NEW DELHI: Over 100 prominent citizens from India and Pakistan have urged PMs of both countries to take meaningful and sustained steps towards restoring peace, normalcy, dialogue and cooperation.In an open letter, they have listed a slew of “confidence building measures”, including restoring full diplomatic relations and reinstating high commissioners in New Delhi and Islamabad,…
With the Indus Waters Treaty remaining in abeyance, adding to Pakistan’s water-security concerns, the country’s financial capital, Karachi, is now grappling with a severe water shortage amid the peak summer season.Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan chief Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman launched a sharp attack on rival political party Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), accusing it of gross mismanagement of…
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) has introduced fresh guidelines for empanelment of insolvency professionals to streamline and speed up appointments in corporate insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings, PTI reported.The revised framework lays down procedures for preparing a panel of insolvency professionals (IPs) who can serve as Interim Resolution Professionals (IRPs), Resolution Professionals (RPs),…
Twenty-one lives were tragically lost in a Delhi B&B fire, including twelve foreign nationals. NEW DELHI: Twenty-one people are dead. Thirteen of them were foreign nationals who had come to India seeking medical care, not a grave. And as the smoke clears over the charred shell of Flourish Stay B&B in Hauz Rani, a familiar…
BHOPAL: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday recreated the crime scene at the residence of former judge Giribala Singh as part of its ongoing probe into the death of Twisha Sharma, sources said.Investigators used dummies and sacks during the exercise to reconstruct the sequence of events and verify statements collected during the investigation.According…
CBSE cites 11-mark rise to rebut student’s re-eval charge NEW DELHI: CBSE on Sunday said it has declared outcomes in more than 99.7% of applications received for verification and re-evaluation of Class XII 2026 results, even as it rejected a student’s social media claim on marks revision as “factually incorrect” and a “blatant lie”.CBSE officials…
PM Modi backs tech-traditional knowledge integration NEW DELHI: With Central Sanskrit University launching a BTech course in AI and Data Science to focus on Indian traditional knowledge and Nalanda University turning ‘Shastrarth’ (scholarly debates) into aconvocation practice, PM Modi Sunday used his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme to project India’s classical knowledge traditions as a living…
Uber agreed on Thursday to buy Germany’s Delivery Hero at an equity value of $14.8 billion to create the largest food-delivery group outside China and stave off intensifying competition from US and European rivals.The acquisition advances the US ride-hailing firm’s efforts to build a global food-delivery business that can better compete with Just Eat, owned…
Oil prices slip. Photo credit: Reuters Oil prices fell on Monday after US-Iran talks in Switzerland concluded with Tehran saying it had secured waivers for oil and petrochemical exports, easing concerns over potential supply disruptions in global energy markets.Brent crude futures were down $1.53, or 1.90 per cent, at $79.04 per barrel. Prices had earlier…
Stone-pelting on Indian trains is a growing menace, with thousands of incidents reported annually. A passenger is injured after a stone crashes through a train window. An alert loco pilot spots an iron pipe on the tracks seconds before disaster. A low-intensity blast damages a freight corridor, triggering a multi-agency investigation.Different states. Different methods. But…