NEW DELHI: Nearly half of the sanctioned positions on pollution control boards and committees across the country remain vacant even as most major cities are reeling under the impact of air pollution, reveals the answer to a recent question in Parliament.The answers to other questions this year show that this has been the case over…
Wall Street opened the new week on a cautious positive note on Monday, with investors positioning themselves ahead of a heavy slate of economic data that could influence interest-rate expectations and market direction.In early trade, the S&P 500 rose 0.3%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained about 150 points, or 0.3%. The Nasdaq Composite…
Jay Shah presents Lionel Messi with a jersey Argentina’s football icon Lionel Messi was presented with India vs USA Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 tickets by ICC chairman Jay Shah during the final leg of his G.O.A.T. India Tour at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium. Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and DDCA president Rohan Jaitley were…
Raj Kapoor is called ‘The Showman’ and rightly so, because the kind of movies he made and also starred in, were far from what anyone had ever seen. He broke stereotypes and took risks. Of course, his risks didn’t always pay off but he bounced back and how. After his dream project, ‘Mera Naam Joker’…
NEW DELHI: Delhiites woke up to winter’s first dense fog on Monday, with visibility dropping to zero in the city. There was havoc at Delhi airport as departures remained suspended for nearly five hours from 4am to 9am when visibility was below 100m.As many as 228 flights – 131 departures, 97 arrivals – were cancelled,…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday cited India’s strong growth and sovereign rating upgrades to counter claims that the country was a “dead economy”, telling the Lok Sabha that such upgrades would not have been possible if the economy were weak, PTI reported.Responding to Opposition members who sought the government’s reaction to US President Donald…
Argentine footballer Lionel Messi greets the gathering during the ‘GOAT India Tour 2025’, at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: The footballing god descended upon the city, and the Lionel Messi GOAT India Tour, which had begun in disorder, found its finish in Delhi at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, where fans…
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Bhopal: A tiny strand of ‘Cheetah hair’, lodged in the crease of the car’s front bumper, has apparently emerged as the most critical clue in unravelling the mystery behind the hit-and-run death of a Cheetah cub on the Agra-Mumbai National Highway in Gwalior on Dec 7.For nearly a week after the incident, the vehicle involved…
India is well placed to attract large-scale investments in data centres as the country faces no shortage of electricity and its national power grid is capable of meeting future demand surges, Union minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday, ANI reported.Addressing a press conference on the energy sector, Goyal said India’s integrated national grid of 500…
