- Wednesday, March 12, 2025
ON RAKSHA BANDHAN 2024, Shweta Singh Kirti commemorated her late brother, Sushant Singh Rajput, with a heartfelt Instagram post and a video montage. The video includes highlights such as Sushant's acceptance speech at an award ceremony, an interview with Shweta, and other memorable moments of the late actor. Shweta’s post…
INDIA will need to undertake a lot more reforms to continue its growth trajectory and make sure that enough jobs are created in the country, IMF deputy managing director Gita Gopinath said on Saturday. Addressing an event here, Gopinath further said that India will be required to reduce import tariffs…
PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi will visit Ukraine, the foreign ministry said Monday, weeks after Kyiv condemned him for hugging President Vladimir Putin during a visit to traditional ally Russia. New Delhi's foreign ministry did not give a date for the visit to Poland and Ukraine, but Indian media reports suggest…
THE FATHER of the Kolkata doctor – who was raped and murdered – has alleged that more than one person was involved in the ghastly crime. He told NDTV that all the people he had spoken to, including doctors, agreed with this opinion. The Kolkata doctor was working at the…
MAJORITY of blue-collar jobs in India pay within the salary range of ₹20,000 or less per month, suggesting that a substantial portion of workers earn close to the minimum wage and are economically very vulnerable, a report has said. Over 57.63 per cent of blue-collar jobs fall within the salary…
A WOMAN cabin crew member of Air India was allegedly assaulted by an intruder at a London hotel earlier this week, according to sources. The airline is pursuing the matter with the local police. In a statement, an Air India spokesperson said it was "deeply anguished by an unlawful incident…
THE INVESTIGATING officers of the CBI are looking into the call details and chats of the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Sandip Ghosh, in connection with their probe into the rape and murder of a woman doctor. Ghosh, who appeared before the CBI officers on the…
A SURGING mpox outbreak in Africa was declared an emergency by the World Health Organisation thisweek and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), an EU agency, on Friday said more imported cases to Europe were "highly likely". The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)…
A NATIONAL Film Award after the immense audience love for "Gulmohar" is like the proverbial icing on the cake, veteran actor Sharmila Tagore said on Friday. The Rahul V Chittella-directed film, about a family getting ready to say goodbye to their ancestral home, has bagged the awards for best Hindi…
THE GOVERNMENT has slashed windfall tax on domestically produced crude oil by nearly 55 per cent to ₹2,100 per tonne, from ₹4,600 per tonne with effect from Saturday. The tax is levied in the form of Special Additional Excise Duty (SAED). The SAED on the export of diesel, petrol and…
