NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh and his Russian counterpart Andrey Belousov are likely to hold discussion on Dec 4 during the two-day annual India-Russia summit here, and on the table is future acquisition from Russia, which may include its next generation S-500 system.The two defence ministers will review the progress of ongoing defence cooperation…
US stocks opened with modest gains on Friday as Wall Street wrapped up the last trading session of November on a shortened post-Thanksgiving schedule.The S&P 500 rose 0.2 per cent, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 66 points, and the Nasdaq gained 0.4 per cent. Coinbase Global climbed 2.2 per cent as Bitcoin traded above…
Morne Morkel backed Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma to continue competing at the top level (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: India’s bowling coach Morne Morkel believes that star batters Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are capable of playing in the 2027 World Cup. His comments come ahead of India’s opening ODI against South Africa, where both…
The long-running tension between veterans Anupam Kher and Naseeruddin Shah resurfaced after Kher revisited the episode that sparked their public fallout in 2020. Their disagreement began when Shah criticised Kher for his pro-government stance during the controversy surrounding Deepika Padukone’s visit to JNU. ‘He sometimes has loose talk about me’ Now, in a fresh conversation…
NEW DELHI: The SC has cleared decks for the Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC) to go ahead with the election process for all municipal corporations, zila panchayats and panchayat samitis in the state, except where total reservation exceeded the 50% ceiling. The SEC informed the court that quota exceeds 50% in two of the 29…
Backed by stronger-than-expected second-quarter numbers, Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran on Friday said India’s economy is poised to grow at over 7% this fiscal, with the GDP set to cross the $4 trillion mark in FY26, according to PTI.Briefing reporters after the release of Q2 GDP data, Nageswaran said the economy’s current trajectory makes…
Tanvi Sharma (PTI Photo/Nand Kumar) Young sensation Tanvi Sharma advanced to the semi-finals of the Syed Modi International Super 300 badminton tournament on Friday. The day saw mixed results for top seeds with India’s Unnati Hooda securing a victory while Singapore’s Jai Heng Jason Teh faced elimination in the quarterfinals.Sixteen-year-old Tanvi Sharma, following her victory…
At the prestigious IFFI, the legendary Superstar Rajinikanth was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award, celebrating his incredible 50-year journey in cinema. Meanwhile, Aamir Khan has announced his much-anticipated return to the silver screen after a well-deserved hiatus. In exciting news for film enthusiasts, Farhan Akhtar’s film ‘120 Bahadur’ has been deemed tax-free in Delhi….
NEW DELHI: Taking cognisance of a recent incident of three women sanitation workers of Maharshi Dayanand University in Haryana being compelled to send photographs of their sanitary pads to prove they were menstruating, Supreme Court on Friday decided to examine framing of guidelines to ensure that the right to health, dignity, bodily autonomy and privacy…
The Reserve Bank on Friday completed a nearly six-month regulatory consolidation, repealing 5,673 obsolete circulars and subsuming over 3,800 into 244 function-wise master directions (MDs), the central bank said.In all, 9,446 circulars have been repealed, subsumed or withdrawn as part of the exercise, Deputy Governor S C Murmu said, describing the review as a “mammoth…
