NEW DELHI: As Russian refineries came under attack from Ukraine, damaging energy infrastructure and crippling domestic fuel supplies, Moscow imported a record 172,000 tonnes of oil products in Aug, with nearly 70% of it coming from India, Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) has said in its monthly report.India, however, remained the…
For more than a millennium, a stone pyramid stood watch over the ancient settlement of Ihuatzio in western Mexico. Built by the Purépecha civilisation, one of the few Mesoamerican powers that successfully resisted Aztec expansion, the monument survived centuries of conflict, weather and human change. Yet in a matter of hours, part of this remarkable…
Congress leader, Vijay Wadettiwar, questions NCERT for removing ‘secular’ and ‘secularism’ NEW DELHI: Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar has accused the government of trying to “poison the minds of school-going children” after NCERT’s revised Class 9 Social Science textbook removed references to “secular” and “secularism” from the main text under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah will be on a three-day visit to West Bengal from Friday, during which he will focus on reviewing matters related to border security, governance, law and order, and development in the state.On Saturday, Shah will tour the Jumagach border outpost in Siliguri and interact with BSF personnel there. He…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni shared a light-hearted moment at the G7 summit that quickly went viral, with Meloni saying that they are “the most famous couple on Instagram.”As leaders assembled for the traditional group photo, Meloni greeted Modi with “Nice to see you again.” When Modi appeared…
Quote of the day by Chadwick Boseman: ‘Sometimes you need to get knocked down before you can really figure out what your fight is, and how you need to fight it’, the ‘Black Panther’s life lesson on viewing failure as an opportunity to be better. Chadwick Boseman is one of the most inspirational Hollywood icons…
How Stephen Curry and Ayesha Curry taught their kids to embrace the spotlight without letting criticism define them(Getty Images) Stephen Curry and Ayesha Curry have spent years raising their children while millions of people watch their family life from the outside. Riley became a familiar face during Stephen’s NBA career when she was still a…
The Bar Council of India has suspended advocate Samarth Singh from legal practice immediately following allegations of dowry death of his wife, model-turned-actor Twisha Sharma. NEW DELHI: The Bar Council of India on Friday suspended advocate Samarth Singh from practising law with immediate effect in connection with the alleged dowry death of his wife, model-turned-actor…
None of us are strangers to the fact that nicotine is bad. In India you cannot even go to the movies without a tobacco awareness ad playing. Your cigarette boxes and tobacco sachets have the most horrifying graphics meant to dissuade you from buying them. But you still do.The cycle of addiction has never been…
Iran on Sunday struck a defiant tone after high-stakes negotiations with the United States in Islamabad failed to yield an agreement, with its foreign ministry spokesperson accusing Washington of “breaches of promise” and “excessive demands.”In a post on X, Esmaeil Baqaei said diplomacy for Iran was “the continuation of the sacred jihad,” adding that Tehran…