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“Indian equity markets are expected to open on a mild positive note, with Gift Nifty trading at 23,748, up by 58points. Asian equities traded largely higher at the start of the new month, with Japan’s Nikkei and South Korea’s KOSPI touching fresh record highs. However, uncertainty surrounding a potential US-Iran agreement and lingering geopolitical concerns…
Abhishek Banerjee (Image/PTI) NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee will inform Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla about the mob attack on him in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district and will also move court in connection with the incident, news agency ANI reported citing party sources.The development comes after Abhishek Banerjee was attacked with…
NEW DELHI: Action is set to follow against officials in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) as the ministry of education has initiated an internal crackdown over alleged irregularities in a controversial tender process and serious vulnerabilities in the board’s digital evaluation ecosystem.According to ministry sources, a detailed report from CBSE on the tender…
For nearly 70 years, one fossil discovery sat at the center of Japan’s prehistoric story: “Ushikawa Man” was thought to be Japan’s oldest mainland human fossil, with a set of bones pulled from a limestone quarry near Toyohashi in 1957. The fossils took center stage in textbooks, museum displays, and academic discussions. Based on that…
Gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections rose 3.2% year-on-year to over Rs 1.94 lakh crore in May, reported PTI.The collections moderated from a record Rs 2.42 lakh crore in April but remained higher than the Rs 1.88 lakh crore collected in May last year. Net GST revenue increased 3.3% to Rs 1.67 lakh crore…
Vaibhav Sooryanshi and Sunil Gavaskar (Image: X) Finishing IPL 2026 as the Orange Cap winner with 776 runs, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi emerged as the face of the season. The teenage sensation shattered records, entertained fans with fearless batting, and etched his name into IPL history with a breakthrough campaign that few could have imagined.Behind the sixes,…
“I turned every challenge into motivation. My entire focus was on my goal’: JEE Advanced 2026 topper The results of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced 2026 were declared today, June 1, and Shubham Kumar had little reason to be surprised. The Bihar native, who moved to Kota two years ago for preparation, says avoiding…
After a 13-year gap, Kiran Rao returned with ‘Laapataa Ladies’ and is now working on multiple projects, including a supernatural horror, a noir, and a comedy-drama. She admits being overly cautious has slowed her down, wishes she could match Rohit Shetty’s pace, and names Nagraj Manjule as her favourite filmmaker. After a 13-year hiatus following…
If the question is purely based on scientific evidence around cardiovascular protection, extra virgin olive oil currently has stronger global research support. The evidence around olive oil and reduced cardiovascular risk is broader, deeper, and more consistent across populations. But that does not automatically make mustard oil unhealthy. For Indian diets, cold-pressed mustard oil used…
In East Africa, Mary Leakey’s team discovered 3.6-million-year-old footprints at Laetoli, providing the oldest direct evidence of obligate bipedalism. These impressions, preserved by volcanic ash, revealed an upright gait, settling debates about early human locomotion and showcasing Australopithecus afarensis’s adaptation to walking. Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons An ordinary day of fieldwork in the dry savanna…
