The announcement was made during the plenary session of the 2026 WBG-IMF annual meetings in Bangkok (Photo: AP). Pakistan will take over the chairmanship of the boards of governors of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group in 2027, returning to the position for the first time since 1953, the country’s ministry of…
Yuzvendra Chahal (AFP Photo) NEW DELHI: Yuzvendra Chahal has opened up about his struggle with alcohol after his divorce, revealing that he checked into a rehabilitation centre for 26 days to get his life back on track. The leg-spinner said his drinking had crossed limits and he realised that continuing on the same path could…
Dharmendra Pradhan criticized Rahul Gandhi for allegedly exploiting student protests to undermine India’s democratic structure. Dharmendra Pradhan, who had resigned from the post of Union education minister after Cockroach Janta Party protests over paper leaks in July, accused Rahul Gandhi of using students as cover to destabilise India’s political system.Citing Bangladesh’s Gen Z uprising and…
Loan seekers sharing bank data 3x more likely to get business loans MUMBAI: Borrowers with no credit history were more than three times as likely to get a business loan of Rs 10 lakh to Rs 25 lakh through lenders using the Account Aggregator (AA) framework than through conventional channels, a study by CRIF Credit…
Michael Vance, nominee to be an Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research and Myanmar’s military chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing (Reuters) The United States has held another round of secret talks with Myanmar’s military-backed rulers, signalling renewed engagement with a country whose strategic importance is growing amid competition over critical minerals…
INS Sahyadri arrives at Vladivostok, Russia for bilateral exercise Indra-2026 India and Russia are conducting the 2026 edition of Exercise INDRA, their bilateral naval exercise, with the Indian Navy’s indigenously built stealth frigate INS Sahyadri arriving at Vladivostok on October 10. The exercise runs from October 13 to 18 and brings personnel from the Indian…
The first group of Afrikaners from South Africa to arrive for resettlement in USA (AFP) The US administration is considering a $335,000 research and advertising campaign in South Africa to understand why fewer white Afrikaners are applying for refugee status in the United States than officials had expected.According to The Guardian, citing a US state…
Mary Millben alleges that billionaire George Soros is financially backing protests in India with the intention of undermining Prime Minister Modi’s government American singer Mary Millben has alleged that billionaire George Soros is funding protests in India, reiterating her support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and targeting Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Cockroach Janta Party…
File photo: Alexandros Paporakis, 19, has been charged over an alleged mass shooting plot that may have targeted a Hindu place of worship near Chicago A 19-year-old US man who allegedly told co-workers he “couldn’t wait to kill Indian people” was arrested over a suspected mass shooting plot targeting a Hindu temple in Aurora, near…
The gym where Suchika Tariyal trains is modest: a single floor, a makeshift mat, a cage and the equipment needed to prepare for mixed martial arts. It is owned by Vikas Dahiya, an MMA fighter himself. When Dahiya is out of town, the keys are with Tariyal and her husband, Kapil Hooda.The couple have become…