Category: Events

The rupee plunged to a historic low on Wednesday, slipping past the 90-per-dollar threshold for the first time amid foreign fund outflows, firm crude oil prices and uncertainty around the India–US trade deal, according to PTI. The lack of visible RBI intervention through most of the session added to market pressure, forex traders said.At the...

Virat Kohli (AFP Photo) NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli’s outstanding form in the ongoing ODI series against South Africa continues to reinforce his status as one of world cricket’s most reliable run-scorers. After marking his return to the format with a brilliant century in the opening ODI in Ranchi, the Indian great produced another sublime ton...

Ministry of Communications has revoked the mandatory pre-installation of Sanchar Saathi app on mobile handsets imported or manufactured in India. This comes just days after DoT proposed to make the pre- installation of Sanchar Saathi app mandatory for mobile manufacturers. If you wondering what is behind the this backtracking, that too so soon. Is it...

NEW DLEHI: IndiGo – which flies almost two out of three domestic passengers – is witnessing massive flight delays and some cancellations due to a crippling crew shortage. Govt days shows only 35% IndiGo flights (the airline operates over 2,200 daily) operated on time Tuesday (Dec 2). And on Wednesday, multiple airports including Delhi, Mumbai,...

The European Union has agreed on a timeline to completely halt Russian gas imports by autumn 2027, marking a significant escalation in efforts to curb Moscow’s energy revenues as the war in Ukraine approaches its fourth year.The agreement was reached during overnight talks between EU institutions and national governments, ending months of negotiations over how...

Sunny Deol blasts sneaky paparazzo—”Paisa chahiye? Kitne paise chahiye tere ko?”—during Dharmendra’s Haridwar asthi visarjan video. The icon died Nov 24 post-hospital stay; family immersed ashes Dec 3 privately. Sunny, Bobby led rites; he has 6 kids from wives Prakash Kaur, Hema Malini. Bollywood legend Dharmendra breathed his last on November 24 at his Mumbai...

Can delete Sanchar Saathi; will not operate without registration: Jyotiraditya Scindia The government has announced that it will no longer require mobile manufacturers to pre-install the Sanchar Saathi on all new smartphones. The decision comes hours after union telecom minister Jyotiraditya Scindia addressed the Lok Sabha, clarifying that “Snooping is neither possible, nor will it...

ANI file photo NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday permitted the entry of a pregnant woman and her eight-year-old child into India on “humanitarian grounds,” months after the pair had been pushed into Bangladesh.The Supreme Court was hearing the Centre’s challenge to the Calcutta High Court’s September 26 order, which struck down the government’s...

BJP Dominates, AAP Bags 3 Seats—Full Winners’ List NEW DELHI: The BJP won seven wards and the AAP secured three, while the Congress and the All India Forward Bloc bagged one seat each in the Delhi Municipal Corporation (MCD) bypolls for 12 wards. The by-elections were seen as a crucial test for the BJP, its...

File Pic: Harendra Singh with the team. CHENNAI: The reasons surrounding the abrupt resignation of the senior women’s team coach Harendra Singh in the middle of a training camp in Bengaluru do not seem to add up. Ostensibly having resigned for “personal reasons,” and his silence thereafter, many within the women’s hockey set-up allude to...