Get flyers back in air NEW DELHI: India’s biggest airlines — IndiGo and Air India — have launched new base level fares to win back passengers as high operating costs in the last four months have led to airfares zooming, making rail and road travel more economical in comparison to flying. While the full service…
Good news for Indian travellers! Those planning a trip to the gorgeous sun-drenched islands of Greece or wanting to explore the ancient streets of Athens, you have one less thing to worry about. India’s global Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is now officially live in Greece. Now eligible Indian visitors can pay digitally at participating merchants…
The latest collections were higher than the Rs 1,71,105 crore recorded in June 2025 India’s gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections rose 13.9 per cent year-on-year to Rs 1,94,812 crore in June 2026, driven largely by a sharp increase in tax revenues from imports, according to provisional data released by the finance ministry on…
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) is preparing to invest about Rs 5,000 crore to almost double its LPG storage capacity to 340 thousand metric tonnes (TMT) from around 200 TMT, according to three OMC executives. Similar expansion plans by Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) are still being worked out. State-run…
TNEA rank list 2026 released: The Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions (TNEA) 2026 rank list has been officially released on July 1, 2026. Minister P. Viswanathan announced the rank list on Wednesday, covering 2,36,017 applicants who registered for admission to undergraduate engineering programmes across Tamil Nadu.This year’s rank list witnessed an impressive performance from candidates, with…
Ecuador’s Willian Pacho, right, challenges for the ball with Mexico’s Gilberto Mora. (AP Photo) Teen prodigy Gilberto Mora etched his name into FIFA World Cup history after becoming the second-youngest player ever to start a World Cup knockout match, as Mexico ended a 40-year wait for a knockout victory with a commanding 2-0 win over…
PAssport fees, LPg prices to change from July 1 (AI image) Several key financial and policy changes have taken effect from July 1, affecting households, businesses, taxpayers and banking customers.Commercial LPG cylinders have become significantly cheaper, offering relief to hotels, restaurants and other commercial users. A new law expanding rural wage employment has also come…
Signs reading in Russian “We are sorry, the equipment is temporarily out of service” are seen on gas pump nozzles at a Gazprom Neft gas station in Moscow (AP photo) Russia is facing an unprecedented fuel shortage after months of Ukrainian drone strikes damaged oil refineries and disrupted supplies, leading to fuel rationing, long queues…
Pakistani singer Mustapha Zahid reacted after Amaal Mallik recreated Awarapan’s ‘To Phir Aao’ as the title track for sequel Awarapan 2, calling it his career-best. Mustapha responded warmly, saying “borders are dangerous but so is love.” The Emraan Hashmi-starrer, also featuring Disha Patani and Shabana Azmi, releases 14 August. ‘Awarapan’, released in 2007, achieved cult…
By the 1980s, Costa Rica was facing an environmental crisis that few could have imagined just decades earlier. Once blanketed by lush tropical forests, the Central American nation had lost nearly half of its tree cover as logging, cattle ranching and agricultural expansion rapidly transformed the landscape. Wildlife habitats shrank, biodiversity declined, rivers became increasingly…