New Delhi: The water level in the Yamuna river at Delhi’s Old Railway Bridge stood at 207.31 metres at 8 am on Friday, a day after reaching the season’s highest at 207.48 metres. According to official data, the level stood at 207.35 metres at 6 am and receded to 207.33 metres at 7 am. The…
New Delhi: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said India has an important role in bringing Russia to end “its war of aggression and helping create a path towards peace,” while welcoming New Delhi’s continued engagement with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. During a joint phone call with the 27-nation bloc’s top leaders Antonio Costa…
Washington: President Donald Trump hosted a high-powered group of tech executives at the White House on Thursday as he showcased research on artificial intelligence and boasted of investments that companies are making around the United States. “This is taking our country to a new level,” he said at the center of a long table surrounded…
Has Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman pulled out the ultimate political silencer with her latest GST rate cuts? Judging by the deafening silence from the otherwise hyper-vocal Opposition, especially the Congress, it seems the answer is yes. Wednesday night’s announcement has left even the usual motormouths scrambling for words. For once, they can’t figure out what…
New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) licensed nine cutting-edge technologies to industry partners under its Medical Innovations-Patent Mitra initiative, at an event in Bharat Mandapam here on Thursday. The India MedTech Expo 2025 resulted in 17 licensing deals for innovations developed by various ICMR institutes in the areas of infectious disease diagnostics,…
Kathmandu: The US on Thursday handed over two M28 Skytrucks to the Nepali Army, boosting Nepal’s airlift capacity under a USD 37 million Foreign Military Financing (FMF) grant. With the latest delivery, the Nepali Army now operates five Skytrucks – two provided by the US in 2019 and one purchased directly by Nepal, the US…
Shimla: The state government, opposition, and farmers’ body have hailed the decision to slash Goods and Service Tax (GST) on several items and eliminate 28 per cent and 12 per cent slabs, describing it a big relief to people. “The Congress party has been pressing for these reforms for a long time, and finally, the…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed GST 2.0 as a double dose of support and growth for the nation and asserted that the series of next-generation reforms to make India self-reliant will not stop. In an interaction with the winners of the National Teachers Awards, Modi said he had promised “double dhamaka”…
There is a difference between fiery political rhetoric and outright indecency. Sadly, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seems incapable of recognising it. By repeatedly calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party “chor” (thief), she has crossed not just the line of political propriety but also trampled over the dignity of the constitutional office…
No one would have imagined, even in their wildest dreams, that the Kalvakuntla family would end up scripting its own political obituary barely a decade after creating a formidable regional party. The only consolation is that, unlike the Mughal-style dynastic traditions where blood relatives eliminated each other, this family has so far confined itself to…
