A ₹65,000 gamble that saved a family: How one cricket bat changed the fortune after heavy Covid lossesA father's gamble on a ₹65,000 cricket bat during tough times has paid off. His son, Yashbardhan Singh Chauhan, now leads the India Under-1...
19 Jun, 2026, 02.28 PM IST
Foreign whisky sales slow for second straight year as post-pandemic boom fadesGrowth in imported whisky sales slowed for a second consecutive year in 2025 across Scotch, Irish, Japanese and American categories, reflec...
19 Jun, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
More immediate climate mitigationAs India grapples with an unusually dry June, the looming threat of a subpar monsoon casts a shadow over the agricultural landscape. With m...
18 Jun, 2026, 11.11 PM IST
Are the world’s freshwater sources vanishing before our eyes? Satellite images reveal an appalling global water crisisAcross the globe, our precious rivers, lakes, and reservoirs are diminishing at an alarming rate. Cutting-edge satellite imagery underscore...
18 Jun, 2026, 05.09 PM IST
EPFO: Has Employees' Provident Fund Organisation changed 8.25% EPF interest rate for FY25-26EPF interest rate: The government has approved an 8.25% interest rate for Employees Provident Fund deposits for the fiscal year 2025-26. Th...
18 Jun, 2026, 04.49 PM IST
Govt ratifies 8.25% EPF interest rate for FY'26, to be credited this monthThe government has approved an 8.25% interest rate on Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) deposits for FY26, clearing the proposal recommended ...
18 Jun, 2026, 12.50 PM IST
IIT Delhi retains top spot among Indian universities in QS world rankings 2027The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) has retained its position as India's highest-ranked university in the QS World Univers...
18 Jun, 2026, 08.35 AM IST
Parliamentary panel moots higher education spending, says NEP's 6% GDP target unmetA parliamentary committee has flagged current higher education funding as inadequate. It urges an increase to six percent of GDP, aligning ...
17 Jun, 2026, 06.01 PM IST
India restores 21.76 million hectares of deforested land, nears 84 per cent of Bonn Challenge targetIndia has made significant strides in land restoration. Between 2011 and 2020, over 21 million hectares of degraded land were restored, as ...
17 Jun, 2026, 03.06 PM IST
Odisha school textbooks found with 1,678 spelling, factual and contextual errors: Newton called a pilot, Hampi shown as Konark, equinox as equatorNew Odia textbooks for Classes I to VIII contain over 1,600 errors. These mistakes range from spelling and factual inaccuracies to geograph...
17 Jun, 2026, 12.18 PM IST
How Brexit is estimated to have hit the UK economyBritain's economy shows weak growth since leaving the European Union. Various researchers estimate significant losses in GDP, productivity,...
17 Jun, 2026, 12.00 PM IST
SGB delivers 219% return on premature redemption date: Gold bond turns Rs 1 lakh investment into Rs 3.19 lakhThe Reserve Bank of India has set the premature redemption price for Sovereign Gold Bonds 2020-21 Series-III. Investors can redeem these bo...
16 Jun, 2026, 11.46 AM IST
'Sanchita Ugale and Sushant Singh Rajput were under pressure': TV actress' brother claims link between the actors' deaths on same date six years apartTelevision actor Sanchita Ugale has reportedly died by suicide in Palghar, Maharashtra. Her brother drew parallels between her death and th...
16 Jun, 2026, 08.29 AM IST
Unauthorised absence by RBI official grave misconduct: Bombay HC; upholds his removalThe Bombay High Court has ruled that an Reserve Bank of India official's unauthorized absence from work is grave misconduct. The court dism...
14 Jun, 2026, 01.15 PM IST
Signed file on 100 per cent ethanol fuel rules: Nitin Gadkari says multiple companies to adopt alternative blendUnion Minister Nitin Gadkari has approved 100 percent ethanol blend fuel. This move aims to significantly reduce India's import dependence ...
14 Jun, 2026, 08.33 AM IST
Retail inflation edges up to 3.9% in MayEconomists expect price pressures to intensify further in June, driven by the continued pass-through of earlier increases in transport and ...
13 Jun, 2026, 12.57 AM IST
Jeep recalls over 1 million Wranglers and Gladiators that could catch fire even when parked with the ignition offNHTSA has issued an urgent alert for owners of nearly 1.1 million Jeep Wrangler and Gladiator vehicles (2021-2025) due to a potential fire ...
10 Jun, 2026, 07.19 AM IST