CII president Rajiv Memani (Image/ANI) NEW DELHI: Days after chief economic adviser V Anantha Nageswaran’s lament on India Inc’s slow growth in investments, CII president Rajiv Memani on Tuesday said that investment announcements by the corporate sector in FY26 went up 50% to Rs 41 lakh crore, on the back of a 20% rise in…
A massive galaxy in the early universe has been caught in the final stages of its life, providing astronomers with some of the strongest evidence yet for how giant galaxies die. Using observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimeter Array (ALMA), researchers have identified a powerful outflow of gas…
MUMBAI: Nvidia, the global US-based chip giant that’s at the forefront of the ensuing AI revolution across the world, now has a market capitalisation more than the total market cap of all the companies listed in India. Compared to the company’s valuation of $4.91 trillion during opening trades on Friday, India’s was at $4.88 trillion…
Sachin Tendulkar (Screengrabs) Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar was among the star attractions at Wimbledon on Friday as he attended the men’s singles semifinals at the All England Club. During the live broadcast, the former India batter was seen enjoying the action on the court, with one commentator describing him as “perhaps the greatest batsman of…
MUMBAI: Reserve Bank of India has proposed changes to bank shareholding norms to ease investment by domestic institutional investors, while tightening disclosure and monitoring to maintain regulatory oversight. The amendments will make it easier for fund managers that are part of a financial conglomerate to acquire shares in private banks without triggering acquisition norms.RBI has…
PV Sindhu vs Ayush Shetty (Photos by PTI) NEW DELHI: At 21, Ayush Shetty has already added multiple feathers to his cap. He won a bronze medal in the boys’ singles event at the 2023 World Junior Championships. Earlier this year, he became the first Indian men’s singles shuttler to win a silver medal at…
Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu defeated home favourite Akane Yamaguchi in straight games to win her maiden Japan Open title and first Super 750 crown in Tokyo on Sunday.The 31-year-old became the first Indian to win the Japan Open after beating the three-time world champion 21-17, 21-17. The victory ended her title drought of more…
We have all been there: picking a bunch of bright yellow bananas lying in the fresh aisle in a grocery store. Before you know it, you find them in your kitchen, brown and mushy. And sooner or later they end up in the bin. What if you could keep bananas in their prime for a…
Taiwan’s ministry of national defence said it detected four sorties of Chinese military aircraft and six naval vessels operating around the island until 6 am local time on Sunday.The ministry said three of the four aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan’s southwestern and southeastern Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).In…
Shaheen Shah Afridi (Image credit: PSL) NEW DELHI: Shaheen Shah Afridi was seen visibly angry and frustrated after his dismissal during the PSL 2026 clash between Lahore Qalandars and Quetta Gladiators at the National Stadium in Karachi. Leading Lahore this season, Afridi lost his temper after being dismissed for a duck by Usman Tariq.Afridi was…
NEW DELHI: Air India’s transformation to a world class airline, following its return to founder Tata Group in 2022, could take up to a decade due to serious headwinds the aviation industry and the Maharaja have encountered in recent years.The earlier assessment of giving the airline a facelift in five years under Vihaan programme has…
Mohamed Hussein broke down at the Texas GOP convention as he was asked to leave the US, while the convention deliberated on ‘Don’t Sharia Our Texas’. (Photo: Texas Tribune) Four Muslim members of the Republican Party went to attend the GOP Texas convention last weekend, only to be shown the door as the convention discussed…
