Chennai: India retained its position as the world’s second-largest electric two-wheeler market in 2025 after China, amid single-digit growth, as reduced subsidies and tighter localisation requirements weighed on demand, according to the latest Global EV Outlook report by the International Energy Agency.Global electric two-wheeler sales rose 15% year-on-year to nearly 10mn units in 2025, accounting…
Retail inflation crosses RBI target, at 4.38% India’s retail inflation rose to 4.38 per cent in June, up from 3.93 per cent in May, as higher food prices pushed up the overall Consumer Price Index (CPI), according to provisional data released by the ministry of statistics and programme implementation (MoSPI) on Monday.Food inflation, measured by…
A LinkedIn post by an IIT Kanpur alumnus has sparked widespread discussion by suggesting that where people live can influence how they perceive success. Comparing life in Bengaluru with that in a mountain town, the post highlights how social environments and constant comparison may affect confidence, contentment, and personal fulfilment. India’s metro cities have sold…
’Forever my little star’: ‘Varanasi’ star Mahesh Babu pens heartfelt birthday note for daughter Sitara as she turns 14; Namrata calls her ‘greatest blessing’ Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu marked a special family occasion by celebrating his daughter Sitara Ghattamaneni’s 14th birthday. The actor took to social media to share a touching father-daughter post that quickly…
MacKenzie Scott reinforced her position as one of the world’s most generous philanthropists in 2025 after donating around $7 billion to charitable causes across the United States. According to Giving USA and the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Scott’s contributions accounted for nearly one-third of the country’s $19.2 billion in major charitable gifts…
Gurgaon: Haryana Human Rights Commission (HHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of a shocking incident in which a woman was forced to give birth to a child under torchlight at the park of a govt hospital in Faridabad — and has called the incident “a grave lapse”.“Every pregnant woman is entitled to immediate, safe and…
Natural wetlands constitute 13,141.1 hectares of Haryana’s total land Gurgaon: In an administrative shift, the Haryana govt has moved the state Wetland Authority under the forest and wildlife department and made the principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife)-cum-chief wildlife warden (PCCF) in charge of all related works.The move follows a March 11 notification reconstituting the…
Kolkata: The Anandapur police cops lodged yet another FIR against Trinamool (TMC) Kasba ex-councillor Sushanta Ghosh and four of his aides for allegedly defrauding a resident of Rs 7.7 lakh by selling a footpath stall using forged KMC documents.The case was registered after complaint on Tuesday by Binoy Majumder, a resident of Rajdanga School Road…
Imphal: School students travelling to Kendriya Vidyalaya, Leimakhong, in Kangpokpi district were stopped by Kuki protesters at the Imphal West -Kangpokpi border on Friday morning, escalating tensions linked to the ongoing economic blockade in the area.The incident occurred around 7:30 am when around 30 students from different communities were on their way to school. Protesters…
Former BJP state president K Annamalai on Wednesday hinted that his new movement could take a more aggressive political shape once it crosses 50 lakh volunteers, and explore the possibility of contesting local body elections. Chennai: AMMK leader T T V Dhinakaran and ‘We The Leader’ founder K Annamalai on Saturday criticised functionaries of TVK…
