Category: Events

Domestic equity markets closed in negative territory after a sharply fluctuating trading session. (AI image) Stock market crash: Nifty and Sensex saw a week of extremely volatile trade, with both benchmark indices giving up initial gains amidst the IT sector stocks’ selloff. For the week, the Sensex has dropped 953.64 points, or 1.14%, while the...

Salman Agha and Suryakumar Yadav (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: The stakes could not be higher as the mother of all cricket clashes is set to unfold on Sunday at the iconic R. Premadasa Stadium. When these two arch-rivals lock horns, the cricketing world is expected to come to a standstill. Tickets have long been...

Chris Gayl, Abhishek Sharma Former Sri Lanka cricketer Chamara Kapugedera said India’s recent T20 success has been built around opener Abhishek Sharma, comparing his impact at the top to that of Chris Gayle during his peak years.Over the past year in T20Is, Abhishek has scored at a strike rate of over 170 while averaging in...

Walk through any market this week, and you will notice it immediately.Florists suddenly have more red roses than usual. Gift shops quietly move teddy bears to the front shelves. Restaurants begin offering “special couple menus.” And on Instagram, stories start looking suspiciously romantic.Valentine’s Week has officially taken over.It is that stretch of days in February...

French President Emmanuel Macron, Crown Prince of Abu DhabiSheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Brazil President Lula Da Silva (Images/Agencies) NEW DELHI: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday released the list of countries whose leaders will attend the India–AI Impact Summit 2026, to be held in the national capital next...

PM Modi with Union ministers Manohar Lal and Jitendra Singh during the inaugural programme of the ‘Seva Teerth’ and two Kartavya Bhawans. (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated two new Kartavya Bhawans and released a commemorative postage stamp and coin on Friday, hours after shifting to his new office, “Seva Teertha.” The...

NAIROBI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has fined Air India Rs 1 crore for operating flights on an aircraft without a valid airworthiness certificate. The regulator has also directed some post holders from engineering be removed for this serious lapse, say sources. Comments were sought from AI on this issue and awaited till...

Zimbabwe’s players celebrates the wicket of Australia’s Ben Dwarshuis during the T20 World Cup cricket match between Australia and Zimbabwe in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (PTI) Zimbabwe’s 23-run win over Australia in the ongoing T20 World Cup has also drawn attention to a past trend involving India in global tournaments. On earlier occasions when Zimbabwe defeated...

The return of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to power in Bangladesh has brought back into focus Dhaka’s demand for the extradition of ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina from India, setting up a complex diplomatic test for New Delhi.Soon after the BNP’s landslide victory in the country’s first general elections since the 2024 uprising,...

India is in discussions with China-related Ant International to allow integration of the digital payments platform Alipay+ with the country’s instant payments system, Unified Payments Interface (UPI). The move could ease cross-border transactions for Indian travellers across merchants that have signed up with Alipay+, Reuters reported, citing two government sources.This would heavily simplify the overseas...