BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in California was vandalised and desecrated on Thursday with ‘anti-Hindu‘ messages like “Hindus go back.” This comes only 10 days after a New York based temple was defaced drawing condemnation from the Indian consulate.“Less than 10 days after the desecration of the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Melville, New York, our…
Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently delivered a keynote address at a gathering for the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) — including the first ever “Summit of the Future”. During his keynote, he said technology can expand opportunities for people around the world. He gave his own example of how “technology improved our lives in…
NEW DELHI: Foodgrain production during the 2023-24 crop year is estimated to touch a new record of 332 million tonne (MT), which is higher by over 2 MT than the output of nearly 330 MT during 2022-23 despite ‘below normal’ monsoon rainfall last year, show data released by the agriculture ministry on Wednesday. The ministry…
Israel has asked its troops to prepare for a “possible entry” into Lebanon to “continue degrading Hezbollah,” after the Iran-backed organisation targeted Tel Aviv for the first time.However, a Pentagon spokesperson said an that an Israeli ground incursion did not appear “imminent.”Meanwhile, Lebanon’s prime minister Najib Mikati told the UN Security Council that Israel was…
MS Dhoni at the Ranchi airport (Photo: Video grab) Former India and Chennai Super Kings‘ (CSK) captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is back in India after vacationing in the US with his close friends. A video showing Dhoni arriving at the Ranchi airport has gone viral on social media.The development related to Dhoni and the Indian…
LUCKNOW: UP government has invoked Section 56 of the Food Safety and Standards Act (FSSA), 2006, for a statewide crackdown on sale of contaminated food, entailing a “verification process” that requires eateries to prominently display the names and addresses of their proprietors and managers.The order, issued nearly two months after Supreme Court put on hold…
NEW DELHI : Four Indian full-time MBA programmes have made it into the top 100 in QS’s Global Rankings for 2025.Leading the Indian cohort is IIM Bangalore, which dropped to 53rd from 48th last year. In total, 14 Indian MBA programmes have secured a spot in the QS rankings, including three new entries: IIM Kozhikode,…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday issued nuclear warnings to the West over conventional strikes on its territory from Ukraine. He tabled an updated version of the nuclear doctrine which specifies that any attack on Russia by a non-nuclear power, if supported or backed by a nuclear power, will be regarded as a “joint attack…
NAGPUR: The key accused in the Ram Jhula accident case Ritika Maloo was arrested by State CID in a midnight swoop on her residence at Deshpande Layout in Wardhaman Nagar on Thursday. The CID moved hours after the judicial magistrate first class (JMFC), in an unprecedented move, opened the courtroom at 10.30pm and allowed the…
MUMBAI: The IPO for Manba Finance, a Mumbai-based NBFC that finances two and three wheelers, has been subscribed 224 times. The company that aimed to mobilise Rs 151 crore now has a demand for its shares worth nearly Rs 24,000 crore. This is excluding the Rs 45-crore worth of shares allotted to anchor investors last…
