Spread the love MUMBAI: With arch-rivals India and Pakistan set to face off in the T20 World Cup in Colombo on Sunday, ad rates for the match have soared. Companies are rushing to book slots to place their brands and cash-in on the huge viewership the game is likely to attract.Ad rates for a 10-second TV slot are now selling...
Power up e-commerce to diversify exports: Niti Aayog
Spread the love NEW DELHI: Supporting e-commerce, particularly electronics-oriented exports, can contribute to export diversification, job creation, and overall economic growth, govt think tank Niti Aayog has said and called for coordinated policy and regulatory reforms to advance cross-border e-commerce.The report released on Friday said that with growing global demand for Indian products, wider adoption of digital platforms, improved logistics,...
In a first, space PSU Nsil to distribute pvt firm GalaxEye’s satellite data
Spread the love BENGALURU: Bengaluru-based space start-up GalaxEye has signed a channel partnership agreement with Space PSU NewSpace India Limited (Nsil), marking the first time the State-owned company has partnered with a domestic private player to distribute satellite data.Under the agreement, Nsil will resell high-resolution OptoSAR data generated by GalaxEye’s own satellites. GalaxEye’s upcoming spacecraft will be folded into what...
CM Omar gets rare praise from BJP MLAs for Amarnath Yatra fund allocation
Spread the love JAMMU: In the J&K assembly, BJP members miss no opportunity to corner the Omar Abdullah govt over a host of issues. Outside the House, however, some of the party MLAs generously praised the chief minister on Friday over his budgetary allocation for the annual Amarnath Yatra.“Our CM’s move to allocate Rs 180 crore for Amarnath Yatra is...
Drone-dropped heroin seized in J&K’s Kathua, 2 with Pakistan links held
Spread the love JAMMU: Police arrested two cross-border drug peddlers associated with a Pakistan-based drone-dropped narcotics module in J&K’s Kathua district and seized about 150g of heroin from them. Kathua Police registered a case and booked the duo under the NDPS Act.Police received information about an episode of drone-dropping along the J&K-Punjab border near Kathua’s Nagri area and launched an...
Pannun murder plot: In turnaround, accused Nikhil Gupta pleads guilty in US court
Spread the love TOI correspondent from Washington: In a dramatic courtroom reversal, Indian national Nikhil Gupta on Friday pleaded guilty to federal charges linked to a foiled plot to assassinate Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a Khalistani separatist leader and U.S. citizen. The 54-year-old Gupta, appearing before US Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn, admitted to three counts: murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, and...
‘Deception & farce’: Hasina rejects B’desh poll results, calls it ‘disgraceful chapter’
Spread the love Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina (AP photo) Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina late Friday reacted sharply to the recently held general elections in the South Asian nation, dismissing the February 12 polls as a “pre-planned election of deception and farce” and calling it a “disgraceful chapter” in the country’s history. Her remarks come as her party,...
Beyond ‘limited value’: Seattle settlement restores dignity to slain Indian student
Spread the love (Photo credit- AP) The TOI correspondent from Washington: A $29 million award to the family of Jaahnavi Kandula, a 23-year old student from India who was killed in a road accident in Seattle on a cold night in January 2023, will not bring her back to life. But in a gracious gesture and empathetic language that accompanied...
Pannun murder plot: Accused Nikhil Gupta pleads guilty in US court
Spread the love NEW DELHI: Nikhil Gupta, an Indian man accused of murder plot of Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, has pled guilty in a US court.Nikhil Gupta (54) pleaded guilty on Friday to charges of murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire and conspiracy to commit money laundering before a Manhattan court, news agency Reuters reported. The charges together carry a...
A boy from Bihar, now the man for UAE: Sohaib Khan’s Gaya-to-glory story
Spread the love UAE’s Sohaib Khan (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: The scoreboard does not tell you the full story. It rarely does. It will say UAE chased down 151 for a five-wicket victory, that Sohaib Khan made 51 off 29 balls, that Aryansh Sharma played a match-winning, unbeaten knock of 74, and that Canada were left stunned at the Arun...
