The combined market capitalisation of eight of India’s 10 most-valued companies fell by Rs 79,129.21 crore last week, with Bajaj Finance and ICICI Bank taking the sharpest hit amid a broadly weak trend in equities, PTI reported. The BSE benchmark dropped 444.71 points, or 0.51%, during the week. Among the top-10 pack, only Reliance Industries…
The liver performs essential functions involving detoxification, hormone regulation and nutrient metabolism, and changes in its performance often become visible on the skin before other symptoms appear. A study published in Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology examining cutaneous manifestations of chronic liver disease highlights how shifts in pigmentation, vascular behaviour and skin texture can…
A big crowd outside the Melbourne Park during the 2026 Australian Open (AP) New Delhi: Roger Federer coined the term “Happy Slam” for the Australian Open in 2007, and it has stuck. “Everybody is kind of happy to see each other, kind of after the off-season. It’s kind of like the ‘Happy Slam,’” Federer had…
NEW DELHI: In a landmark move highlighting the growing emphasis on personality and publicity rights, Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar approached the Delhi High Court seeking protection against the misuse of his name, photographs, and likeness across social media and e-commerce platforms.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!On Friday, a single-judge bench…
What ISI Bill 2025 means for ISI Kolkata. Image credit: isical.ac.in In September, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) put the draft Indian Statistical Institute Bill, 2025 into the public domain. What followed was not routine academic commentary but a coordinated pushback from faculty, staff and students across the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI)…
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed that Iran has approached Washington seeking a “ceasefire” stating that the “new regime president is much less radicalised”. He also blasted Tehran saying that any consideration of ceasefire would depend on the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.In a post on Truth Social, Trump said, “Iran’s New Regime…
NEW DELHI: The special CBI court in Delhi Tuesday rejected the plea by former railway minister Lalu Prasad and his wife Rabri Devi against holding a day-to-day trial in the IRCTC case in which they were charged with criminal offences. Observing that the Constitutional courts have asked trial courts to expedite cases against MPs and…
DEHRADUN: Close on the heels of a proposal to restrict the entry of non-Hindus at 105 ghats in the Kumbh area at Haridwar, Badrinath Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC), which administers the Char Dham shrines of Badrinath, Kedarnath and 47 other temples, is considering a similar move at the shrines under it. The proposal is expected…
NEW DELHI: The former chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University Firoz Bakht Ahmed has written to Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, alleging religious discrimination, administrative apathy and institutional failure at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and seeking an independent central probe into the matter. In his letter, Ahmed flagged the case of Rachana Kaushal, a…
A massive fire has erupted at one of St. Petersburg’s largest markets, with witnesses reporting several explosions at the site. According to Russia’s ministry of emergency situations, the blaze broke out in a market building in the Nevsky district on Wednesday night, killing one person.Russian media indicated that the entire market complex may have been…