Serena Williams (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: After nearly four years away from professional tennis, Serena Williams is set to return to the court. The 44-year-old tennis legend will compete in doubles at the Queen’s Club tournament in London next week, partnering with Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko, who is 19 years old, 25 years younger than…
Industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla on Thursday praised the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, saying the century-old organisation has consistently stood by society and the nation through its work over the years.Birla made the remarks while addressing the concluding function of an RSS volunteers’ training camp in Nagpur, where RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat delivered the keynote address.“Amid challenges,…
India’s major cities are witnessing a visible shift in their skylines. The skyscraper trend is visible across Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad and Bengaluru. Developers are building higher than ever before. But in this race towards the sky, basic safety provisions cannot be overlooked.The National Building Code (NBC), published by the Bureau of Indian Standards, sets the…
Uttar Pradesh’s real estate regulator said more than 1.15 lakh residential and commercial units are currently available for sale across the state, pushing back against claims of a supply shortage and cautioning buyers against making rushed investment decisions.In a statement issued this week, the Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority (UP RERA) said the current…
Foreign companies are increasingly using India’s booming initial public offering (IPO) market to cash out investments and send billions of dollars back to their home countries rather than raise fresh capital for expansion, according to a Reuters analysis.As per the report, only one of the six foreign-based companies that listed their Indian subsidiaries in Mumbai…
John Bolton, US President Donald Trump‘s national security adviser, during his 1st term, and later one of his most prominent critics, is expected to plead guilty to mishandling classified documents, according to three CNN sources familiar with the matter.Bolton plans to plead guilty to one felony count of illegally retaining sensitive national security documents and…
(AI image generated using ChatGPT) China’s rapid naval expansion has taken another unexpected turn with the emergence of a mysterious new submarine that appears to lack a traditional sail, or fin, the tower-like structure found on almost every modern military submarine. The vessel, spotted at Shanghai’s Jiangnan Shipyard in satellite imagery and first reported by…
Sydney man Ahmed al-Ahmed, who was widely hailed for disarming one of the attackers during last year’s deadly Bondi Beach shooting, has been charged with assault, according to local media reports.As per the Australian broadcaster ABC, he is accused of assaulting his father during an incident at a home in Bankstown, located in Sydney’s south-west,…
The US stock market began trading on a mixed note on Thursday, as a pullback in several artificial-intelligence-linked stocks offset broader gains across the market, while easing oil prices provided support to investor sentiment.The S&P 500 gained 0.02% to 7,555.08 after retreating from its record high a day earlier, while the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.58%…
India’s push for flex-fuel vehicles can help meet twin national goals of cutting crude oil imports and reducing carbon emissions, but will require a full supporting ecosystem from fuel availability to wider model launches, Maruti Suzuki India MD and CEO Hisashi Takeuchi said on Thursday.Speaking at the launch of the company’s first flex-fuel car, Wagon…