Amaravati: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is set to inaugurate the southern campus of the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) and the 10th Battalion campus of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) near Vijayawada, along with several other projects, today. The Union Minister will also be the chief guest at the 20th Foundation Day…
Amaravati: Asserting that a “double-engine” government is essential for the development of Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi, stating that the country could become the world’s number one or two economy by 2047 under his leadership. Addressing a meeting at Mydukur in Kadapa district, Naidu said that…
Chandigarh: The Centre will hold a meeting with Punjab’s protesting farmers on February 14 in Chandigarh to discuss their demands, thus ending a stalemate over the resumption of a dialogue with the agitators, who have been demanding a legal guarantee on the MSP for crops. Following the announcement of the proposed meeting, farmer leader Jagjit…
THE LEAP OF THE CENTURY. It was Bob Beamon’s only participation in an Olympic event, but he left his mark forever. He took Gold in Mexico and a World record that would stay for 23 years. The American still holds the record over half a century later. This is the impact that Bob Beamon, the…
Joondalup (Australia): We’re nearing the halfway point of this year’s Australian Open and players like the United States’ Reilly Opelka (ranked 170th in the world ) and France’s Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (ranked 30th) captured plenty of attention despite early-round exits. These two players caught the eye of the tennis world for not only their towering…
Mumbai: Mumbai police on Sunday said a 30-year-old man who stabbed Saif Ali Khan at the actor’s residence here has been arrested. Preliminary investigation suggests that the man had entered the actor’s home with the intention of theft, a senior police official told reporters. Saif Ali Khan’s attacker, who was arrested from adjoining Thane, is…
New Delhi: India’s space sector wants the government to spend more on space-based services, slash taxes to spur growth of start-ups and introduce a production-linked incentive scheme for them in the Union Budget. The sector has put forward its demand ahead of the Union Budget for 2025-26 on February 1. The Indian space economy is…
New Delhi: The India-China relationship is trying to disentangle itself from the complications arising from the post-2020 border situation and more thought needs to be given to the longer-term evolution of the ties, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday. Delving into various aspects of New Delhi’s relations with Beijing over past decades, Jaishankar…
Let’s address the elephant in the room: Delhi’s obsession with freebies. Every election season, political parties roll out shiny promises like clockwork. This time, AAP offers ₹2,100 to women, and BJP counters with ₹2,500. It’s not governance; it’s a bidding war disguised as democracy. The irony here is hard to miss. Prime Minister Narendra Modi,…
The year 2025 started with a release of the government’s first advance estimates of a slowdown in the country’s GDP growth to 6.4% in the FY24 against a projected 7% +. Despite the best efforts of the government to grow at 8-10%, we are stuck at 7% average annual growth for the last three decades…
