Benchmark equity indices ended lower on Thursday, dragged down by a sharp sell-off in technology stocks amid global uncertainty and concerns around AI-led disruption in IT services. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 558.72 points, or 0.66 per cent, to settle at 83,674.92. During the session, it tanked 716.97 points, or 0.85 per cent, to hit … Read more
Russia has blocked messaging platform WhatsApp for allegedly violating domestic laws, the Kremlin confirmed to news agency AFP on Thursday.“Such a decision was indeed made and implemented,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said when asked about the reported ban.Peskov said the move followed WhatsApp’s “reluctance to comply with the norms and letter of Russian law”.Earlier, Meta-owned … Read more
These days, Rajpal Yadav is the talk of the town. The actor who is known for always making people laugh with his incredible comic timing in several movies, is unfortunately going through a bad phase. He’s been arrested in several cheque bounce cases and is under a debt of Rs 9 crore. Amid this, his … Read more
China’s ambitious “Great Green Wall” project has transformed the arid edges of the Taklamakan Desert into a significant carbon sink. Billions of trees planted have created green barriers, effectively absorbing more CO2 than they release, offering a groundbreaking model for combating desertification and climate change in extreme environments. Human beings are capable of even doing … Read more
NEW DELHI: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Thursday said he has moved a substantive motion in the Lok Sabha against the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of misleading the country with the help of “anti-India forces.”Dubey said he is seeking the termination of Gandhi’s parliamentary membership and a lifetime ban … Read more
UPSC CSE exam window 2026 The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has declared a three-day correction period for candidates of the Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2026 and Indian Forest Service (IFoS) 2026 and provided aspirants with a once-in-a-lifetime chance to correct their application forms. To a lot of people, this may spell the difference between … Read more
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday reprimanded Congress MP Jairam Ramesh for challenging an Office Memorandum issued by the Centre to implement the apex court’s judgment on retrospective environmental clearance.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said that since the Office Memorandum was meant to implement an SC judgment, the challenge … Read more
A top US official has said that Washington is preparing to expand defence sales to India, signalling continued momentum in strategic cooperation between the two countries.During a Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hearing, Assistant secretary bureau of South and Central Asian affairs S Paul Kapur, speaking about the growing defence partnership, said that additional purchases of weapon … Read more
KANPUR: Tobacco baron K K Mishra’s son Shivam Mishra was arrested on Thursday in connection with the Lamborghini crash on Kanpur’s VIP Road four days after the incident then the speeding sports car rammed into pedestrians, triggering widespread outrage.The arrest comes a day after the additional chief judicial magistrate (VII), Kanpur Nagar, Amit Singh, dismissed … Read more
There are unique traits for each sign of the zodiac that assist to define their personalities and make them different from one another. It would be nice to know what the universe has in store for you at the start of the day, wouldn’t it? Read on to see if today will be lucky for … Read more