New Delhi: A cricket World Cup, half a dozen Olympic medals and two chess world champions. Year 2024 gave the average Indian sports fan unprecedented reasons to celebrate as peaks outnumbered the valleys in a confident march towards a promising future. Tales that bear repeating were many but the year going by will primarily be … Read more
Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is having his prostate removed on Sunday, his office said, a procedure that comes as he manages multiple crises at once, including the ongoing war in Gaza and his own trial for alleged corruption. Netanyahu, 75, is among a cohort of older world leaders, including US President Joe … Read more
Mumbai: The Indian rupee tumbled 3 per cent in 2024 as concerns over slower economic growth and the green buck’s global strength weighed, but it was among the least volatile currencies in the world and the headwinds may be less intense in the coming year. Rupee settled at new lows as the year closed as … Read more
Mumbai: All parties on Saturday staged ‘Akrosh Morcha’ (protest march) in Beed district to protest against the gruesome murder of Santosh Deshmukh, sarpanch of Massjog village in Kej Tehsil of Beed. The protest was also joined by Ajit Pawar-led NCP MLA Prakash Solanke, who sought resignation of his party’s inister Dhananjay Munde. Mr. Munde has … Read more
To help you start 2025 on a positive note, we’ve compiled a list of the best New Year’s greetings and messages to share with your loved ones. Happy New Year 2025: As the clock ticks down to bid farewell to another year, it’s time to embrace the promise of new beginnings, opportunities, and the excitement … Read more
When is “scholarly knowledge” best put to use? When that knowledge is shared with others for public good, is the accepted norm. Pushing for this, and targeting BRS president and former chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, has been Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy. While initiating a discussion on the Bhu Bharati Bill in the Assembly, … Read more
I first met Dr Manmohan Singh when he was finance minister and he came to Tokyo in 1991. The Indian economy was in crisis and Japan had helped us. Even in trouble, and with a weak hand, I was impressed by the calm and self-respecting way in which the minister made his points and achieved … Read more
Till that happens, for the last column of the year, here are a few wild, random remarks and observations, just to keep our flagging spirits up. 2024 was a year of murder and mayhem. Assassinations and attacks. Danger and defeat. Struggles and strife. Excess and absurdity.Opulence and irreverence. Upheavals and upsets. Wars and no peace. … Read more
New Delhi: The war of words between the Congress and the BJP escalated on Saturday after former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s last rites were performed at the Nigambodh Ghat instead of a designated memorial site. Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi claimed that the “first Prime Minister of the Sikh community” was “totally … Read more
The dying year saw several nagging doubts in politics getting cleared. In its fag end, 2024 saw BJP State President K Annamalai flogging himself with a white coloured whip in public, making a fool of himself, and a few months before that a long time doubt over actor Vijay taking the plunge into the murky … Read more