NEW DELHI: Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Friday urged states to identify products that are currently imported but can be manufactured competitively in India.He said such efforts would not only reduce import dependence and save foreign exchange but also strengthen domestic supply chains and reduce vulnerabilities arising from excessive dependence on foreign suppliers.This…
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir government, with the help of the Army, police, and SDRF, has launched a major operation to rescue around 300 tourists who were left stranded mid-air after a technical snag halted the Gulmarg Gondola service at the north Kashmir tourist resort of Gulmarg.Chief executive officer (CEO), Gulmarg Development Authority (GDA), Tariq…
A Pakistan Army Aviation Mi-17 helicopter crashed near Muzaffarabad on Wednesday shortly after take-off due to a technical fault, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).The military said all personnel on board were killed in the crash, with no survivors reported.The Mi-17 is a Russian-made medium-lift transport helicopter developed by the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant…
Flora and fauna have been an integral part of nature and its exisence. And every story of their survial in the wild is a reminder that nature knows it all. One of the rarest stories of survival is of a rare variety of trees that have been surviving for decades not because of soil and…
Gujarat Titans’ captain Shubman Gill (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma) Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill admitted his side would have preferred a smoother chase but was pleased to walk away with two crucial points after a tense win over Punjab Kings.Chasing 164 on a slow surface, GT were pushed deep into the final over before sealing a…
Dave Bautista has built a successful career across professional wrestling, mixed martial arts and Hollywood. The former WWE champion became one of the biggest stars in wrestling before making a major move into acting. His role as Drax in the Marvel Cinematic Universe helped him become a global movie star.Bautista began training for wrestling in…
A coral reef off the coast of Benin, long presumed dead, has just been found alive and full of activity, more than sixty years after scientists first wrote it off. Old surveys from the 1960s, carried out mainly to locate good fishing spots, had picked up signs of a possible deep-water reef sitting more than…
Iranian tankers near Kharg Island Donald Trump‘s fury toward Iran continued on Tuesday as the US launched an attack targeting multiple Iranian oil tankers near Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf.Trump’s forces in the Middle East, the US Central Command, released satellite video showing the destruction of Iranian crude oil carriers on September 8.However, Iran’s…
BENGALURU: A special flight carrying outgoing CM Siddaramaiah was diverted to Jaipur on Thursday due to adverse weather conditions in Delhi, officials said.Several senior Congress leaders and Karnataka ministers were onboard the flight, including state in-charge AICC General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala, ministers KJ George and Byarthi Suresh, legal advisor AS Ponnanna, Legislative Council member…
Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton NEW DELHI: Rohit Sharma scored 84 on his return from injury and Ryan Rickelton made 83 as Mumbai Indians beat Lucknow Super Giants by six wickets in Mumbai in their IPL 2026 match on Monday.The two openers added 143 runs for the first wicket, their third century stand in the…