File photo: French President Emmanuel Macron (Picture credit: AP) France’s sovereign credit rating has been cut by Fitch to A+ from AA-, with the agency warning that public debt will keep rising until at least 2027 unless urgent corrective steps are taken. The move marks the lowest rating France has received on record from a…
Supreme Court Friday sought responses from Centre and Election Commission on a PIL seeking framing of rules for registration and regulation of political parties, alleging that some obscure outfits receive huge donations through hawala channels and return the money by cheque after keeping a 20% commission.Abench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi issued notices…
D Gukesh and Divya Deshmukh, once child prodigies, faced off in the classical chess format for the first time at the FIDE Grand Swiss. They played out a draw after 103 moves. NEW DELHI: Back in 2018, when Gukesh Dommaraju and Divya Deshmukh were barely 13, they shared more than just a chessboard.In a now-viral…
CP Radhakrishnan oath-taking event NEW DELHI: As PM Modi along with his ministerial colleagues gathered at the Rashtrapati Bhavan for the swearing-in ceremony of CP Radhakrishnan as the 15th Vice-President, the ceremonial hall buzzed with suspenseful anticipation — Will Jagdeep Dhankhar, the ex-VP, turn up? Dhankhar, who resigned on July 21 citing health concerns had…
PM Narendra Modi and Nepal’s new interim PM Sushila Karki (Images/Agencies) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday extended his best wishes to Sushila Karki on assuming office as the Prime Minister of Nepal’s Interim Government. In a tweet, PM Modi said, “I extend my best wishes to Right Hon. Mrs. Sushila Karki on…
Mandhira Kapur (left), Sunjay Kapur & Karisma Kapoor family (File photo) NEW DELHI: Delhi high court on Friday allowed a fresh application filed by Priya Kapur seeking the removal of her late husband Sunjay Kapur ’s sister’s name from the court order in proceedings related to his purported will.Justice Jyoti Singh allowed Priya’s plea seeking…
Indian cricket team had an innovative fielding drill during the ongoing Asia Cup. (Image: Pratyush Raj/TimesofIndia.com) TimesofIndia.com in Dubai: “Agar main dive maar raha hoon iska matlab main theek se move nahi kar raha (If I am diving it means, I am not moving and anticipating quickly),” quipped India all-rounder Hardik Pandya after missing a…
Amazon has suspended a Palestinian software engineer who criticized the company’s business ties with Israel through internal communications, according to CNBC reports. Ahmed Shahrour, who works for Amazon’s Whole Foods division in Seattle, was placed on paid suspension following posts on company Slack channels and a letter to executives including CEO Andy Jassy.“It has come…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday expressed concern over implementation of reservation for persons with disabilities as those PwD who perform on a par with general candidates and make it to the merit list are not treated as unreserved, like it is done in case of SC/ST reservation, and asked the Centre to rectify it.A…
TARN TARAN: A court in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district sentenced Manjinder Singh Lalpura, AAP MLA from Khadoor Sahib, to four years in prison in a 12-year-old case of assault and molestation of a Dalit woman.On Wednesday, the court had convicted 11 people, including six policemen, in the case. Pronouncing the sentence on Friday, additional sessions…
