Rahul Gandhi on Sonia Gandhi memoir row NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said he had “no interest” in the controversy surrounding the upcoming memoir of his mother and former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, saying his sole focus at present was the “crime” committed against party chief Mallikarjun Kharge.The Lok Sabha leader of…
Tehran’s leaders appear determined to maintain confrontation with Washington while ensuring that economic hardship does not translate into political unrest. Six months into its war with the United States and Israel, Iran’s leadership has tightened its grip around a core of hard-line military commanders and clerics, signalling that it will resist US pressure abroad while…
India Inc sales growth accelerates to 19.4 per cent in Q1 FY27, manufacturing leads recovery: RBI MUMBAI: The country’s foreign exchange reserves rose by $12.4 billion in the week ended Aug 21, to an all-time high of $729.3 billion, driven largely by non-resident deposits drawn through a special scheme under which RBI took over the…
Indian Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa Until this summer, no Indian had won the elite Norway Chess title. There was no Indian name alongside the Grand Chess Tour finale either. R Praggnanandhaa, that shy and super-sharp boy from Chennai, a Viswanathan Anand mentee like many from the city, now has both crowns to call his own.Late on Thursday,…
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has opened recruitment for Scientist, Engineer ‘SC’ positions in Electronics, Mechanical, and Computer Science. The recruitment drive offers 176 vacancies across various ISRO Centres and the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL).Eligible engineering graduates can submit their applications through the official recruitment portal until September 16, 2026, by 11:55 pm. Candidates…
Toxic Day 4 box office collection LIVE (Image Credits IMDb) Yash-starrer ‘Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups’ has entered its first Saturday with a substantial box-office cushion. After opening with Rs 101.10 crore net in India, the Geetu Mohandas directorial added Rs. 37.65 crore on Day 2 and Rs. 27.20 crore on Day 3, taking…
Every year on 29 August, India celebrates National Sports Day on the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand. It is a day to celebrate not only medals and records, but also the discipline, temperament and years of unseen work behind sporting excellence.This National Sports Day, I wanted to look at Sachin Tendulkar from…
AAP Delhi chief Saurabh Bharadwaj questions BJP over BJP MPs visit to Sajjan Kumar’s residence (File photo/PTI) NEW DELHI: The AAP on Saturday challenged the BJP would to take action against three of the party’s Lok Sabha MPs from Delhi for attending the condolence meeting of former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, a convict in the…
Representative Image (AI-generated) For much of the past century, scientists have steadily expanded the catalogue of life on Earth, adding species that were previously unknown to science and refining the ranges of those already documented. But what happens when those discoveries are added back into the maps scientists use to understand global biodiversity? A new…
A man navigates through a mud-covered street next to damaged houses following the flash floods and mudslide in Nepal Nepal may need between $4 billion and $5 billion to rebuild after this week’s devastating floods, finance minister Swarnim Wagle told Reuters on Saturday, as authorities continued to assess the scale of loss and damage.“The initial…