The Paris Olympics 2024 is just few days away and Indian athletes are gearing up to set new records and win medals for the country. India has so far won 35 medals at the Olympics since the 1900 edition. India had clinched its first-ever individual olympic gold medal in 2008 where Abhinav Bindra had won…
Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar with Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, during the inauguration of the Jan Aushadi Kendra, in Mauritius on Wednesday, July 17, 2024 | Photo Credit: PTI Union External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has inaugurated India’s first overseas Jan Aushadi Kendra in Mauritius, testifying to the “close” bilateral cooperation…
When we landed at Doha airport in the middle of the night, the terminal was so jammed with people that it seemed like another planet where mysterious Martians in burgundy jackets had turned night into day. Everywhere one looked, people were running for connecting flights, with very few staff around to direct anyone. The area…
As speculation of a rift in the Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) gains ground over the saffron party’s performance in the Lok Sabha election 2024 in the state, Samajwadi Party (SP) MP and chief Akhilesh Yadav has made a a âmonsoon offerâ to the ruling party MLAs. In a post, Akhilesh Yadav asked the…
Very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in likely to occur in a few districts of Telangana from Thursday through Saturday, according to India Meteorological Departmentâs (IMD) red alert. | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for a few districts in Telangana from Thursday through Saturday, indicating the…
Two personnel of the Special Task Force (STF) were killed and four others injured after Naxalites detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) in Chhattisgarh`s Bijapur district, police said on Thursday. Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai expressed grief over the incident and said the sacrifice of the jawans will not go in vain and the fight…
The First World-ers were now part of the backdrop for our Monsoon Wedding, the extras adding exotic colour but completely out-jewelled by the locals. | Photo Credit: Illustration: Sreejith R. Kumar The biggest, fattest Indian wedding ever has been a humbling experience. At first, I affected an air of studied disdain for the naked opulence…
The National Payments Corporation of Indiaâs (NPCI) âPre-sanctioned Credit Line at Banks through UPI (Unified Payments Interface)â would work more like a credit card without the plastic card actually in place. The credit line allows individuals and businesses to access pre-sanctioned credit lines or loans from banks that are linked to their UPI accounts. This…
Peter Thielâs Enhanced Games promise to be an annual sporting event that lets athletes use performance-enhancing drugs, nicknamed the pro-doping Olympics. The games have captured imaginations and money. But behind them is an unsettling effort spearheaded by tech billionaires like Thiel to use science and technology to enhance the human race. Their vision sounds alluring:…
A birthday celebration, a group of friends, and a freak incident turns their world upside down. The Telugu film The Birthday Boy, releasing in theatres on July 19, is inspired by a true story. Produced by Bharat Kumar and directed by a debutant who goes by the pseudonym Whisky, the film stars Ravi Krishna, Sameer…
