NEW DELHI: India has now inked another contract for the import of an additional 73,000 SiG Sauer assault rifles from the US, which will add to the 72,400 such guns bought earlier for frontline Army troops, amid the continuing military confrontation with China in eastern Ladakh.“The SiG-716 `Patrol’ rifles, which are 7.62x51mm caliber guns with…
New Delhi: Fashion-tech platform Virgio, founded by the former CEO of Myntra, Amar Nagaram, aims to become a house of brands by foraying into multiple fashion categories. Talking to ETRetail, Nagaram said, “We are solving the building blocks of how a fashion-tech company should be. We’re looking at other categories such as ethnic-wear. As a…
NEW DELHI: In a sharp critique of the Uttar Pradesh government‘s decision to rename seven railway stations in the Northern Railways, Samajwadi party chief Akhilesh Yadav took to social media to slam the administration, urging them to prioritise railway safety over name changes.In his post on X (formerly Twitter), Yadav wrote, “And when you get…
Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu was recently trolled by a doctor who goes by the moniker ‘TheLiverDoc‘ on X, formerly Twitter. ‘TheLiverDoc’ slammed Vembu for a post on the benefits on walking barefoot. “I have been walking bare foot in the farm for close to a year now. This thread talks about the health benefits of…
NEW DELHI: BCCI secretary Jay Shah made a bold statement on his vision for global cricket, emphasising the importance of Test cricket after being elected unopposed as ICC chairman on Tuesday.Shah, 35, is the youngest to lead the ICC, succeeding Greg Barclay. His new commitment comes at a transformative time for cricket, with the sport…
NEW DELHI: Kolkata and the adjacent Howrah witnessed large-scale violence on Tuesday as protests over the alleged rape and murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College turned into pitched battles between demonstrators and the police.The unrest began when protestors, aiming to march to the West Bengal state secretariat, Nabanna, were intercepted by…
JIND: Vinesh Phogat, a renowned Indian wrestler, hinted to shift to politics. Following her disqualification from the Paris Olympics gold medal match over 100-gram weight, Phogat has been approached by several political parties to join their fold. Vinesh Phogat, who was here in Jind on Tuesday to attend a program organised at Khatkar toll plaza…
Indian-origin tech influencer, former Google engineer and an investor in US, Debarghya (Deedy) Das has com under fire for his guide to US citizenship in which he detailed how he got scholarly articles written by a firm in his name. The blog was published earlier but blew up after this part was noticed by several…
NEW DELHI: After Jay Shah got elected unopposed as the new chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC), the social media sparked a wave of congratulatory messages wishing the BCCI secretary.As the current secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Shah’s rise to this global position marks a significant moment in…
NEW DELHI: The verdict on Jay Shah‘s legacy in Indian cricket administration remains uncertain, but his ascent to power, both domestically and internationally, has been undeniably smooth and unobtrusive.At the age of 35, Shah was elected unopposed as the chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC), making him the youngest person ever to hold this…
