New Delhi: The government has extended the duty-free import deadline for 1 million tonnes of raw sugar under the Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) to December 31 to boost domestic supplies during the festive season. According to a finance ministry notification, the import window has been extended to December 31, 2026. On August 20, the government…
Special Correspondent Merit sidelined, parents allege; SMC must answer The Hyderabad Cricket Association’s (HCA) selection of its Women’s U-23 T20 squad has triggered a storm of allegations from aggrieved parents, who question whether merit, transparency and accountability have survived the latest exercise. Their daughters, they contend, have justifiable performance records but have been overlooked, while…
The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement signed by Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye on August 7, declaring that an armed attack against any one of the three would be treated as an attack against all, was projected as a powerful demonstration of Islamic solidarity. Yet, the unfolding security crisis in West Asia raises an uncomfortable question:…
Online Sports Desk Rawalpindi is known for speed and pace in the cricketing world. The fastest bowler ever to play the game was born in this Pakistani city, but on Thursday, Harry Brook brought a batting storm to Rawalpindi, scoring the fastest double century in ODIs against Sri Lanka in the ongoing tri-series, which also…
Online Sports Desk WTC Table Update: South Africa have bounced back in style, defeating Australia by an innings and 31 runs in the second Test to level the three-match series at 1-1. After losing the opener by more than 200 runs, the Proteas delivered a commanding response, setting up a decisive final Test in Cape…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hit out at the opposition Congress, saying that while the world is searching for a “new order”, some people are dreaming of “disorder” in India. In a direct attack on the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, PM Modi said the country does not…
Pilbhit/Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh election authorities have ordered legal action against two serving and former electoral registration officers and the dismissal of a computer assistant after finding irregularities in 10,470 voter entries in the Pilibhit Assembly constituency, officials said on Thursday. According to a statement issued by Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa’s office…
New Delhi: India and Poland on Thursday agreed to deepen ties in defence, space, and nuclear energy domains, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk pledging to double the annual bilateral trade from the current USD 6 billion by 2030. Following the talks, PM Modi said both sides believe in democratic…
Democracies cannot afford to ignore the possibility that money, ideology and disinformation can be weaponised to weaken governments from within. The controversy surrounding Neville Roy Singham, a US-born technology entrepreneur based in Shanghai, raises uncomfortable questions about the global reach of Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-aligned propaganda and the role of opaque funding in political activism….
Indian families hold gold equal to roughly two-thirds of what every central bank on earth holds combined. The instinct is sound, the instrument is flawed, and the popular claim that households move the gold price does not survive the data. For decades economists have called Indian household gold dead capital: it pays no interest, no dividend,…
