The report said India is expected to remain one of the world’s fastest-growing consumer durables markets. India’s consumer durables market is expected to grow to Rs 3-3.25 lakh crore by 2030, creating an additional Rs 40,000-50,000 crore opportunity for domestic value addition in materials and component manufacturing, according to a joint report by Boston Consulting…
Digital demand can surge faster than physical infrastructure can adapt. Tourism brings people, places, and cultures closer. It creates opportunities for communities, supports livelihoods, and contributes significantly to economic development. Globally, travel and tourism contributed $10.9 trillion, or 10% of global GDP, in 2024, supporting 357 million jobs and generating $1.9 trillion in international visitor…
Captured on video during a road inspection in Tilak Nagar, Delhi, PWD Minister Parvesh Verma’s unexpected slap to a young man NEW DELHI: Delhi PWD Minister Parvesh Verma was seen slapping a young man during a road inspection in Tilak Nagar on Sunday.In the video shared by AAP leaders, Verma can be seen pulling down…
Pak minister’s throat-cut gesture to Afghan journalist Pakistan defence minister Khawaja Asif has faced criticism on social media over a threat-like gesture he made towards an Afghan woman journalist who questioned him about Pakistan’s ties with the Taliban and its response to the treatment of Afghan women.The incident took place on the sidelines of the…
South Korea has inducted the Block-I of KF-21 , this aircraft will later be transformed to a fifth-generation fighter. (Image credit: S Korean defence ministry) South Korea and India are both developing twin-engine fifth-generation fighter jets, but as of September 26, 2026, the two programmes could not be at more different points on the development…
Chinese president Xi Jinping and US president Donald Trump US President Donald Trump sought to play down Taiwan as a major point of friction with China after his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, saying the two leaders did not discuss the issue in detail despite it being one of the most sensitive flashpoints in…
Kapil Sibal alleges ‘unilateral’ EC decisions, seeks action against CEC Gyanesh Kumar NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha member Kapil Sibal on Sunday escalated the political row over the Election Commission‘s Special Intensive Revision (SIR), accusing chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of taking “unilateral decisions” and demanding his removal from office.Sibal also urged the Supreme Court to…
When Manasi Mridha was born, her father reportedly did not even come to the hospital to see her. According to accounts of her life, the reason was painfully simple: he had wanted a son, not a daughter. Years later, after her younger sister was born, the family faced even greater hardship. Her father abandoned the…
DHS has dismissed a report that ICE officers were instructed to stop arresting illegal migrants who have no criminal convictions. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has dismissed a report that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers were instructed to stop arresting illegal migrants who have no criminal convictions or pending charges, saying “no…
28 ‘fighters’, mostly ex-Afghan security personnel, killed after Pak crossing: Kabul NEW DELHI: Twenty-eight ‘fighters’ were killed after crossing from Pakistan into eastern Afghanistan, Taliban‘s defence ministry told news agency Reuters on Sunday, adding that most of them were former Afghan security personnel.The development comes days after renewed tensions were reported between Pakistan and Afghanistan…