Apurva Shrivastava (Image generated using AI) Take a look at your phone right now. How many missed calls do you see? For most of us, that’s just a number sitting on the lock screen. But for Apurva Shrivastava, an Indian-origin man, that number turned into a business model from which he built a company now…
In a world where children are expected to speak up in class, present ideas clearly, handle social situations with ease and carry themselves with confidence, communication has become more than a soft skill. It is a life skill. Yet for many students, especially in the middle school and teen years, confidence does not arrive automatically….
NEW DELHI: With the US-Iran interim peace agreement, Tehran is hoping to emerge as a top supplier to India again and is sending petroleum minister Mohsen Paknejad here next week for a Brics meeting, officials said, reports. He is likely to have a bilateral meeting with counterpart Hardeep Puri, but this is yet to be…
Dipa Karmakar and Pranati Nayak KOLKATA: As Glasgow prepares itself to host Commonwealth Games later this week, one person who couldn’t help but feel a little nostalgic is artistic gymnast Dipa Karmakar. She won the bronze in the women’s vault when the event was held in the Scottish city in 2014 – her maiden international…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the Congress of surrendering to “conspiratorial forces” during the Partition era, claiming that efforts had once been made to separate the whole of Bengal from India and merge it with Pakistan. PM Modi attended Paschimbanga Divas (West Bengal Day) celebrations at Tarakeswar in Hooghly district.The Prime…
When we think of spinach, we are instantly hit by nostalgia and reminded of Popeye the sailor man, getting a shot of instant energy as he severed a can of the leafy vegetable.But having Spinach available right at your hand is not a distant dream, as it is one of the fastest and most easily…
NEW DELHI: Unexpected side effects from medicines often come to light only after a drug is widely used. To strengthen monitoring of such cases, India’s drug regulator has directed pharmaceutical companies to maintain robust systems for tracking and reporting adverse reactions linked to medicines sold in the market.In a circular issued on June 3, the…
America’s top energy regulator — Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) — has ordered the country’s electric grid operators to reconsider rules for connecting very large energy users such as data centers, as demand from server warehouses strains power grids. Data centers are pushing US electricity use to record highs and requiring more electricity in large…
‘Trust your effort’: NTA reassures NEET UG 2026 candidates ahead of exam (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: National Testing Agency (NTA) Saturday said a NEET (UG) candidate from Nasik was allotted Abu Dhabi centre for the retest because the aspirant himself had applied for it.Highlighting the NTA’s web-activity records, the test-conducting body said its record indicated…
US President Donald Trump signed the much-anticipated US-Iran peace deal memorandum of understanding (MoU) during a dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron at the G7 summit in Versailles on Thursday. As Trump sat beside Macron, US secretary of state Marco Rubio handed him the agreement. Before putting pen to paper, Trump remarked, “This was not…