NEW DELHI: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday heaped praise on China’s renewable energy leap, pointing out that the country installed a staggering 256 gigawatts (GW) of solar capacity in just the first half of 2025, more than the rest of the world combined.“China just installed a mind-boggling 256 GW of solar capacity in the…
India’s foreign exchange reserves rose by $4.698 billion to $702.966 billion for the week ended September 12, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India on Friday.This marks the second consecutive week of robust accretion, after reserves had climbed $4.038 billion to $698.268 billion in the previous reporting week, PTI reported.Foreign currency assets,…
Ajinkya Rahane (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images) Mumbai: Showing signs of recovering his touch in red-ball cricket after stepping down from Mumbai captaincy on Aug 21, veteran batter and former India captain Ajinkya Rahane slammed a fine century (103 retired out, 140b, 12×4, 2×6) to help Mumbai earn a hard-fought draw against KSCA Secretary’s XI…
Celebrated Bollywood singer Zubeen Garg passed away on Friday, reportedly in a freak scuba diving accident in Singapore.According to reports, Garg was rescued and given CPR, and taken to the Singapore General Hospital, where he was declared dead. Reports state that he died at around 2.30 pm India time. Zubeen Garg’s final post Following news…
Muzaffarnagar: A cyber fraud racket was busted here on Thursday, with the arrest of two men who allegedly extorted Rs 33 lakh from a retired engineer by posing as ED and CBI officials, police said. The arrested accused have been identified as Nikhil Goel, a resident of Dehradun, and Harprit Singh, a native of Chandigarh,…
India’s stock markets are being propped up largely by consistent mutual fund investments, which are preventing a sharper fall despite heavy outflows, Jefferies has said in a new report.The brokerage noted that without these steady inflows, the high level of equity supply in the market could have triggered a collapse, news agency ANI reported. “Indian…
India’s Neeraj Chopra reacts in the men’s javelin throw final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. (AP/PTI) Tokyo witnessed a rare sight on Thursday as Neeraj Chopra, India’s golden boy of javelin, finished eighth at the World Athletics Championships 2025 with a best throw of 84.03m. It was his worst performance in a global…
Not many actors have the opportunity to share a screen with some of the biggest stars in Bollywood, but actress Shilpa Shirodkar, who was last seen in Bigg Boss, knows very well what that feels like. She has openly shared her journey, personal life, and the various developments she has had in and out of…
NEW DELHI: A special NIA court in Jammu has given investigators 45 more days to keep two men in custody over the Pahalgam terror attack, extending their remand beyond the usual 90-day limit.On September 18, special judge Sandeep Gandotra allowed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to continue its probe against Bashir Ahmad Jothat, a resident…
The Trump administration has been pushing European allies to accelerate their reduction of Russian fuel imports. (AI image) Looking to pressurise Russia, the European Union is now looking to hasten its phaseout of Russian liquefied natural gas imports. The new plan aims to stop imports of Russia’s LNG ahead of its original 2027 deadline, following…
