CHANDIGARH: Upholding disciplinary action against a CISF soldier for delivering an inflammatory speech at a public gathering while he was on leave, Punjab and Haryana HC clarified that members of the armed forces “are not ordinary citizens” in the context of public conduct and responsibility. “It must be remembered that freedom of speech, though a…
NEW DELHI: Foreign direct investment (FDI) into India plunged by over 68% to $1.1 billion in Aug as gross investments fell 30%, while repatriations out of India held firm.As a result, on a net basis, there was FDI outflow of $616 million in Sept, compared with inflows of $1 billion a year ago, latest data…
BENGALURU: Karnataka high court has dismissed a man’s appeal against a Bengaluru family court verdict that had rejected his plea for divorce on the grounds of cruelty by his wife.The HC observed that the man appeared to expect excessive compliance from his life partner. “Marriage is no child’s play. Both husband and wife must compromise…
PUNE: Bronze Age traders crossing Gujarat stopped at well-organised roadside facilities that offered shelter, food, security and stables for their pack animals.A new multidisciplinary study by Pune-based Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute, Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts, and Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), New Delhi, published in L’Anthropologie (Elsevier, 2025), has identified a 4,000-year-old…
BENGALURU: The Trump administration’s decision to exempt those who are already in the US, including foreign students, from the $100,000 H-1B visa fee is a big win for US companies hiring such talent. Many of these are technology companies, for whom immigrant student talent has proved valuable.For Indian IT services companies, the decision may be…
NEW DELHI: The EU Council has approved the 27-nation bloc’s new strategic agenda with India, paving the way for its adoption after discussions with India at the next EU-India summit early next year. The fresh agenda looks to promote deepening of EU-India ties in sustainability, technology, innovation, security and defence, and connectivity, apart from global…
NEW DELHI: While flagging security issues faced by Indian diplomats in Canada, India’s new High Commissioner to Canada Dinesh Patnaik has rejected as politically motivated allegations made by both the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and former prime minister Justin Trudeau that linked Indian diplomats to homicide and extortion.In an interview to CTV News, Patnaik…
Earlier this month, Harvard University’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) carried out a significant round of layoffs affecting roughly 35 staff members, or about 15 percent of the school’s total workforce, according to a document obtained by The Harvard Crimson. Nearly a dozen of these positions were directly focused on student support, a…
NEW DELHI: While Malaysian authorities said PM Narendra Modi is likely to attend Asean-East Asia summit and related meetings in Kuala Lumpur later this week, an official confirmation by India is still awaited.US President Donald Trump said this week he’s going to travel to Malaysia for the meetings, raising the possibility of a meeting (formal…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi marked Diwali by likening the decision to launch Operation Sindoor to retaliate against Pakistan over Pahalgam terror attack to Lord Ram’s fight against Ravana to avenge injustice. “Lord Shri Ram teaches us to uphold righteousness and also gives us the courage to fight injustice. We saw a living example…
