Rutger Bregman is a Dutch historian and writer who treated as a rock star in the world of big ideas. His ideas blend sharp historical analysis with a fierce optimism about what society could be. Bregman was born in 1988, and grew up in a family with a pastor dad and a special needs teacher…
Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur (ICC Photo) India women’s team captain Harmanpreet Kaur was seen breaking into a bhangra celebration while lifting the Women’s T20 World Cup trophy — a moment that quickly went viral and drew widespread admiration. However, the jubilant scene had a light-hearted backstory behind it. On a recent episode of The…
At least two “male narco-terrorists” were killed in a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Eastern Pacific, bringing the total killed in Washington’s campaign in the region to at least 107.In a post to X, US Southern Command said “intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific…
JAIPUR: The Rs 450-crore ethanol project being developed by a private company in Rajasthan’s Hanumangarh district is likely to wind up operations in the state once procedural formalities for relocating the project to Madhya Pradesh are completed.Work on the project was halted weeks after violent protests by farmers over fear of the plant damaging soil…
MUMBAI: In a renewed push to contain fraud and improve customer safeguards, RBI has asked banks to clear the growing backlog in KYC updates and warned against the routine rejection of applications. Lapses in KYC, the central bank said, weaken defences against fraud and exclusion, particularly in rural and semi-urban areas. Alongside fraud, RBI has…
CGPSC police admit card 2025 The Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission has released the CGPSC Police Admit Card 2025 for the recruitment examination of Subedar, Sub-Inspector and Platoon Commander posts. Candidates who registered for the exam can now download their hall tickets from the official website, psc.cg.gov.in.If you have applied for this recruitment, you may download…
Indian spiritual leader and author Gauranga Das is quite popular among the masses for his deep, insightful lessons about spirituality and relationships which are relevant even in modern times. He often shares his knowledge with others through his posts and videos on social media that many people find relatable and apt. In one such post,…
Sunil Gavaskar (File Image) On This Day in 1983 – December 29, batting maestro Sunil Gavaskar achieved a major milestone in his career. Against the West Indies in the sixth Test in Chennai, Gavaskar scored a career-best 236 not out — then the highest score by an Indian in Test history — a day after…
‘Dhurandhar’ the spy-thriller, directed by Aditya Dhar and starring Ranveer Singh and Akshaye Khanna in lead roles, has emerged as a blockbuster at the Indian and worldwide box office. The film that entered its fourth week at the box office, has been rewriting several long-standing records along the way. ‘Dhurandhar’ box office collection Day 25…
PUNE: After several flip flops and a series of meetings with different parties, both NCP groups finally on Monday announced their tie-up for Pune municipal corporation and Pimpri Chinchwad municipal corporation polls scheduled for Jan 15. However, candidates will contest on their respective party symbols.An undivided NCP held office in PMC from 2007 to 2017,…