NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday made an emotional appeal to floor leaders of all parties to end the logjam in the Lower House and allow Parliament to function without disruptions.During a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee, Birla urged floor leaders to “let the voice of the people be heard”, news…
Suyash Sharma taunts Shubman Gill after his dismissal (IPL Photo) NEW DELHI: In the IPL 2026 match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Gujarat Titans (GT) at Bengaluru on Friday, things got a bit spicy between spinner Suyash Sharma and Shubman Gill. After getting Gill out, Suyash didn’t just celebrate normally, he cheekily copied Gill’s…
How do you measure a trillion dollars? Start with the zeroes. A trillion is written as $1,000,000,000,000 — a one followed by 12 zeroes. Yet even that barely captures its scale. As SpaceX’s market debut pushes Elon Musk towards what could become the world’s first trillion-dollar personal fortune, the number is so large that it…
Mark Ruffalo is quite open about his thoughts on life and other philosophical aspects of it. Today’s quote from the famed actor is all about embracing your fears, though not letting them consume you; instead, let them guide you towards something better. Quote of the day by Mark Ruffalo “A creative act is throwing yourself…
Chennai: Indian Overseas Bank’s annual net profit crossed Rs 5,000 crore for the first time, with the public sector lender reporting FY26 profits at Rs 5,209 crore, up 56% from Rs 3,335 crore in FY25, driven by higher income and lower provisions and tax expenses. The bank’s operating profit also crossed Rs 10,000 crore for…
GT opt to bowl against LSG in Lucknow (Photo: IPL) Shubman Gill‘s Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field first against Rishabh Pant‘s Lucknow Super Giants in the 19th match of IPL 2026 at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, with both sides sticking to unchanged XIs.Gill opts to…
Kharagpur Rural is a separate Assembly constituency in Paschim Medinipur, but it was effectively restructured into the present Kharagpur and Kharagpur Sadar segments after delimitation, and current official records and major election databases now report winners only for these two seats, not a standalone “Kharagpur Rural” post‑2011. The rural belt that earlier fell under Kharagpur…
NEW DELHI: With the West Asia crisis bringing electrification of economy back into focus, the countries participating in dialogues to deal with challenges of climate change may by the year-end agree to a new global target of electricity meeting 35% of the world’s energy demand by 2035.A proposal to this effect was made by the…
Supreme Court (Image credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Sometimes overqualification becomes a disqualification. At a time when highly qualified people, including PhD holders, are competing for class IV govt jobs, the Supreme Court has said a person could be disqualified for a job if he holds a qualification beyond the maximum prescribed qualification.Noting that an employer’s…
Twisha Sharma’s last rites in Bhopal (Photo credit: PTI) BHOPAL: The last rites of former actor-model Twisha Sharma, who was allegedly harassed for dowry, were conducted on Sunday evening in Bhopal. Her brother, Major Harshit Sharma lit the funeral pyre, marking the end of a 12-day ordeal for the family; however, their quest for justice…