- Sunday, March 09, 2025
INDIAN tech startup ecosystem ranks second after the US in terms of all-time funding raised by companies with women founders, with a total capital mobilisation of $26 billion seen in this space till date, according to Tracxn. The report by the startup research and analytics firm stated that India is…
AFTER the recently-concluded Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath cited the 'success story' of a boatman Pintu Mahara in the assembly on Tuesday (4) and claimed that his fleet totally earned ₹300 million (£2.67m) during the 45-day-long festival. Adityanath said this while countering the claims…
PAMELA ANDERSON, known for her early career in television and modelling, is now considering a move to the stage following her well-received performance in "The Last Showgirl". The 57-year-old actress said that her role in Gia Coppola’s film made her feel like a “real actress” for the first time. “This…
INDIA and New Zealand face off in the final of the Champions Trophy in Dubai on Sunday to decide the winner of the eight-nation ODI tournament. India is gunning for their second Champions Trophy since 2013 and they could be fielding four spinners and two pacers for the ICC showpiece…
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump had some words of appreciation for NASA’s Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams' hair as he told a pair of stranded astronauts aboard the International Space Station that "we're coming up to get you." Trump, 78, mused Thursday (6) about the possibility of personally launching a rescue team…
AN Indian Foreign Services officer ended his life by jumping from the fourth floor of a residential building in the Chanakyapuri area in Delhi on Friday (7), and no foul play is suspected, police said. According to police, Jitendra Rawat (42), a 2011-batch officer, is survived by his wife, two…
THE US Supreme Court has rejected 26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana’s emergency application seeking a stay of his extradition to India. Rana, 64, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, is currently lodged in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles. He had submitted an "Emergency Application For Stay…
TECHNOLOGY major Infosys will soon mandate employees to work from the office for at least 10 days a month, The Economic Times has reported. This change, effective from March 10, is aimed at increasing office attendance, which witnessed a significant decline post the Covid-19 pandemic. The software services firm will…
AS PART of its ongoing drive against illegal properties owned by drug peddlers, Punjab Police and municipal authorities demolished six structures in Khanna on Thursday (6). These properties, built on encroached municipal land, belonged to six smugglers — Aslam, Sunil, Shindi, Mohendro, Pappu, and Gulshan — who are facing multiple…
THE PRESIDENT of All India Muslim Jamaat, Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Barelvi, said on Thursday (6) that Indian cricketer Mohammed Shami has committed a sin by not fasting during the holy month of Ramzan. "In the eyes of Shariat, he is a criminal, he should not have done this at all,"…
