NEW DELHI: Industries, cooperatives and other entities, involved in tree plantation in degraded forest land or in other identified land parcels, will be able earn Green Credit only after completion of minimum five years of restoration activities and after achieving a minimum canopy density of 40% (overhead layer of tree crown covering 40% of the…
The losses faced by Indian textile exporters due to steep reciprocal tariffs imposed by the United States may be cushioned by rising exports to the United Kingdom under the recently concluded India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA), CareEdge Ratings said in a report.The ratings agency noted that ongoing negotiations with the European Union could further open…
A prominent international school in Bengaluru has found itself at the centre of a heated debate after details of its ₹7.35 lakh annual fee for Grade 1 students surfaced online. The 2025–26 academic year fee structure, widely shared on social media, has sparked questions about affordability, regulation, and the widening gap in access to quality…
NEW DELHI: Punjab is battling one of the worst flood disasters in decades, with chief minister Bhagwant Mann urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to release Rs 60,000 crore of the state’s funds which, he said, were “stuck” with the Centre.In a letter sent on Sunday, Mann said that about 1,000 villages and lakhs of people…
Sri Lanka cricket team(Photo by Surjeet Yadav/Getty Images) Sri Lanka faced a five percent match fee penalty for maintaining a slow over-rate in their first ODI victory against Zimbabwe in Harare on August 31. The team was found one over short of the target after time allowances, leading to sanctions imposed by ICC Elite Panel…
NEW DELHI: The Bihar Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Sunday dismissed media reports alleging large-scale duplication in the state’s draft electoral rolls (SIR 2025), calling the claims “speculative, premature, and contrary to law.”In a post on X, the CEO emphasised that the SIR is a statutory exercise conducted under the Representation of the People Act…
For many parents, summer should be a season of sun, vacations, and lazy mornings. Instead, it often begins with an email that sparks instant dread: The annual back-to-school supply list. Pens, notebooks, backpacks, new shoes, computers, and that’s before factoring in tuition and preschool fees. For most families, the ritual of preparing children for the…
Bengaluru: Cricketers Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah and Shardul Thakur with others at the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground, in Bengaluru, Karnataka. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak) (PTI08_30_2025_000222A) Former India bowling coach Bharat Arun feels a bowler like Jasprit Bumrah should skip the Indian Premier League (IPL) if India is playing a five-match Test series. At the same…
NEW DELHI: A 35-year-old sewadar was on Friday brutally beaten to death with sticks by a group of men inside the premises of southeast Delhi’s Kalkaji Temple following a dispute over the distribution of chunni prasad. Police have arrested five people so far, including the father of one of the men for harbouring him. Delhi…
Vidya Balan’s debut film ‘Parineeta’ recently completed 20 years. As the movie directed by the late Pradeep Sarkar paved the way for Vidya in the industry and continues to be remembered for its soul-stirring music, did you know that the first choice for the film was Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra had revealed…
