The United States on Friday strengthened its presence in the Middle East as it deployed additional ballistic missile defence destroyers , fighter squadrons, tanker aircraft, and B-52 long-range strike in the region to promote de-escalation through diplomacy and deterrence.The US department of defence in a statement said,” In keeping with our commitments to the protection…
NEW DELHI: Accusing the Election Commission (EC) of replying to its complaints pertaining to 20 seats in recent Haryana polls with attacks on Congress netas and the party, and of adopting a “condescending” tone, Congress said, “If the current EC’s goal is to strip itself of the last vestiges of neutrality, then it is doing…
US secretary of state Antony Blinken turned to the words of Rabindranath Tagore at the state department’s annual Diwali reception on Friday, remarking that the Bengali poet’s words embody the spirit of the festival that celebrates the triumph of light over darkness.Blinken said, “Diwali holds different meanings and practices for different communities. But Bengali poet…
NEW DELHI: Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections rose 8.9% to Rs 1,87,346 crore — the second highest monthly collection — due to a healthy mop-up on domestic transactions. The highest ever collection of Rs 2.1 lakh crore was reported in April. The latest monthly data showed that collections from domestic sources in Oct, based…
W hen his daytime job was putting together a blueprint for transforming Indian Railways, he combined it with translating a complete 10-volume Mahabharata in English — only the second Indian to do so.When he was roped in by the finance ministry to research and write a series of reports on legal reforms in India, he…
NEW DELHI: India committed to prioritise effective restoration of at least 30% of its degraded terrestrial, inland water, & coastal and marine areas by 2030 in sync with the country’s 23 national biodiversity targets as well as global 30×30 biodiversity goals, reports Vishwa Mohan. India said it would need an annual average amount of Rs…
L-R: Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant When the 10 franchises sit for the IPL mega auction in Riyadh in the last week of Nov, the event will revolve around most teams looking for a new captain. Indian wicket-keepers will also be in demand. Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul are likely to…
Ravindra Jadeja (Pic Credit – X) Always under pressure to run through the opposition on home tracks, spinner marks welcome return to form with five-forMUMBAI: During the Bangladesh series, Ravindra Jadeja became only the third left-arm spinner to cross the 300-wicket mark in Tests. But over the last few matches, his performance didn’t quite match…
NEW DELHI: This October was the warmest on record in the country, breaking the previous high of 1951, the Met office said Friday. Central India (Madhya Pradesh, parts of Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh) led the mean temperature chart for October, becoming the warmest on record, too, whereas northwest India, which includes Delhi-NCR, became the second warmest…
NEW DELHI: More than 12 years after Supreme Court mandated separate toilets for girl students in schools across India, only Goa, Delhi, Chandigarh and Puducherry are in full compliance of the order while the north-eastern states and Jammu & Kashmir lag the national average of 98% in schools implementing the order.SC for the first time…
