Chhath Puja concluded this morning with ‘Usha Arghya’ across India. As vibrant scenes from ghats nationwide marked the end of the four-day festival, Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended warm wishes to all families, lauding their participation in the festival’s vibrant, community-led celebrations.“Today, the auspicious conclusion of the great festival of Chhath took place with the…
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 shook western Turkey on Monday, causing at least three buildings that were damaged in a previous tremor to collapse. According to the magnitude was centered in the town of Sindirgi in Balikesir province and struck at 22:48 local time (1948 GMT) at a depth of 5.99 kilometers (3.72 miles.)The tremor…
MUMBAI: Indian sellers using Amazon’s platform to reach in global markets have sold goods worth over $20 billion since 2015. Amazon terms it as cumulative e-commerce exports. With more small and medium sellers tapping the reach of online to go global, the Seattle-based company is targeting $80-billion worth of cumulative e-commerce exports from India by…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court brushed aside on Monday pleas for making public names of candidates shortlisted by the selection panel for the posts of chief information commissioner and information commissioners after the Centre said the process would be completed in three weeks. “The selection panel comprising the PM, leader of the opposition and a Union…
Rohini Kalam Jujitsu player (Picture Credit: IG/senseirohinikalam) INDORE: Rohini Kalam, a 30-year-old Ju-Jitsu (martial art) athlete who represented India in the Asian Games and won bronze at the International Ju-Jitsu Competition in Abu Dhabi last year, was found hanging at her home in MP’s Dewas. Police suspect suicide but clarified that no note was recovered…
Jammu: Border Security Force (BSF) and police personnel recover two bags containing heroin, dropped by a Pakistani drone, during a joint search operation, in R.S. Pura sector of Jammu and Kashmir. (PTI Photo) JAMMU: BSF troops on Monday found over 5.3kg of heroin dropped from a suspected Pakistani drone in Jammu’s RS Pura sector. Officials…
The world’s most-valuable company Nvidia just got an ‘American rival’ and a ‘mighty one’. The San Diego-based Qualcomm, best known for powering smartphones and PCs, has introduced two new AI processors — the AI200 and AI250 — marking a major push into a market dominated by rivals Nvidia and AMD. The launch of Qualcomm’s new…
Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and players of Australia walk off the field (Photo by Ayush Kumar/Getty Images) AB de Villiers has come out strongly in defence of his former Royal Challengers Bengaluru teammate Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, slamming the wave of negativity surrounding the two Indian legends. The former South African captain didn’t hold…
NEW DELHI: The Opposition on Monday launched a sharp attack on the Election Commission of India (ECI) after it announced Phase 2 of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across 12 states and Union Territories, calling it a “vote theft” exercise designed to benefit the ruling BJP. Several leaders accused the poll body…
NEW DELHI: When Rahul Gandhi set out under Bihar‘s unforgiving August sun for his ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’, it was a test of whether he could still find takers in a land where the Congress survives mostly as a fading afterimage. For 16 days, his campaign carved a noisy trail through dusty highways and crowded colonies.Today,…
