Aizawl: Indian International hockey player and an Olympian, Mizoram’s Lalremsiami Hmar has been selected for the prestigious Arjuna Award 2025-26 for her achievements in hockey, according to an announcement made by the ministry of youth affairs & sports on Tuesday. Lalremsiami will be the first sportsperson from Mizoram to be conferred the Arjuna Award for…
At present, women government employees with fewer than two surviving children are eligible for one year of maternity leave. NEW DELHI: The CM Vijay-led Tamil Nadu government announced that women working in the state government will be entitled to 365 days of maternity leave for a third child, bringing it in line with the leave…
There is a saying among bibliophiles: Never judge a book by its movie. For true readers, nothing any director dreams up can ever match the cinema playing inside one’s head, to borrow a line from Anurag Kashyap’s greatest villain. Two rare adaptations that arguably hold their own against their source novels are Mario Puzo’s The…
Technology shares have swung sharply this summer as investors question whether valuations have risen too far. US stock market today: Wall Street benchmarks moved further away from their record high on Tuesday as technology shares related to the artificial-intelligence boom came under renewed selling pressure.The S&P 500 declined 0.5%, putting it on course for a…
Superstar Rajinikanth will be next seen in the upcoming much awaited film, ‘Jailer 2’ directed by Nelson Dilipkumar. As the film is set for a grand theatrical release on October 15, the makers have now announced the release date of the first single. Additionally, they shared a new poster featuring the veteran star. ‘Jailer 2’…
SSC CHSL FRTA result 2026 released: Check merit list, cutoff and sliding process SSC CHSL FRTA result 2026: The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has released the First Round of Tentative Allocation (FRTA) for the Combined Higher Secondary (10+2) Level Examination, 2025. The FRTA notice was issued on August 17, 2026, after the Tier-I result was…
Galle: India’s Mohammed Siraj, left, celebrates with Prasidh Krishna, centre, and teammates after taking the wicket of Sri Lanka’s Nishan Madushka on day four of the first test cricket match between India and Sri Lanka, in Galle, Sri Lanka. (PTI Photo) TimesofIndia.com in Galle: KL Rahul reluctantly stood his ground after the umpire raised his…
A Dutch plant is turning a huge agricultural waste stream into renewable electricity and fertiliser. BMC Moerdijk in the Netherlands processes around 420,000 tonnes of poultry manure each year, using thermal conversion to generate electricity for the farms supplying the manure and enough additional power for around 45,000 households. The process does not end after…
Krishna Byre Gowda (R) gets parliamentary affairs, while CM Shivakumar (L) retains finance and agriculture marketing (Photo credit: X) BENGALURU: Realising the heavy burden of briefing the media on his government’s achievements, chief minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday separated the law and parliamentary affairs portfolios.The move will also ease his responsibility of coordinating legislative affairs…
Chennai: Chennai-based real estate developer GT Bharathi to develop a World Trade Center business in Chengalpattu, it announced on Tuesday that it has been granted a license by the World Trade Centers Association (WTCA).The company plans to develop WTC as the centrepiece of an integrated, IT-centric mixed-use township spread across approximately 150 acres, with a…
