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All  retired defence  personnel await expectantly for their pension on the last day of the month . As the month is about to close a message from the CDA ( controller of defence accounts) is expected regarding crediting of pension, if delayed it sends a flutter in the community until credited . Delay of pension…

Thirty-two days after US and Israel launched strikes on Iran, Trump chose Passover to make his first public appeal to the nation, in the face of an unpopular war whose objectives have been opaque, and confused, at every juncture, and that has widened and escalated beyond his control. Read full story on TOI+  Facebook Twitter…

In this week’s edition, a fundamental American promise is under scrutiny as the battle over birthright citizenship reaches the Supreme Court, raising deep anxieties for Indian-origin families. We also track the shifting power equations in Washington, where uncertainty looms over one of the most prominent Indian-American faces in Trump’s inner circle. And beyond policy and…

Some memories of war never fade. Even after more than five decades, the events of 4th Dec 1971 in the Tangdhar Sector of J&K remain as vivid to me as that cold morning in the mountains. I was a young officer then, leading an ad hoc commando platoon of the 8th Battalion, The Rajputana Rifles….

I have observed that in rural areas and forest regions, children spend more time outdoors amidst nature. They discover simple ways to play games. They create play areas by drawing lines and making shapes on the ground. They use dried fruit-seeds as dice and pieces. They make balls from dry leaves, tree roots, and rags….

Punita Punrani, the president of HAHA – Humour And Hasimazaak Association – called an Extraordinary General Meeting of the organisation to order. “Comrades in qualms,” began the president, in keeping with her signature style statement that the pun is mightier than the bored, “we’re meeting today, under the looming threat of a war waged against…

The defining story of the global startup ecosystem between 2024 and early-2026 is neither collapse nor renaissance. It is something more structural: a repricing of risk and a recalibration of capital discipline. For over a decade, venture ecosystems were fuelled by extraordinarily cheap money. Low interest rates, abundant liquidity and global capital chasing technological disruption…

Global trade does not collapse with explosions. It slows down quietly rerouted ships, rising insurance costs, delayed cargo, and nervous markets. That is exactly what is happening in the Red Sea today. What appears to be a regional conflict is, in reality, a signal of something much larger: the rules of maritime security are changing….

Floccinaucinihilipilification said a Delhi magistrate, while dismissing a plea. He could have said the petition was without merit, meaning basically the same thing. Let us respond in kind. He, clearly, doesn’t suffer from hippopotomonstrosesquippe-daliophobia, fear… Source link

The press has long been the guardian of democracy. Today, a fifth estate of millions — YouTube channels, Instagram reels and viral posts — has emerged, celebrated for democratizing information. But are they sometimes used as weapons of mass destruction? Reputations built over decades demolished with a political agenda and a click. This column examines…