While Team India puts their best foot forward at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, many individuals are partaking in the #LetsMoveIndia Campaign and sharing their workout photos and videos in traditional Indian attire. From gym rats to yoga gurus, dancers to homemakers and wrestlers, many are wearing dhotis, kurtas, sarees, and other traditional dresses while … Read more
The headlines coming out of South Asia are not particularly reassuring. Bangladesh is in crisis mode. Radical elements are getting assertive in Sri Lanka. Pakistan is internally divided and back to playing an old game with India. Myanmar remains as much of a problem as it has always been. Further afar, conflict has once again … Read more
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that India “is a food surplus country” and is also working to provide solutions to “global food and nutrition security”. Mr Modi noted that in the Indian agricultural tradition, priority has been given to science and logic. He also said that India has a robust system … Read more
Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court ordered notices in a writ plea challenging the provisions of the Telangana Forests Act, 1967. Chirra Guruvaiah, belonging to the Chenchu community, based his writ plea on the ground that the Telangana Forests Act was repugnant to The Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition … Read more
Hyderabad: Justice Pulla Karthik of the Telangana High Court entertained a writ plea filed by 90-year-old retired government lecturer complaining of failure on the part of the government to release pension due to her. The commissioner of Intermediate education and the Principal Accountant General including the pension department were asked to respond to a writ … Read more
Chateauroux: The ebullient Manu Bhaker fell short of making more Olympic history by a whisker, capping an otherwise magnificent campaign with a fourth-place finish in 25m pistol competition while archer Deepika Kumari crumbled after raising hopes at the Paris Games on Saturday.Manu, Independent India’s first athlete to win two medals in a single edition of … Read more
A rather unappetizing trend of food gluttons (aka mukbangers) gobbling down mountains of food is sweeping across social media. While netizens binge and cringe over these jaw-dropping food feats, the mukbangers tuck in nearly 5,000 to 15,000 calories in a single sitting. Some ravenous eaters even rake in a jumbo mazuma by polishing off a … Read more
Billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller’s family office-led investment firms were among the companies that sought shares of AESL in the QIP Image: Bloomberg 4 min read Last Updated : Aug 04 2024 | 1:15 PM IST A unit of Qatar Investment Authority, SBI Mutual Fund, and foreign investment funds Nomura and Citigroup were the biggest buyers … Read more
Kolkata: Incessant rain lashed Kolkata and its neighbouring districts on Saturday as a low-pressure area turned into a deep depression, an official said. As a result of the rains, waterlogging was reported from several parts of Kolkata, including the airport. Similar was the scene in the neighbouring cities of Howrah, Salt Lake and Barrackpore. The … Read more
BEIRUT: Middle East tensions soared Saturday as Iran and its allies readied their response to the assassination of Hamas’s political leader, blamed on Israel, spurring fears of a regional war. Israel ally the United States said it would move warships and fighter jets to the region, while Western governments called on their citizens to leave … Read more