Rupee began Monday on a stronger note against the US dollar, supported by a sharp decline in crude oil prices, a weaker dollar overseas and improving global sentiment after the US and Iran indicated a pause in Middle East hostilities.The currency appreciated 28 paise to trade at 96.25 against the greenback. Forex traders said the…
24-year-old, Jyotirmayee Nayak from Bhubaneswar, Odisha, has won the trophy of Indian Idol Season 16. She impressed everyone throughout the season with her powerful voice. The grand finale saw Jyotirmayee competing against Anshika Chonkar, Manraj Veer Singh, Myscmme Bosu, Suhail Sufi, Tanishk Shukla for the coveted title. In the end, Jyotirmayee bagged the trophy beating…
Bangladesh’s Towhid Hridoy plays a shot during the Asia Cup cricket match between India and Bangladesh (AP Photo) New Delhi: In a development which could bring about a thaw in the relationship between the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and the Indian cricket board (BCCI) after a year’s uncertainty, TOI understands that both boards are working…
New Delhi : For five years, the World Junior Squash Championship remained the one mountain Anahat Singh chipped away at. The heartbreaks of quarterfinals and semifinals finishes became familiar scripts. But on her final appearance as a junior at the Niagara-on-the-Lake (Canada) event on Saturday, the fearless Delhi girl finally rewrote the ending, becoming the…
India’s Jadumani Singh Mandengbam (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary) Indian boxer Jadumani Singh Mandengbam moved into the men’s 55kg quarterfinals at the Commonwealth Games 2026 after defeating Pakistan’s Sumama Rehman by a unanimous 5-0 decision on Sunday. The convincing victory came on Kargil Vijay Diwas, making the win even more special for the 22-year-old, who dedicated it…
Lantana Camara (Photo: Canva) Two centuries ago, a British gardener probably admired its clustered pink-and-yellow blooms and thought it would look lovely around a garden hedge.Nobody could have guessed that this ornamental shrub would go on to outcompete some of India’s oldest forest cover on the ground, choke the undergrowth that herbivores depend on, and…
Everyone goes through periods when life feels genuinely hard, illness, money worries, loss, setbacks at work, moments when the future feels uncertain. The easy response is often to give up trying. Queen Elizabeth II offered a different way of thinking about those moments in her Christmas broadcast on the 25th of December 2008. “When life…
Mirabai Chanu (ANI Photo) There is a gold-winning performance and then there is the Mirabai Chanu way of doing it. In Glasgow on Sunday, the Tokyo Olympics silver medallist lifter made it look like child’s play as she went about completing a hat-trick of Commonwealth Games gold medals. In her very first attempt in the…
Sarvesh Kushare (left) and Tejas Shirse Tejas Shirse will be looking to open India’s medal account in athletics as the track and field events begin at ther Glasgow Commonwealth Games on Monday. Shirse had broken the men’s 110m hurdles national record with a time of 13.27s during Indian Athletics Series in Ludhiana last month, and…
Top stocks to buy this week Stock market recommendations: Federal Bank, and TVS Motors – Motilal Oswal Wealth Management Research Desk has recommended these two stocks as the top stock picks for the July 27, 2026 week: NAME CMP (Rs) TP (Rs) Upside (%) Federal Bank 354 400 13% TVS Motors 3869 4,470 16% Federal…