Piyush Goyal: India-UAE CEPA to $ 100B trade soon
Mumbai: Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Friday said the India-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) would drive India's economic growth as the bilateral trade between the two countries can…
Actress Sara Ali Khan trekked to Tulian Lake, cooks Kashmiri food
Srinagar: Actress Sara Ali Khan, the Bollywood heartthrob, who is in Kashmir, trekked 26 kms to see the Tulian Lake which is 36,070 feet above sea level in the south Kashmir Himalayan range of the tourist destination of Pahalgam.…
Kangana Ranaut endorses Mahesh Babu’s statement, ‘Bollywood can’t afford him’
Mumbai/Hyderabad; Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut has come out in support of Telugu star Mahesh Babu about his recent comment that Bollywood “can't afford me”. While the actor later clarified that his comment was blown out of…
PM Modi Condoles Death of UAE President: “Deeply saddened”
New Delhi: India has declared a one-day national mourning on Saturday, May 14, as a mark of respect to Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the 74-year-old President of the UAE and Ruler of Abu Dhabi, who passed away today. The National…
Bhajji: If I’m selector I’ll select Dinesh Karthik as wicketkeeper-batsman for World Cup…
Kolkata: Former Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh applauded Dinesh Karthik and spoke about his performance in the ongoing IPL. He highlighted the fact that he is one of the best finishers this season and also hinted that he would select…
ISRO successfully tests large human rated solid rocket booster for GaganYaan
Chennai: Marking a major milestone, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) today successfully completed the static test of a human- rated solid rocket booster (HS200) for the Gaganyaan Project at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre…
Vicky Kaushal-Katrina Kaif are not expecting their first child
Contrary to reports, Bollywood couple Vicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif, who got married in December last year, are not expecting their first child. Vicky’s representative on Thursday quashed reports of Katrina’s pregnancy and said there is…
Retail inflation at 8-year high of 7.79% in April
India CPI Inflation, IIP Growth Rate: Retail inflation surged to a near 8-year high of 7.79 per cent in April, persisting above the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) inflation target for the fourth straight month, data released by the…
Tata Group appoints Campbell Wilson as CEO & MD of Air India
The Tata Group has appointed Campbell Wilson, the CEO of Singapore Airlines’ wholly-owned low-cost subsidiary Scoot, as Air India’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD). The Mumbai-based conglomerate completed its…
IPL 2022: CSK lose battle of laggards, their playoff hopes end
In an astonishingly low-quality display where batsmen seemed to be competing as to who could get out more poorly on a pitch with some live grass, a knocked-out Mumbai Indians dismissed Chennai Super Kings for 97 to end their playoffs hopes.…
MS Dhoni hints he will be back next season, talks about CSK’s 2023 plans
Mumbai Indians pacer Riley Meredith’s short ball, that turned out to be the last ball of Chennai Super Kings’ innings, had a lot of drama.
MS Dhoni ducked under a bouncer and hared down the pitch at the other end. CSK were nine down and…
Injuries raise question mark over penalty corner
FOR DECADES, penalty corners have showcased thrilling action sequences on a hockey field — from the cannonball-like shots hurled by drag-flickers and “suicide runs” from defenders to block them to the goalkeepers diving and lunging to keep…
North Korea reports 6 deaths after admitting Covid-19 outbreak
North Korea said Friday that six people died and 3.5 lakh have been treated for a fever that has spread “explosively” across the nation, a day after its first acknowledgement of a Covid-19 outbreak.
The true scale is unclear, but a big…
Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new prime minister
Opposition leader and former premier Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn-in as Sri Lanka’s 26th prime minister on Thursday to stabilise the country’s debt-ridden economy and end the political turmoil, a development welcomed by India which said…
IAF test-fires extended-range BrahMos from Sukhoi-30 fighter
Two months after the extended-range BrahMos missile was tested from a naval ship, the missile was air-launched from a Su-30 MKI aircraft on Thursday.
In a statement, Air Force said the missile hit its intended target.
BrahMos is an…
Gen Pande to go to forward areas on his maiden visit to Ladakh as Army Chief
AFTER TAKING over as the Army Chief earlier this month, General Manoj Pande went on his first visit to Ladakh on Thursday. The visit comes even as the more than two-year long standoff between India and China in eastern Ladakh remains…
Age cap, RS term limit on Congress table, Chintan Shivir starts
The Congress top brass is actively considering a radical idea to bring new faces into leadership levels. Sources said the party is seriously thinking of imposing an age-ceiling for leaders to hold positions in the organisation at all levels…
Court order on Kashi Vishwanath Temple-Gyanvapi Mosque
A Varanasi court on Thursday ordered that the video survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque located next to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple be resumed and a report submitted by May 17. The court had ordered the inspection last month on a petition by five…
Glimmer of hope: Pulses, milk prices fall
IS THE worst of food inflation — 8.38 per cent year-on-year in April — over? Some hope is provided by milk, which has the highest weight among food items in the consumer price index after cereals. And also pulses, besides the likes of onion…
Opposition leader told me ‘PM twice, what more’, but I can’t rest: Narendra Modi
Hinting that he was ready for another term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that a “very senior” Opposition leader, whom he respects, had once asked “what else” was left for him to accomplish after becoming PM twice — but he…