HI president Dilip Tirkey (ANI Photo) BENGALURU: What began as a controversy over the Indian hockey team’s switch from its traditional blue jersey to saffron has now snowballed into a governance battle within Hockey India (HI).In a strongly worded letter to the federation’s director general (DG), Cdr RK Srivastava, HI president Dilip Tirkey has raised…
A parliamentary panel suggests lowering the minimum director age to eighteen years. NEW DELHI: The joint committee of Parliamentary panel examining the amendments to the Companies Act has recommended reducing the minimum age for appointment as managing director and whole-time director from 21 years to 18, bringing it in line with similar age caps in…
Ram Das was a Harvard psychologist, a psychedelic, and a follower of Neem Karoli Baba, who brought the concept of spirituality to the Western world.He weighed in on the idea that we have lost track of the idea of patience, and that we desire everything to turn out in a certain manner, just as we…
Dave Bautista, best known for his work in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’, is currently in talks to replace Ryan Hurst in ‘God of War’ live adaptation after ‘The Walking Dead’ actor tore his bicep on set during filming. (Instagram) Following Ryan Hurst’s major injury on the sets of ‘God of War’ live actions series, many…
UPSSSC Auditor recruitment 2026 registration closes today; check eligibility and application steps UPSSSC Auditor recruitment 2026: The Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UPSSSC) will close the online application process for the Auditor and Assistant Accountant Main Examination 2026 today, August 3, 2026. Eligible candidates who have qualified the Preliminary Eligibility Test (PET)-2025 must complete…
They are fast, lethally venomous and highly aggressive. But most important of all, they have been blamed for more human deaths than you could count. Being mentioned here are the Black Mambas, the fastest and deadliest snakes on Earth. They have a slithering speed of up to 12.5 miles per hour, but that is not…
File Pic: Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh (PTI Photo) A Delhi court on Monday acquitted former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and former WFI assistant secretary Vinod Tomar in the alleged sexual harassment case involving women wrestlers, bringing an end to a high-profile legal battle that had triggered widespread protests in…
CHENNAI: Flagging that “free is the most expensive word in public policy”, chief economic adviser (CEA) Anantha Nageswaran said infrastructure built on the promise of free or below-cost services cannot attract patient capital. “What makes infrastructure worthy of patient capital? There are three conditions: quality infrastructure, contract certainty, and policy certainty. And the fourth, which…
Japan’s iconic Shinkansen, or bullet trains, are celebrated for their speed, punctuality and engineering brilliance. Yet for many travellers, the culinary experience is just as memorable as the journey itself. The star attraction is the ekiben, short for eki bento or station lunchbox, a long-standing Japanese railway tradition. According to the official Japan National Tourism…
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan sent fans on social media into a frenzy after her unseen photographs from her 2026 Cannes Film Festival debut online, months after she turned heads on the rec carpet.In what may just be her most elaborate red-carpet ensemble of the year, the newly released images showcase the actress posing against the picturesque…