In a major clean-air initiative aimed at reducing vehicular pollution in the National Capital Region, the Union Cabinet has approved a Rs 5,041 crore scheme to replace older trucks and buses in Delhi-NCR with cleaner BS-VI and electric vehicles, backed by a package of financial incentives for vehicle owners, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on…
PC: Guinness World Records In a limestone cave on Muna Island in southeastern Indonesia, a faint set of markings on stone has shifted quietly through academic circles and into record books. The surface is not dramatic at first glance, just weathered rock with pigment pressed into it in a way that only becomes clear when…
File photo of India T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav. (AP) New Delhi: Suryakumar Yadav is woefully out of form and a troubled wrist has only aggravated the situation. He will be the hot topic of discussion when the men’s senior selection committee meets to pick squads for the T20I series versus Ireland and England. It’s rare…
“Whatever you can rightly say about India, the opposite is also true.” The old Joan Robinson line still works because India has a way of defeating neat summaries. Most national averages come with broad patterns, outliers and warnings.The latest Sample Registration System data is one such mirror. The SRS, India’s official large-scale system for tracking…
A Sikh man jailed for murdering an 18-year-old student in Southampton had previously been reported to police over the alleged theft of ceremonial religious blades, the Daily Mail reported.Vickrum Digwa, 23, was sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of murdering Henry Nowak, 18, with an eight-inch kirpan in Southampton city centre in December 2025.Members…
Firefighters douse a fire in a hotel in New Delhi (AP Photo) Single entry-exit route; woman jumps from 3rd floor with child: Massive fire at south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar hotel kills 21 Firefighters douse a fire in a hotel in New Delhi (AP Photo) Single entry-exit route; woman jumps from 3rd floor with child: Massive…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (ANI Photo) Royal Challengers Bengaluru may have retained the IPL trophy, but according to former England captain and Gujarat Titans wicketkeeper-batter Jos Buttler, one teenager overshadowed every other storyline in the tournament. Speaking on the YouTube podcast For The Love of Cricket, Buttler reflected on the recently concluded IPL 2026 season and reserved…
Lord’s Cricket Ground, established in 1814, is the world’s oldest cricket stadium still in use. Founded by Thomas Lord, it’s revered as the ‘Home of Cricket’ and hosted India’s historic 1983 World Cup victory against the West Indies. This iconic venue, owned by the MCC, holds immense significance for cricketers and fans alike. India’s first-ever…
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday questioned the Centre over the alleged offloading of some of India’s gold reserve to protect the country’s foreign-currency assets after the rupee continued to depreciate against US dollars. As of filing of this article the Rupee was valued at 95.691 to the US dollar a…
Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI and Masayoshi Son, CEO, SoftBank Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI and Masayoshi Son, CEO, SoftBank Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI and Masayoshi Son, CEO, SoftBank Tech investing giant SoftBank Group has dethroned Toyota to become Japan’s most valuable company, ending Toyota’s over 20-year streak at the top of the Japanese market, signaling a…