Category: Events

“I often visit the historical sites around Hauz Khas and Mehrauli, and almost always stop at the tomb of Jamali and Kamali,” says Eric Chopra, a 23-year-old historian from Delhi. “It’s usually locked. You can only stand outside, looking in.”While lingering around the site in the evenings, Eric recalls being repeatedly warned by the phoolwalas...

Students and faculty debate the UGC’s new 2026 equity regulations, highlighting tensions over caste-based protections, grievance mechanisms, and campus surveillance. Caste is the one Indian subject that never stays in the classroom; it travels with the student, the teacher, the institution—and, sooner or later, the regulator. On January 13, the University Grants Commission (Promotion of...

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitched for a “double engine” growth approach amid “turmoil in global environment” as India and the European Union signed the “historic” free trade agreement on Tuesday.“There is turmoil in global environment; India-EU will provide stability to world order,” PM Modi said at the India-EU Business Forum.Terming it the “biggest...

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NEW DELHI: India and the European Union on Tuesday concluded a long-awaited Free Trade Agreement (FTA), marking a historic milestone in bilateral economic ties and positioning the two partners firmly in favour of diversified trade at a time of rising global uncertainty.The deal, finalised after more than two decades of negotiations and relaunched talks since...

Sarfaraz Khan (ANI) Sarfaraz Khan’s road back to the Indian team is gathering momentum, and the Mumbai batter is making sure his case is impossible to ignore. Last seen in India colours in November 2024, Sarfaraz has since focused on transformation and output. He has trimmed down, sharpened his fitness, and, more crucially, drowned domestic...

FIle photo The conclusion of the India–European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has sparked buzz around whether European cars will finally come within reach of India’s middle class. Under the deal, India has agreed to a calibrated, quota-based reduction in import duties on European automobiles, with tariffs set to fall to as low as 10...

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget for the financial year 2026–27 in Parliament on Sunday, February 1. This will be the first time the annual budget will be tabled on a Sunday.Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla confirmed the date last month. This will be Sitharaman’s eighth Budget presentation in Parliament, making her...

Image credit: IANS NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav met West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday and lauded the Trinamool Congress chief countering the Bharatiya Janata Party’s “onslaught” in the country. He added that he would extend his support to Mamata in her “fight to save democracy”. Speaking on the Enforcement...

India’s captain Suryakumar Yadav and Pakistan’s captain Salman Agha (AP Photo) Former Pakistan spinner Saqlain Mushtaq has launched a strong attack on the growing influence of politics in cricket, warning that it is damaging not just the sport but humanity itself. Speaking to ANI, Mushtaq underlined that cricket’s true purpose is to unite people, not...