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PM Modi has our full support: US State Department

The United States stands strong with India against terrorism and Prime Minister Narendra Modi 'has our full support', the State Department said underlining that Secretary of State Marco Rubio urges......

Nitish distributes new departments, retains civil aviation

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has allocated portfolios of newly created departments among ministers, keeping Civil Aviation with himself, an official notification said. IMAGE: Bihar Chief......

US to pause visa for Russia, Iran among 75 countries from Jan 21

The US State Department is set to pause visa processing for applicants from 75 countries, including Russia and Iran, as part of a crackdown on those immigrants deemed likely to become a "public......

Gujarat once again a 'tiger state' after 30 years

After more than three decades, Gujarat has regained the status of a 'tiger-present state', with the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) confirming the presence of a tiger in the state,......

Khaleda Zia laid to rest with state honour amid tight security

Hundreds of thousands of people on Wednesday bid an emotional farewell to former prime minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, who was laid to rest with state honour beside her husband Ziaur......

Tamil Nadu bets big on India's first full-stack sovereign AI park

The sovereign AI park will be a first-of-its-kind, purpose-built district in India, integrating AI compute infrastructure, secure data frameworks, model research labs, and AI innovation clusters,......

Centre launches Rs 4,531 cr mkt access support scheme

The government on Wednesday launched Rs 4,531 crore market access support (MAS) intervention scheme for a six-year period (FY26-31) to improve global reach, visibility and competitiveness of Indian......

Adani Power gets relief as SC nixes SEZ electricity duty

Customs duty cannot be levied on electricity supplied from a special economic zone (SEZ) to the domestic market, ruled the Supreme Court on Monday while upholding Adani Power’s appeal against a......

New GDP series to improve informal sector estimates

India’s new national accounts will leverage new data sources and surveys to enhance the measurement of the country’s informal economy, and introduce double deflation methods across sectors,......

State Bank of India readies plan to ease KYC process

State Bank of India has embarked on a drive to cut the Know Your Customer (KYC) process to a single one across its branches, a top official said on Tuesday. IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been......

Why Dhurandhar Is Unsettling

Dhurandhar does not ask audiences to cheer blindly, notes Kumar Abhishek. It asks them to see how power operates in grey zones, and at moral cost. IMAGE: Ranveer Singh in Dhurandhar. Cinema has......

Bindra report exposes flaws in India's sports administration

'Neither SAI nor state departments have a dedicated sports administration service. Instead, roles are filled by generalist civil servants or contractual staff, often lacking sector-specific......

ICC unlikely to shift Bangladesh's T20 WC matches

'The overall security risk for the tournament in India has been assessed as low to moderate, which is consistent with the profile of many major global sporting events.' IMAGE: The Bangladesh......

India vs NZ: Why Bracewell wants Jamieson to deliver

'We perhaps don't have the experience that we normally have on our side. But in saying that, we come in here with high expectations on how we're going to play. We want to gain some experience of......

No Kohli return at Chinnaswamy after police deny clearance

IMAGE: All the Vijay Hazare Trophy matches scheduled in Bengaluru have been shifted to BCCI's Centre of Excellence, on the outskirts of the city. Photograph: RCB/X Bengaluru Police Commissioner......