IED blast kills CRPF jawan near Jharkhand border in Odisha ROURKELA/RANCHI: A CRPF assistant sub-inspector was killed in an IED explosion during an area domination exercise in Odisha’s Sundargarh district near the border with Jharkhand early on Saturday. Satyaban Kumar Singh (34), from Kishinagar in Uttar Pradesh, was critically injured when the IED, suspected to…
Elon Musk with Donald Trump in Oval office (File photo) The White House instructed the Defense Department and Nasa earlier this month to examine details of SpaceX contracts worth billions following President Donald Trump’s public disagreement with Elon Musk, according to four sources familiar with the directive who spoke to Reuters.The administration instructed these agencies…
Representative image (ANI) NEW DELHI: The UN Ocean Conference ended with the ‘High Seas Treaty’ moving closer to becoming a global law to safeguard life in international waters through long-term protection of marine biodiversity in the high seas. A growing international call for a precautionary pause on deep-sea mining was one of the highlights of…
Mumbai: After offering basic fertility treatment for the last 18 months, the state govt-run Cama Hospital near CST will soon upgrade to provide complete in-vitro fertility (IVF) treatment for women for free.“We have got permission to start IVF treatment such as embryo implantation, and are in the process of giving final touches to our laboratory,”…
India on Saturday welcomed the improvement in the Maldives’ foreign exchange (FX) reserves, noting with satisfaction that the $400 million currency swap between the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) played a significant role in easing the island nation’s external liquidity pressures.The Indian High Commission in Male said it “noted…
Mallikarjun Kharge offers condolences to former CM Vijay Rupani’s family In the wake of the devastating plane crash in Ahmedabad that claimed the lives of 241 out of 242 passengers aboard an Air India flight, Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge reached out to offer his heartfelt condolences to the family of former Gujarat chief minister…
The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) concluded with India places Britain at a “genuine” competitive advantage in advanced manufacturing sectors, UK Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds told the House of Commons during a debate this week.Fielding questions on the scope and benefits of the deal — agreed last month — Reynolds described the FTA as…
Amid renewed tensions between India and Pakistan, revisiting shared histories can build bridges, says Canada-based Harleen Singh whose debut non-fiction ‘The Lost Heer’ highlights the silenced stories of women from colonial Punjab. From Dr Premdevi, likely Punjab’s first female doctor to Khadija Begum–the ‘first Punjabi lady MA’, the book—which sprang from Singh’s seven-year-old Instagram archive—seeks…
Mumbai: The state engineers’ unions, associations, and educated unemployed youth organisations have opposed the state govt’s decision to allow 10% of retired officials to be posted on contract in various govt departments. The unions and organisations stated that giving priority to retired officers in govt departments is wrong, as it will create significant financial and…
NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may further reduce interest rates following a temporary halt, as additional liquidity might be needed in the latter half of fiscal year 2025-26 (H2 FY26), according to a report “Ionic Wealth” from Angel One, quoted by ANI.The central bank recently lowered its FY26 inflation forecast to 3.7…
