Government measures are improving sugar availability and reducing market prices (File photo) Indian sugar refiners plan to sell around 2.5 lakh tonnes of white sugar in the domestic market, adding to government efforts to boost supplies and bring down prices ahead of the festive season, Shree Renuka Sugars Managing Director and Chief Executive Susheel Kumar…
Experts say a single-window approval system could reduce delays for developers by bringing multiple clearances under one process. Digitised land records could also make transactions more transparent and reduce disputes. NEW DELHI: India’s real estate sector needs faster approvals, digitised land records and a dedicated affordable housing policy to tackle rising home prices and improve…
Both Omar and Farooq Abdullah stood in attention as full version of Vande Mataram played NEW DELHI: The Congress has urged its allies to “stand with us” in singing a shorter version of Vande Mataram, after all six stanzas of the national song were played at an event attended by Jammu and Kashmir chief minister…
‘Drishyam: The Conclusion’ trailer: Ajay Devgn returns as Vijay Salgaonkar with Jaideep Ahlawat adding dangerous new twist to the family’s fight The mystery surrounding Vijay Salgaonkar is about to get even more complicated. The trailer of Ajay Devgn’s ‘Drishyam: The Conclusion’ is now out, bringing back the tense world of the Salgaonkar family while introducing…
Restoring grazing by native large herbivores such as bison can produce sustained increases in native plant diversity In 1987, 30 bison from the Fort Riley Military Reservation were brought to Konza Prairie in Kansas. Nearly three decades later, researchers found that native plant species richness had increased by 103% at the local scale and by…
OpenAI’s unreleased model cracked the 90-year-old Navier-Stokes problem in 88 hours using 10,000 AI agents, but an NYU professor says the route was his. OpenAI says an unreleased AI model has solved the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem, a fluid dynamics question that has resisted mathematicians for roughly 90 years and carries a $1 million…
Viswanathan Anand loses on time to Javokhir Sindarov (GCL Photo) BENGALURU: Viswanathan Anand’s difficult start to the 2026 Global Chess League took another turn for the worse on Tuesday as the five-time world champion suffered two defeats in a day, the second coming in painful fashion against 20-year-old Javokhir Sindarov.Playing for Alaskan Knights, Anand had…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused Aam Aadmi Party of “crushing those who question” the Punjab government after a man died by suicide following alleged pressure to apologise for publicly questioning the state’s finance minister over the drug menace in the state.In a social media post on X, Rahul…
MUMBAI: The unicorn tag is no longer easy to come by for India’s startups. Blame it on the AI boom triggering the flight of substantial foreign capital to the US or investors rejigging their approach in line with the current business landscape: the startup space is undergoing a valuation reset.Data sourced from Tracxn showed that…
Jordan, however, said its air defences intercepted 18 of the 20 Iranian missiles fired towards the country. The remaining two missiles fell in unpopulated areas, according to Jordanian authorities, who said there were no casualties. A video of US airbase in Jordan shows repeated explosions over what is claimed to be the Muwaffaq Salti Airbase…