Centre has no plans to increase duties on gold and silver imports, according to a government source. This comes amid growing concerns related to import duties in the country after Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people to avoid non-essential gold purchases over the next one year to protect forex reserves.On the trade front, US officials…
The mountain did not open its path to him easily. It asked for cold, hunger, bruised feet and long days on the road. It asked for discipline when life was uncertain and courage when the odds looked bluntly unfair. But Kesav Suneesh, a 21-year-old from Kerala’s Alappuzha district, kept walking. A B.Com student from IHRD…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday accused Jawaharlal Nehru of “prioritising appeasement over national self-respect”, claiming that he “opposed” the restoration of the Somnath Temple. hled a roadshow. The event drew large crowds of supporters who lined the route to greet the prime minister, while authorities deployed extensive security arrangements at key points…
Hantavirus scare on cruise ship Twenty British nationals evacuated from the virus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius have begun quarantine at a specialist isolation facility in the UK after being flown out of Tenerife amid fears over a hantavirus outbreak linked to the vessel.According to a BBC report, the passengers arrived at Manchester Airport aboard a…
A handwritten note left by a homeless man inside a small community library in North Yorkshire, UK, has gone viral widely on social media. The note was discovered inside a converted red telephone box in the village of Kirk Deighton, where locals had created a free public library for residents and visitors.In the short message,…
At 8:05am on May 18, 1974, the stillness of the deserts north-east of Jaisalmer was shattered as the earth shook under the tremendous force of India’s first nuclear test. With the press of one button, India became the sixth country, after the US, Russia, UK, France and China, to have harnessed the power of the…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: A video of former India wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik heaping massive praise on Bhuvneshwar Kumar has gone viral again after the veteran pacer produced a sensational match-winning display for Royal Challengers Bengaluru against Mumbai Indians in IPL 2026.Ahead of Bhuvneshwar’s historic 200th IPL appearance against Lucknow Super…
Greg Brockman has been keeping a journal since 2010, when he was a college student figuring out what to study. Last week, he sat in an Oakland federal courthouse and read it aloud to a jury, while roughly 1,200 strangers watched on a YouTube livestream.The OpenAI president and co-founder spent two days walking the court…
Urvil Patel and MS Dhoni (BCCI Photos) Urvil Patel said a simple piece of advice from MS Dhoni helped him play the innings of his life during Chennai Super Kings’ clash against Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2026. The young batter smashed 65 runs off just 23 balls at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, including eight…
Gold prices slipped on Monday as uncertainty over stalled US–Iran peace talks and rising oil prices fuelled fresh inflation concerns, reducing expectations of near-term interest rate cuts. Spot gold fell 0.6% to $4,684.32 per ounce, while US gold futures for June delivery declined 0.8% to $4,692.70. The weakness came as escalating Middle East tensions pushed…