A Parliamentary Standing Committee chaired by Brij Lal reviewed the status of vacant posts across central government departments and evaluated measures being taken to strengthen recruitment. The panel also discussed issues related to the Civil Services Examination, including CSAT, and examined the role of key agencies such as UPSC, SSC, and DoPT in filling positions…
Missiles are no longer niche assets reserved for select targets. (Generative image) For decades, India’s missile ecosystem operated through a centralised template whereby the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) designed missiles, Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) manufactured them and the armed forces inducted them. Not anymore.The formula is now being virtually rewritten with the draft…
‘Tragic loss’: Indians among 13 killed in Qatar gas plant explosion At least 13 people were killed and 66 others injured, including Indians, after an explosion at Qatar’s key gas processing facility in Ras Laffan, energy minister Saad Sherida al-Kaabi said on Monday.Al-Kaabi described the blast as an industrial accident and said an investigation into…
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces his resignation to the media outside 10 Downing Street in London There was a time when becoming Prime Minister of Britain represented the culmination of a life’s work. Men spent decades climbing party ladders, surviving ideological civil wars, losing elections, winning elections, winning wars, extending the empire, writing memoirs,…
Devastating fire engulfed a three-floor commercial building, claiming at least 15 lives LUCKNOW: The screams of trapped youngsters, desperate jumps from a smoke-filled building and frantic rescue attempts marked a devastating Monday afternoon in Lucknow’s Aliganj, where a massive fire ripped through a three-floor commercial building housing an animation coaching centre and left at least…
WhatsApp-parent company Meta has announced a major leadership shakeup, naming Kunal Shah as the new Head of WhatsApp. Shah, the founder and CEO of the Indian fintech giant CRED, succeeds Will Cathcart, who has led WhatsApp through its most significant period of global growth since 2019. Cathcart will remain at Meta to transition Shah into…
Mamata Banerjee (File photo) NEW DELHI: The rebel faction of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), led by leader of the opposition and Uluberia Purba MLA Ritabrata Banerjee, on Monday named senior party MLA Arup Roy as the chairperson of what it described as the “real” TMC. Trinamool was founded by Mamata Banerjee in January 1998 after…
Andy Burnham confirms his bid for UK Prime Minister Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has confirmed he will seek to replace Keir Starmer as UK prime minister and Labour leader following Starmer’s resignation on Monday, positioning himself as a candidate focused on stability, economic growth and public services during a period of political transition.In a…
Samantha Ruth Prabhu’s much hyped comeback movie ‘Maa Inti Bangaram’ has finally released in theatres and is garnering a good response from the audience. The movie, released on June 19, 2026, is an action-comedy drama that appealed not only to Samantha’s fans but also to family audiences. Apart from receiving good reviews from its audiences,…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella with a blunt message for OpenAI, Anthropic and Google on AI jobs and data centers. Satya Nadella helped light the fuse on the AI boom. Now he’s turning to the companies leading it with a message that sounds a lot like a warning. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal,…