilling’ meme, that takes the prize for the wackiest team name…
According to data available on the BSE, the bank has distributed a cumulative dividend of approximately Rs 236.15 per share since 2001, making it one of the strongest dividend-paying private banking stocks in India. In simpler words, if an investor had bought 100 shares of HDFC Bank, they would have earned over ₹23,600 in dividend…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday extended birthday greetings to President Droupadi Murmu, praising her dedication to public service, before joining her in Odisha for a series of engagements, including visits to her native region and the inauguration of development projects worth more than Rs 47,600 crore.In a post on X, the Prime…
Engineer, educator and environmentalist Sonam Wangchuk is in the news for his indefinite hunger strike over the alleged NEET paper leak and is on his 18th day. Seeking Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation, Wangchuk has reportedly lost more than 8 kg since beginning the protest on June 28, while a drop in his blood pressure…
England vs New Zealand, third Test Day 1 Live Score: New Zealand won the toss against England and opted to bat first in the third and deciding test at a sweltering Trent Bridge on Thursday. The series is tied at 1-1 and the weather might have a big role in Nottingham, where uncommon temperatures in…
Students who sought verification of marks or re-evaluation of their CBSE Class 12 answer sheets can now check the outcome online, as the board has released revised results through DigiLocker. The updated scorecards are available in digital format and can be downloaded for admission and counselling purposes, while CBSE has defended the integrity of its…
Paris will be the setting next weekend for one of Japan’s oldest martial art forms, sumo wrestling, but an unheralded star of the major two-day tournament will be 100 percent French: the 200 kilogrammes of customised Guerande salt ordered by organisers. Salt: integral ingredient of sumo stars’ art “It’s an essential part of sumo wrestling….
Markets regulator SEBI on Monday imposed a penalty of ₹1 crore on Central Depository Services (India) Ltd (CDSL) for cybersecurity lapses linked to the malware attack that disrupted its systems in November 2022. The regulator, however, disposed of adjudication proceedings against the former Chief Information Security Officer Rajesh Nadkarni and former Chief Technology Officer Amit…
