Gandhinagar: Gujarat govt has received expressions of interest (EOIs) from eight companies under the Global Capability Centre (GCC) policy, which was announced in Feb last year. Companies have proposed around Rs 18,000 crore in investments to set up facilities to advance research and development (R&D).Top govt sources said that the EOIs received under the GCC…
Pooja Bhatt has reacted to brother Rahul Bhatt’s recent remark comparing her to Alia Bhatt. While Rahul had claimed that Pooja was “better” than Alia, the actor-filmmaker clarified that the two belong to different generations and have approached the industry in very different ways.Speaking about the comparison, Pooja said she has already had her phase…
NEW DELHI: A nine-judge Supreme Court bench led by CJI Surya Kant on Wednesday said that it would be difficult for the judiciary to bring in social reforms, and added that governments were better equipped to enact laws in response to genuine demands from people.This remark came when senior advocate Gopal Subramanium told the bench…
NEW DELHI: At a press briefing in The Netherlands, Ministry of external affairs secretary (West), Sibi George, strongly rejected concerns about the minority rights and press freedom in India. Responding to question, George defended India’s democratic and social framework, saying the country’s strength lies in its diversity, religious coexistence and democratic freedoms.Addressing foreign journalists and…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu is set to witness its youngest Assembly in nearly two decades, with the median age of MLAs dropping from 56 in 2021 to 51 now, driven largely by younger crop of legislators from TVK.Of the party’s 107 MLAs, the median age stands at 47, much lower than DMK’s 57 and AIADMK’s 59….
Lucknow: More than 30 lakh people have been screened for tuberculosis (TB) in Uttar Pradesh during the first 10 weeks of the Centre’s 100-day TB-Mukt Bharat Abhiyan, KGMU officials said on Wednesday.Of these, as many as 1.43 lakh patients, including more than 41,000 who showed no symptoms of the disease, were detected.The intensive screening campaign…
The strange invention called “The Isolator” was conceived by Hugo Gernsback, a prolific inventor and science-fiction writer, in 1925. More than seven decades ago, before anyone talked about noise-cancellation, productivity tools, and deep work techniques, the inventor felt that humans require complete seclusion from everything else to concentrate and be productive. To achieve such an…
Virat Kohli completely ignores Travis Head (Screengrab) NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli grabbed attention after Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s IPL 2026 clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad, not just for the match but also for a tense moment with Travis Head. During RCB’s chase of a huge 256-run target, the two exchanged words on the field. Kohli reacted to…
Aristotle (Image: Wikipedia) Aristotle’s words here sit in a very old but still familiar space. Life does not move in straight lines. Things happen that nobody plans for. Losses, delays, sudden changes, small disappointments, bigger shocks. The “accidents of life” he refers to are really all those moments that arrive without asking permission.The idea is…
CHENNAI: TVK president Joseph Vijay joined the populist bandwagon of Dravidian majors, announcing a slew of freebies in the party’s election manifesto, ranging from 2,500 monthly dole for women to 25 lakh health insurance coverage for families. Most of the promises targeted youth and women. Vijay told party workers that he would visit Perambur and…
