NEW DELHI: Heavy rain lashed parts of Delhi-NCR, bringing relief from the heat as temperatures dropped on Saturday evening. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for light rain, thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds.Read also: Massive dust storm engulfs parts of Rajasthan; Churu witnesses near-zero visibilitySafdarjung, the city’s base weather station, recorded…
File Pic: Vijay Kumar (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: About the time when Vijay Kumar was becoming a familiar name in the sports newsrooms in the second half of the 1990s, though few knew of him, a colleague, with roots in Lucknow would mention how the golfer’s father, a batman of sorts with the Railways assigned…
Sometimes, all it takes is one photo. This week, Zoho co-founder and Chief Scientist Sridhar Vembu found himself at the centre of an online conversation after a picture of him travelling on Japan’s Shinkansen bullet train went viral. There were no flashy headlines attached to it. No product launch. No keynote speech.He was simply sitting…
NEW DELHI/BENGALURU: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan Thursday justified the inclusion of a chapter on the 1975-77 Emergency in the NCERT class IX social science textbook, saying future generations must know the “dark deeds” of that period.Speaking in Chandigarh on the inclusion of the Emergency section, Pradhan asserted, “… NCERT has done the right thing….
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s rise through the ranks of Indian cricket has been rapid, and the 15-year-old now stands on the verge of another milestone. India are expected to hand him a debut in the first T20I against Ireland in Belfast on Friday, which would make him India’s youngest international cricketer.If selected, Sooryavanshi will be 15 years…
Air India has told employees that it does not anticipate layoffs despite mounting financial pressures linked to the Middle East conflict, while also directing teams to sharply reduce costs and suspend discretionary spending.During a townhall meeting on Friday, Air India chief human resources officer Ravindra Kumar GP assured staff that job cuts were not expected…
New Delhi: Strengthening its International feed from Punjab, Air India has started a twice-daily service between Delhi and Ludhiana (Halwara) from Friday. The airline expects a very strong connecting traffic from this flight at its Delhi hub to feed its widebodies operating to rest of the world from IGIA. Ditto on the way back. Meanwhile,…
Salman Khan’s latest appearance at a Mumbai event leaves fans worried; old interview on battling Trigeminal Neuralgia resurfaces Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has become the subject of discussion on social media after a recent public appearance in Mumbai. The actor attended the inauguration of the Data Collection and Segregation Support Centre (IT Server Room) under…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday wrote to defence minister Rajnath Singh opposing the Great Nicobar Island Project, calling it a “recipe for ecological disaster” and urging the government to consider alternative defence infrastructure proposals with lower environmental costs.In his letter, Ramesh argued that while strengthening India’s strategic and military capabilities was essential,…
Indian Navy ships photographed during an exercise. (Image credit: Indian Navy) The Indian Navy is steering toward a 200-ship force by 2035, pursuing an atmanirbhar (self-reliant) defence strategy to reach that goal.The commissioning of INS Mahendragiri, built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited, is a key step: it is the sixth ship of the Project-17A class…