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Those ‘aam’ Totapuris may soon decide more than just the flavour of your drink!The mango variety could also determine the GST rate on your flavoured drink under the Centre’s latest move to support farmers while encouraging beverage makers to use more real fruit. The government has proposed reserving the concessional 5% GST rate for mango-based...

Harmanveer Singh (Picture from FBI X handle) The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested Indian national Harmanveer Singh for his alleged role in a transnational drug trafficking network linked to the Canada-based organised crime group led by Ravinder Dhanda.Singh was taken into custody in California’s Stockton, on Tuesday by officers of the California Highway...

The White House has accused Chinese startup Moonshot AI of stealing from Anthropic to build Kimi K3, the open-weight model that knocked tech stocks around last week. Michael Kratsios, who runs the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, posted on X on Wednesday that the US government has information showing Moonshot distilled Anthropic’s...

India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Parvathaneni Harish (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday once again hit out at Pakistan over its continued use of crossborder terrorism, accusing Islamabad of employing terrorism as a “tool of state policy”. New Delhi also reiterated that Jammu and Kashmir “has always been, is, and will...

Neeraj Chopra and Mirabai Chanu (Image credit: Agencies) India will begin its Commonwealth Games campaign in Glasgow on Thursday with a compact yet accomplished 125-member contingent aiming to maximise its opportunities in a drastically trimmed programme. The Games, running from July 23Aug 2, feature just 10 sports, forcing India to recalibrate expectations after a highly...

Indian women’s cricket team pose with their silver medals at the Commonwealth Games 2022. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: The 2026 Commonwealth Games begin on Thursday in Glasgow, Scotland. However, fans will notice that several popular sports, including cricket. Apart from cricket, hockey, badminton and wrestling, are also missing from this year’s programme.The number of sports...

AYODHYA: Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust Wednesday deferred decisions on two key appointments — the selection of its chief executive officer and the induction of three new trustees — while also overhauling the temple’s religious oversight structure, giving key roles to seers from Ayodhya.At a meeting held at the Mani Ramdas Chhavni under the...

Shreyas Iyer (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: After a disappointing tour of England and Ireland, India captain Shreyas Iyer has made it clear that he does not want his players to carry the fear of failure into the T20I series against Zimbabwe.The India skipper said players should not worry about what people outside the dressing room...

Remains of an undiscovered species of mosasaur Let us accept it: science never fails to amaze the human mind, and sometimes, the greatest science isn’t happening in deserts or deep oceans. It’s hiding in museum collections, waiting for a second look. That’s exactly what happened in Japan, where a fossil remained buried in a rock...