Overall, south Peninsular India receives 30% of its annual rainfall during northeast (winter) monsoon season. TN, Puducherry and Karaikal receive 48% of their annual rainfall during northeast monsoon season. NEW DELHI: The rainy season in India technically ended on Wednesday, with the summer (southwest) monsoon rainfall during June-Sept period recording a deficit of nearly 13%…
Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo, wearing a wedding band, claps his hands during warmup before the Nations League soccer match between Portugal and Wales in Lisbon, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Armando Franca) Cristiano Ronaldo has abruptly left Portugal’s national team camp one day before the UEFA Nations League meeting with Denmark, after a turbulent few days…
While filing his return for AY 2022-23, he mistakenly treated Rs 25.42 lakh in interest from the bonds as taxable income. (Image for representative purpose only) What if you end up paying taxes on a tax-free income? Will you be refunded? In one such case a senior citizen man erroneously ended up paying tax on…
“I thought they were asking for selfies” (Instagram) Rajasthan is synonymous with vibrant colours, magnificent palaces and imposing forts, many of which stand as reminders of the region’s rich history and the valour of its Rajput rulers. We often say Padharo Mhare Desh (come, visit my country). But for a woman traveller from foreign land,…
Production in Portugal will encompass FWDA’s entire portfolio, including surveillance systems, air defence and civilian applications such as precision agriculture Strengthening India-Portugal cooperation in defence and aerospace, Indian AI warfare company Flying Wedge Defence & Aerospace (FWDA) has signed a partnership agreement with Keydef, the defence and aerospace division of Portuguese company Sketchpixel, to manufacture…
During the Naval Commanders’ Conference 2026, defence minister Rajnath Singh underscored India’s growing strategic responsibilities in the maritime domain and stressed the need to strengthen maritime surveillance, analytical capability and operational responsiveness. NEW DELHI: The country’s apex defence leadership has urged naval commanders to maintain a high degree of combat readiness and strengthen maritime surveillance,…
Before dying from stage four ovarian cancer at age 38, New York mother Casey McIntyre arranged a final message that turned her personal loss into financial relief for tens of thousands of strangers across the United States. By December 2024, the viral memorial campaign created in her honor had raised millions of dollars. The money…
Captain Machchhar, who worked in SpiceJet for about a decade till 2023, is learnt to be stable. Multiple friends and colleagues remember him as a “great guy” and are praying for his recovery. NEW DELHI: A Mumbaikar who completed his pilot training in Gurgaon, Captain Smit Machchhar, has emerged as the hero who helped save…
Sara Gonzales visited the house of one Rajender Rao Bairineni and accused him of H-1B abuse. The family called 911. An Indian family living in Plano called the police when journalist Sara Gonzales visited their house with her H-1B allegations, as she had been doing for the past few months. Sara revealed that she got…
Optical illusion personality tests are clever images with multiple objects layered into one another that trick the eyes and brain into believing what they see first, depending on their perspective, focus, and thoughts running through the mind. What makes these brain teasers even more interesting is that these images associate each hidden object with a…
