When she was 15, Bindu Pallichal, from a remote village in the Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala, started giving tuitions to fund her impending college education and help her family that had limited financial resources. Little did she know then that one day, with govt support, she would set up her own business — applying her…
Photo: @DelhiCapitals on X The new retention rules for the Indian Premier League‘s (IPL) coming season allows a franchise to retain a maximum of six players, and Delhi Capitals (DC) have seemingly closed in on the names that could be on that list. Speaking to reporters at an event in Hisar, Haryana, DC’s co-owner Parth…
The auspicious Hindu festival of Navratri is almost here and goddess Durga devotees across the country are gearing up to welcome the Devi home and partake in the nine-day festivities, marked by fasting, feasting and worshipping the goddess. Nine forms of Maa Durga is worshipped during this time namely – Maa Shailputri, Maa Brahmacharini, Maa…
Virat Kohli (Photo: BCCI video grab) Virat Kohli made the day for Mehidy Hasan Miraz and won the hearts of his fans once again with a heartwarming gesture off the field, when he accepted a gift from the Bangladesh all-rounder and thanked in Bengali language.“Khoob bhalo achi (it’s very good),” Kohli responded in Bengali with…
San Diego doctor Mark Chavez became the third person to plead guilty in the investigation surrounding Matthew Perry’s tragic death. Dr Chavez, 54, on Wednesday took the first step in cooperation with federal prosecutors, agreeing to a plea deal that could prove pivotal in targeting larger figures believed to be responsible for Perry’s demise.The “Friends”…
NEW DELHI: CEOs in India are confident of recovery in the global economy over next three years, but growth of their own companies keeps them awake at night. Significantly, reputation risk – stemming from misalignment with customer and public sentiment – has emerged as one of the top three threats facing these leaders in India,…
NEW DELHI: After shifting iPhone production worth billions of dollars to India, Apple is set to step up the game in the country, having finalised plans to start producing AirPods, with a massive focus on exports.The company will start making the casing for the product at the Pune factory of American contract manufacturer Jabil, and…
MUMBAI: Record growth in gold loans sanctioned by banks and non-banking finance companies is seen to be the trigger for RBI to step in and ask lenders to fix gaps in accounting for these loans to avoid a build-up of bad debt on their books.Gold loan sanctions in Q1 FY25 grew 26% year-on-year and 32%…
NEW DELHI: The ministerial panel on GST rate rationalisation is weighing lower rates for several mass-use items, including medicines and tractors, to 5%, while leaving the tax on products, such as cement, unchanged.Lower revenue from tractors, which currently face 12% or 28% GST depending on their classification, may partly be compensated by an increase in…
MEERUT: Malkhan Singh, an IAF soldier, was 23 when an Antonov-12 aircraft, carrying 102 people, including him, went missing on Feb 7, 1968. It was later found crashed over Himachal‘s Rohtang Pass.On Tuesday, when two Army officials came to Malkhan’s old house in Fatehpur village in UP’s Saharanpur district, informing the family about the recovery…
