Rupee staged a recovery in early trade on Friday, rising 22 paise against the US dollar after opening on a weak note, with likely intervention by the Reserve Bank of India helping the domestic currency steady despite crude oil prices breaching the $100-a-barrel mark.The currency, which had ended 20 paise weaker at 96.73 on Thursday,…
The Bihar Police Subordinate Services Commission (BPSSC) has declared the Bihar Police Sub-Inspector (SI) Mains Examination 2026 result under Advertisement No. 05/2025. Along with the result, the commission has also released the category-wise cut-off marks for candidates who appeared in the examination.Candidates who have secured marks equal to or above the prescribed cut-off in their…
LSG bowling coach Bharat Arun (ANI Photo) LUCKNOW: Lucknow Super Giants have been feeling the heat in IPL this season. With just two wins from six games, LSG are just a spot above bottom-placed Kolkata Knight Riders in the points table. However, LSG’s bowling coach Bharat Arun doesn’t seem to be too concerned about their…
Shilpa KS (Image credit: X) MYSURU: At four, when most children are hopping and skipping around, Shilpa KS lost her left leg in a road accident. Her family could not afford treatment, or even a wheelchair.More than three decades later, the little girl from Kanchugara Koppalu village in KR Nagar taluk completed an extraordinary journey…
The pink light visible in recent timelapse footage from the International Space Station is not a camera effect or a reflection from Earth. Instead, it comes from a small plant-growing facility tucked inside the station’s Columbus laboratory, where astronauts have been tending crops as part of an ongoing experiment into how plants behave beyond our…
When the Centre decided to restrict access to messaging app Telegram ahead of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2026 re-examination, the stated goal was clear: disrupt paper leak rackets operating on the platform.Telegram founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Pavel Durov says the move is hitting the wrong people.Responding to the Indian…
Chennai Super Kings’ skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad (ANI Photo) Ruturaj Gaikwad, captain of Chennai Super Kings, has been fined INR 24 lakh after his side maintained a slow over-rate during their IPL 2026 clash against Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.According to the IPL’s Code of Conduct under Article 2.22, which deals with…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday expressed condolences over the loss of lives, including foreign nationals, in the devastating fire at a hotel in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar and said the ministry of external affairs (MEA) is coordinating with embassies and extending all necessary assistance.The massive blaze broke out at the Flourish…
Rajasthan REET Mains result 2026 expected in early May for 7,759 teacher posts. (Representative Image) REET Result 2026: The Rajasthan Staff Selection Board is expected to announce the REET Mains Result 2026 for Level-1 and Level-2 third-grade teacher recruitment shortly on its official portal. Candidates who appeared in the examination are awaiting the release, which…
Four major e-commerce platforms– Amazon, Flipkart, Meesho and JioMart– have removed listings of the allegedly unregistered “Cyclosinone Herbicide” following notices issued by the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA), which has now ordered a detailed investigation into the matter.In a statement issued on Saturday, the regulator said the platforms informed it that listings of the product…
Xie Na (Image source: MyDrameList) Chinese television personality Xie Na, one of the country’s most recognisable entertainers, has found herself at the centre of a fierce online backlash after her ambitions of becoming a concert performer were met with widespread criticism.For over two decades, Xie Na was a household name as one of the main…
Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards used a United Arab Emirates-based procurement network to secretly acquire advanced Chinese satellite communication equipment linked to Tehran’s drone and missile programme, according to leaked commercial and shipping records reviewed by the Financial Times.The revelations expose how a company operating from the UAE helped supply sensitive communications technology to the same…
