-
Bengaluru: An India-born parliamentarian from Canada, Chandra Arya said on Wednesday that anti-Hindu and anti-India forces have joined hands in Canada. The Canadian parliamentarian, who originally hails from Karnataka, made these remarks in connection with an offensive poster by filmmaker Leena Manimekalai on Hindu goddess Kaali that has created outrage and condemnation throughout the country. […]
-
New Delhi: Leaving the Ashneer Grover controversy behind, fintech platform BharatPe has closed one of the highest growth quarters in its history, facilitating over Rs 3,600 crore in loans in the first quarter (April-June period) of FY23. This is a growth of 112 per cent over the last quarter. BharatPe said it also reached an […]
-
Edgbaston: Former India skipper Virat Kohli’s aggression and “embarrassing” celebrations on the cricket field have not gone down well with several of his fans and critics, who have made their displeasure known by taking to social media to criticise one of India’s most success Test captains. While England middle-order batter Jonny Bairstow may have dismissed […]
-
Los Angeles: Actress Margot Robbie celebrated her 32nd birthday on the set of her new Barbie movie with a pink cake themed around the beloved children’s character. The Australian actress is currently playing the children’s character in a new live action movie opposite Ryan Gosling as Ken and she rang in her big day on […]
-
Washington: ‘Stranger Things’ season 4 has entered an elite Netflix club. According to the streamer’s internal tracking, the show’s global watching reached the billion-hour threshold after the release of the final two episodes of the season on July 1. It is the first television series in the English language and the second overall to surpass […]
-
Kochi: Freedom fighter P. Gopinathan Nair passed away at the age of 100. Nair was undergoing treatment for age-related ailments. P Gopinathan Nair was known for following Gandhian ideology in his life and was honoured with the Padma award. He had participated in the freedom struggle. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Governor Arif Muhammad Khan, opposition […]
-
Amritsar: Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi has been sent to police remand till July 11 in connection with the Rana Kandowalia murder case. Bishnoi was produced in the Amritsar court on Wednesday. “Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi has been sent to a five-day police remand till July 11 in the Rana Kandowalia murder case,” said PS Bhandal, DCP Amritsar […]
-
New Delhi: India logged 16,159 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,35,47,809, while the active cases increased to 1,15,212, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll climbed to 5,25,270 with 28 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases comprise […]
-
New Delhi: Indian stock indices traded higher in early trade on Wednesday, primarily due to the latest sharp drop in global crude prices. Global crude prices declined to $100 per barrel on Wednesday, in comparison to $110 on Monday. The crude has been trading over the psychological benchmark of $100 per barrel ever since Russia’s […]
-
Mumbai: Recovering from its record low level, the rupee appreciated 9 paise to 79.24 against the US dollar in early trade on Wednesday. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 79.29 against the American dollar. In initial trade, the local currency witnessed a high of 79.24 and a low of 79.31 against the […]
-
New Delhi: Ranveer Singh known for his charismatic and energetic persona is considered among the most versatile actors of his generation. As he rings in his 37th birthday today, here is a look at the actor’s breakthrough performances. 1. Band Baaja Baaraat The actor made his big Bollywood debut with this romantic comedy film under […]
-
New Delhi: Chinese short-video making app TikTok is reportedly restricting livestreams to viewers who are 18 years of age and above, to prevent minors from encountering adult content. The new setting for users is currently in limited testing with select users, reports TechCrunch. The select users in the testing period can toggle the “mature themes” […]
-
New Delhi: The Union Environment Ministry has now mandated the use of Aadhaar for compensation under the Project Elephant in cases such as human-elephant conflicts, among others. The Centrally sponsored scheme of ‘Project Elephant’ is implemented by the state governments with the main objective to provide financial and technical support to the Elephant Range states […]
-
Jaipur: A cleric of the Ajmer dargah, who on camera allegedly offered his house to anyone who beheads now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for her controversial remark against Prophet Mohammad, has been arrested, police said on Wednesday. “जो नूपुर शर्मा का सिर काटकर लाएगा उसे मैं अपना घर दूंगा” : सलमान चिश्ती, अजमेर दरगाह के […]
-
Delhi: Cost of domestic liquid petroleum gas cylinders weighing 14.2 kilogram will get dearer from Wednesday as their prices have been raised by Rs 50 per unit. In the national capital Delhi, it will now cost Rs 1,053 per unit. Besides, in Kolkata, Mumbai, and Chennai, it will be priced at Rs 1,079, Rs 1,052.5, […]
-
Hyderabad: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) issued a notice to Mohammed Munawar Hussain Asrafi (36), who was detained in Santosh Nagar here on Tuesday for questioning in connection with the murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal at Udaipur. A native of Machipur in Bagalpur district of Bihar, Asrafi was stating at Khalandar Nagar in Santosh Nagar […]
-
Muzaffarnagar: A man has been booked on the complaint of his wife who alleged that he forced her at attend wife-swapping parties. The woman has alleged that her husband used to forcibly take her to wife-swapping parties in Delhi and force her to establish physical relationship with his own brother. On the directions of the court, […]
-
New Delhi: It is not often that you find your Zomato delivery boy, handing you their job resumes. It is true that job searching is indeed a tedious task. However, Bengaluru’s Aman Khandelwal seemed to find an interesting way out. The man has created a buzz on the Internet as he disguised himself as a […]
-
Hyderabad: A post related to Telangana Minister K.T. Rama Rao, who is also the son of the state’s chief minister, K. Chandrashekar Rao, appeared on Samantha Ruth Prabhu’s Instagram handle and instantly triggered speculation among her fans. Quick to notice the post, some of Samantha’s fans shared a screenshot of the post and inquired whether her […]
-
London: The six-time champion Novak Djokovic made a promising comeback from two sets down to beat Italy’s Jannik Sinner in the quarter-finals of the ongoing Wimbledon on Tuesday. The Serbian, the No 1 seed, entered his 11th semi-final of Wimbledon after defeating Jannik Sinner 5-7 2-6 6-3 6-2 6-2, at the centre court. With this […]
-
London: Queen Elizabeth’s work duties have been reduced amid concerns for her health. As per New York Post, the monarchy’s annual report, which was released last week, revealed that Queen Elizabeth II’s role as head of state has been tweaked from 13 bulleted points to a less specific description. And the duties the 96-year-old “must […]
-
Srinagar: Two local terrorists have surrendered during an ongoing encounter between terrorists and security forces at Hadigam area in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district, officials said on Wednesday. “During the encounter, two local terrorists surrendered on the appeal of their parents and police. Incriminating materials, arms and ammunition recovered,” police said. Earlier the encounter started after a […]
-
Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Tuesday directed the officials to introduce Intermediate education in all Gurukul schools from the current academic year. Till now, the Gurukul schools were extending education till tenth standard. He also wanted the SC, ST, BC and Minority Study Circles to be upgraded as centres that facilitate in providing […]
-
By Quentin Read The food on our plates has a footprint. Every bite of food we consume represents the environmental impact of all the resources used to produce that food. Land is foremost among those resources. As food is transported from farm to fork, the land used to grow the food is ‘virtually transported’ along […]
