Union Public Service Commission NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday described the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) as an important pillar of nation-building that has strengthened public trust in India’s administrative systems.Addressing the inaugural session of the Union Public Service Commission’s ‘Shatabdi Sammelan’ here, Birla lauded the Commission’s 100-year journey as a…
NEW DELHI: Ishan Kishan made history for India in the T20 World Cup on Thursday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium by becoming the first Indian wicketkeeper to score a fifty in the tournament’s history. Coming into bat as an opener against Namibia, Kishan played a blazing knock of 61 off just 24 balls, having smashed…
Google has reportedly announced a new round of voluntary exit packages – this time for employees within its global business organisation (GBO). The latest plan signals a push for staff to fully commit to its AI-driven future. Google’s chief business officer, Philipp Schindler, told staff in an internal memo that while the company finished 2025…
NEW DELHI: Cracking down on the online sale of “anti-drone” and “GPS jammer” devices, the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has issued notices to six e-commerce platforms and entities. These entities face the risk of punitive action for misleading listings and regulatory non-compliance, officials said.The CCPA has sought detailed information on import licences, regulatory clearances,…
Uganda has detected two more confirmed cases of Ebola, bringing the total number of infections in the current outbreak in the country to seven, its health ministry said on Monday, Reuters reported.According to the ministry’s statement, the two new cases are health workers in a private health facility in the capital Kampala and both are…
Chennamaneni Ramesh (left) with BRS president KCR (File photo) Hyderabad: A year after Telangana HC declared that former BRS MLA Chennamaneni Ramesh was not an Indian citizen and imposed a Rs 30 lakh fine on him for concealing his German citizenship while contesting assembly elections, he continues to receive a pension of Rs 60,000 as…
NEW DELHI: Sunrisers Hyderabad batter Heinrich Klaasen has made a striking assessment of Chennai Super Kings, stating that the absence of their charismatic former skipper MS Dhoni “doesn’t really make much of a difference” to the five-time champions in IPL 2026.Speaking after Sunrisers Hyderabad’s mixed start to the season, Klaasen downplayed the impact of Dhoni’s…
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, has released the round 2 seat allotment result for the Institute of National Importance Combined Entrance Test (INI CET) January 2026 counselling.Candidates who took part in the second round of counselling can now check their allotted institute and subject or specialty on the official AIIMS…
NEW DELHI: Delhi high court has revived disciplinary proceedings against Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Sameer Wankhede in connection with drugs seized as part of a case in 2021, setting aside Central Administrative Tribunal’s (CAT) relief.The 2008-batch officer came under spotlight for allegedly threatening to implicate actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan in the Cordelia…
P Chidambaram (ANI image) NEW DELHI: Former home minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday slammed the Centre over its “discreet silence” on what he described as the growing threat of homegrown terrorism.His statement comes two days after the Delhi bomb blast near Lal Quila Metro station that killed 12 people and injured…