WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday lowered India’s economic growth projection for the current fiscal to 5.9 per cent from 6.1 per cent earlier. Yet India will continue to be the fastest-growing economy in the world.In its annual World Economic Outlook, IMF also lowered the forecast for 2024-25 fiscal (April 2024 to March […]
AMRITSAR: A day after his arrest, Papalpreet Singh, a close aide of fugitive pro-Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh, was flown from Amritsar to Assam’s Dibrugarh where he would be lodged in Central Jail.Police brought Papalpreet to Amritsar’ Sri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport at around 4.40am on Tuesday from where he was flown to Dibrugarh […]
BENGALURU: Tata Consultancy Services will be looking after Oxford University’s admission tests — taken by about 11,000 students annually— from this year. TCS will help modernise the test delivery and will be consulting stakeholders, including students, schools and colleges for it.“The development and delivery of digital assessment within school setting is an interesting project for […]
NEW DELHI: The US has shared information with India on the Chinese spy balloon that violated its airspace and was eventually shot down, a top US military officer said on Monday, even as the two countries kicked off a major air combat and mobility exercise with China’s belligerence figuring high on their radar screens.“We have […]
Salman Khan’s indirect comment on Raghav Juyal and Shehnaaz Gill’s rumoured relationship has caught everyone’s attention at the trailer launch of Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan trailer launch today (April 10). Not only this, Salman Khan also advised her to move on (from late Sidharth Shukla).At the trailer launch of the film, choreographer and […]
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Monday withdrew the national party status of Trinamool Congress (TMC), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Communist Party of India (CPI).The poll panel granted national party status to Aam Aadmi Party. Last month, the Election Commission held hearings for the NCP, TMC and CPI to decide whether they should be […]
AHMEDABAD: Man of the moment Rinku Singh has credited his captain Nitish Rana for trusting him and urging him to bat till the end irrespective of the result of the match. The 25-year-old from Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh blasted 48 off 21 balls to see Kolkata Knight Riders home with a three-wicket win against defending champions […]
BENGALURU: After the euphoria of starting their campaign with a resounding win at home, Royal Challengers Bangalore were handed an 81-run pasting by Kolkata Knight Riders. Last week’s contest at the Eden Garden witnessed Faf du Plessis and his men’s familiar woes returning to haunt them. The all-too-familiar death-overs bowling, fielders fumbling at crucial junctures […]
NEW DELHI: Kolkata Knight Riders‘ swashbuckling batter Rinku Singh smashed five consecutive sixes to pull off a thrilling three-wicket win over Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Needing 29 runs off the last over, Rinku whacked left-arm pacer Yash Dayal for five maximums on the […]
AYODHYA: Attacking his predecessor Uddhav Thackeray for “going against his father’s legacy for the greed of power”, Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi fulfilled the dream of Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray by constructing a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya. On his first visit to Ayodhya after being […]
