MUMBAI: Amid a prediction of below normal monsoon season, which has resulted in 22% decline in total area sown under kharif crop in June, finance ministry has called for the need to “reorient” agricultural pricing policies to incentivise the cultivation of climate-resilient crops and disincentivise water intensive ones, along with building water buffers. “The weak…
File Pic: Brazil’s Neymar (AP/PTI Photo) For a generation of Brazilian fans, Neymar has been the face of the Selecao. Now, with the FIFA World Cup 2026 around the corner, the country’s all-time leading scorer has signalled that the tournament could mark the end of his journey on football’s biggest stage.The 34-year-old Santos forward sparked…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Virat Kohli (R) and Jacob Bethell (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Young England batter Jacob Bethell is making the most of his time at Royal Challengers Bengaluru, drawing inspiration from one of the game’s modern greats, Virat Kohli, as he continues to grow in stature during IPL 2026.Bethell, who has stepped up in…
India and the United States are set to resume trade talks this week, taking a “great step to finalize” the proposed agreement. Taking to social media platform X, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said “The Indian trade delegation will be arriving in Washington this week. A great step to finalize our bilateral trade deal….
Mumbai: The state govt has come down heavily on Bandra’s Dr Baliram Hiray College of Architecture for running an unauthorised programme, BSc/BVoc in Interior Design, and cheating and misleading students. After an inquiry by a fact-finding committee set up by the state’s Directorate of Technical Education (DTE), it has been recommended that the college refund…
Panaji: Goa has emerged as a preferred location for setting up fake call centres that defraud unsuspecting people.Fake call centres are being operated from commercial complexes, bungalows, and residential buildings across Goa, where many properties remain vacant. Over the past month alone, Goa police have raided around four fake call centres operating in the state.According…
N Rangasamy; V Vaithilingam NEW DELHI: NEW DELHI: Counting of votes for the Puducherry assembly elections will be held on Monday, with the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by the All India NR Congress (AINRC), seeking a second consecutive term in office.The counting will commence at 8 am, and given that the Union Territory…
Tummala urges Centre to allot Sathupalli coal block to Singareni Hyderabad: Agriculture minister Tummala Nageswara Rao has urged the Centre to allocate the Sathupalli block-3 coal mine to the SCCL, arguing that the move would help fast track coal extraction and bolster the country’s energy security.In a letter to Union coal minister G Kishan Reddy,…
Kick streamer Clavicular chased a new look through live rhinoplasty and left viewers speechless (Image via Getty) Braden Peters, better known online as Clavicular, surprised thousands of viewers on June 3 when he broadcast his own nose surgery live on Kick. The looksmaxxing creator, who has built a large audience by sharing extreme appearance-focused content,…
A university official clarified that the issue would be taken up in the next meeting of the council Mumbai: The Mumbai University’s management council, in a meeting held this week, decided not to seek a CID probe in the alleged BCom paper leak, days after the higher education minister, Chandrakant Patil, announced the decision in…
