NEW DELHI: Amid renewed global efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict, Germany’s foreign minister Johann David Wadephul is visiting India and is scheduled to hold talks with his counterpart S Jaishankar Wednesday. Wadephul will also hold talks with commerce minister Piyush Goyal, as the two countries look to expand their trade and investment ties.The visit…
CHENNAI/NEW DELHI: Ahead of a crucial meeting of the GST Council starting Wednesday, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the proposed rollout of next generation reforms in eight-year-old indirect tax will make an economy absolutely open and transparent and further lower the compliance burden, helping small businesses thrive.At an event organised by City Union…
On a sweltering May afternoon in 2023, a young man in his 20s set out on his motorcycle for a short ride to his workplace in Kanpur. He never returned. An over-speeding truck struck him at a junction where traffic signals barely functioned. Within minutes, another statistic was added to the grim record that the…
Sidharth Malhotra and Janhvi Kapoor’s latest film, ‘Param Sundari’ bounces back at the box office. After a strong opening weekend followed by a slow Monday, the romantic drama saw a surge on its fifth day, pushing its total domestic collection past Rs 34 crore. Fans are loving the charming chemistry between the leads, and the…
That soft, scrubbing loofah in your shower might feel like a skin-saving hero, but it could be silently harbouring bacteria, fungi, and even mould. Research published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology in 1994 highlights that bathroom sponges and loofahs can become breeding grounds for harmful microbes if not cleaned or replaced regularly. The warm,…
NEW DELHI: Rubbishing Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s complaint about his mother being abused by RJD and Congress, the grand old party on Tuesday said the PM’s claim is part of a “toolkit” to garner sympathy, and alleged that the recent episode involving expletives in Bihar was orchestrated by Modi himself.In a snide riposte, Congress said…
Lucknow: In a significant step to position Uttar Pradesh as a global hub for electronics manufacturing, the state cabinet on Tuesday approved the Uttar Pradesh Electronics Component Manufacturing Policy-2025 (UP ECMP-2025).The policy, which is aligned with the Centre’s Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS), will come into effect retrospectively on April 1, 2025, for a period…
Vitamin A is a powerful nutrient which is vital for vision, immunity, and skin health. For decades, it has been believed that consuming enough of this vitamin protects the body from illnesses, including cancer. But science, as always, has layers. A new study sheds light on an unexpected twist: when it comes to vitamin A,…
NEW DELHI: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will airlift around nine heavy construction equipment for restoration of two stretches of the Kullu-Manali highway which has become inaccessible following heavy rain-triggered floods.On Monday, the highways authority said that restoration work is being taken up at 12 completely damaged locations on the Kullu-Manali section of…
Lucknow: In a significant step to strengthen security in jails across Uttar Pradesh, the state prisons department began replacing the heavy, outdated British-era .303 Lee Enfield rifles with modern Indian Small Arms System (Insas) rifles. DIG (Prisons) PN Pandey said that 122 INSAS rifles were procured in the first phase and distributed to divisional and…
