NEW DELHI: Indian basket crude prices returned to pre-conflict levels Wednesday, with the basket priced at $70.71 per barrel, reducing the import bill, easing inflationary pressures and improving the financial position of the Centre and oil marketing companies. The Indian basket of crude oil is a derived basket comprising the sweet grade of Brent Dated…
MUMBAI: Indians are turning to ice creams, colas, soft drinks and packaged cold coffee to survive the scorching heat, spurring sales of summer products for consumer goods companies and nudging some to upwardly revise their earlier sales estimates for the season.In a summer of price hikes and broader inflationary environment, firms are however pushing lower…
Lucknow: Doctors at the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) successfully removed a rare five-kilogram uterine fibroid from a 30-year-old woman while preserving her uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries in a complex surgery.The woman had visited the institute’s gynaecology outpatient department with severe abdominal swelling caused by a large abdominal mass. Scans showed…
Chennai: Marking the fulfilment of chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s promise to the electorate immediately after assumption of office, Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) closed 717 retail liquor shops located within 500m of educational institutions and religious worship places across the state.The exercise, however, had overshot the two-week deadline by nearly 10 days.Prohibition and…
Sawan 2026 is going to be a big month for devotees of Lord Shiva. According to the North Indian calendar, this holy month will start on July 30, 2026 and end on August 28, 2026. During this period, devotees will observe Sawan Somwar Vrat, Sawan Shivratri, Pradosh Vrat, Nag Panchami and Sawan Purnima.This year, Sawan…
Busy hands, restless mind. That’s the shape of your day. Mars pushes hard work, while the Moon unsettles your nerves a bit, so even productive hours can feel tense and hurried from the inside.You’re likely to go through a hectic schedule of messages, calls or errands. There are deadlines, quick travel, interactions with neighbors or…
Farmers in Nednur, who largely depend on rain-fed crops, face crop failure and uncertain livelihoods Nednur (Rangareddy): As the monsoon falters across Telangana, farmers in Nednur village on the outskirts of Hyderabad are staring at the prospect of crop failure, mounting losses and another season of debt. After investing thousands of rupees per acre in…
Jaisalmer: Several govt schools in Rajasthan’s border districts of Barmer and Jaisalmer are still functioning without permanent buildings, forcing students to attend classes in makeshift huts or in the open.In Barmer’s Ramsar panchayat, Govt Upper Primary School Azad Nagar in Gangala gram panchayat is a stark example. Sanctioned under the 2022-23 Budget and started in…
Gorakhpur: Gorakhpur Municipal Corporation (GMC) is set to introduce a microchipping system for stray and abandoned dogs. The initiative is in compliance with Supreme Court directives on animal management and welfare, officials said.Municipal officials said the civic body floated a tender for the fourth time to select an agency for the project, after three previous…
Eknath Shinde and Uddhav Thackeray (File photos) MUMBAI: Six Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs reportedly formed a separate group in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday and submitted a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. The six MPs are expected to join the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on June 19, the party’s foundation day. Sena functionaries…
