Umroi (Meghalaya) Armies of 13 countries came together in Meghalaya’s Umroi for the maiden multilateral military exercise ‘Pragati 2026’, which concluded on Saturday with a focus on countering insurgency and building mutual trust among the nations in the Indian Ocean region, officials said. Over 400 soldiers, including around 20 women, from Bhutan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos,…
BG Srinivas Green Revolution (wheat and rice, 1960s–70s): Driven by an acute famine threat, backed by concentrated political will, massive public investment in HYV seeds, irrigation, MSP support, and a clear geographic focus on Punjab and Haryana. The state stayed in the market through the FCI as a guaranteed buyer. Farmers had no uncertainty about…
New York: Global pharmaceutical company Dr Reddy’s Laboratories rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to commemorate 25 years of its listing on the world’s largest stock exchange. Dr Reddy’s Chairman Satish Reddy, accompanied by the company’s senior management team, rang the closing bell at the NYSE on Friday afternoon. In…
Mullanpur: Shubman Gill produced a conventional batting masterclass in the age of muscle on the way to a majestic hundred here on Friday, leading Gujarat Titans to a dominating seven-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals and a third final in five seasons of the Indian Premier League. First it was boy wonder Vaibhav Sooryavanshi who played…
Chandigarh: BJP on Thursday appointed Kewal Singh Dhillon as the party’s Punjab unit chief and shortly after the announcement he claimed the saffron party will form the government in the state after the 2027 Assembly polls. The 76-year-old former MLA from Barnala, who will be the first Jat Sikh face to head the party unit,…
Kolkata: Former Rajya Sabha MP and TMC leader Santanu Sen on Thursday resigned as the party’s national spokesperson and slammed the outfit over the controversy surrounding the R G Kar rape and murder case and described the poll defeat as a public rejection of “unethical practices”. The resignation comes at a time the TMC is…
There is a number making the rounds in global fund management circles that should unsettle every Indian equity strategist. Just 229 companies now account for 48% of all listed equity value on this planet. Thirteen of them are worth more than a trillion dollars each. The club is not growing. It is consolidating. And India,…
Bikaner: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said a “quadrangular security grid” comprising the BSF, the Army, border residents, and the local administration was essential for ensuring comprehensive border security, asserting that safeguarding the country’s frontiers could not remain the sole responsibility of security forces. Addressing troops at the Border Security Force (BSF) outpost…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday held talks with his Australian counterpart Penny Wong in Delhi as the two leaders explored ways to boost bilateral cooperation in a range of areas, and also exchanged views on the Indo-Pacific, the situation in West Asia, and other regional, global, and multilateral issues. Jaishankar and…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday announced that the Centre has constituted a high-level committee under retired Supreme Court judge Justice Prakash Prabhakar Naolekar to assess demographic changes across India due to “illegal immigration and other unnatural causes”. In a message on ‘X’ in Hindi, he said infiltration and other reasons are…
