The Right to Disconnect Bill, 2025 — a private member’s bill introduced in Parliament last week — has reopened the conversation on work-life boundaries, even though experts say it is unlikely to become law anytime soon. The legislation, moved by NCP MP Supriya Sule, proposes giving employees the legal right to ignore work-related communication outside…
India’s Tilak Varma (PTI Photo/Shiva Sharma) Tilak Varma’s rise in India’s T20I set-up continues to gather momentum, with the left-hander establishing himself as one of the most dependable batters in run-chases at the international level. Among players from Test-playing nations with at least 500 T20I runs while chasing, Tilak currently sits second on the list…
Union MoS Pankaj Chaudhary elected as BJP’s Uttar Pradesh president Union minister of State Pankaj Chaudhary was elected as the Bharatiya Janata Party‘s (BJP) Uttar Pradesh state president on Sunday, with senior party leaders including Union Minister Piyush Goyal and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath attending his felicitation ceremony in Lucknow.Piyush Goyal formally handed over…
The combined market capitalisation of eight of India’s 10 most-valued companies fell by Rs 79,129.21 crore last week, with Bajaj Finance and ICICI Bank taking the sharpest hit amid a broadly weak trend in equities, PTI reported. The BSE benchmark dropped 444.71 points, or 0.51%, during the week. Among the top-10 pack, only Reliance Industries…
Documents required for F-1 visa applicants Thousands of Indian students apply for the F-1 student visa each year to pursue undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes in the United States. While securing admission to a US university is a major milestone, the visa interview remains a decisive step. One of the most common reasons for confusion…
India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.) Yashasvi Jaiswal underlined his white-ball credentials in emphatic fashion with a blistering hundred for Mumbai in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, steering his side to a four-wicket victory over Haryana at the DY Patil Academy in Ambi on Sunday. Making only his second appearance of the season for…
Cheap copper imports under multiple free trade agreements (FTAs) are “severely damaging” India’s domestic manufacturing system, the Indian Primary Copper Producers Association (IPCPA) said, urging the government to step in with safeguard duties and quantitative restrictions.The industry body said a surge in zero-duty copper imports is eroding India’s smelting and downstream manufacturing base, even as…
For Honours students, the delay was disruptive but cushioned while for Programme students, it meant tighter schedules, fresh exam dates, and extended uncertainty. For thousands of Delhi University (DU) students, December 13 did not begin with an exam — it began with waiting. Semester examinations across more than 35 subjects were thrown into chaos after…
CSIR NET exam 2025 on December 18 The National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct the CSIR‑UGC NET December 2025 on December 18, giving aspiring researchers and lecturers a chance to qualify for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Lectureship/Assistant Professor positions in Indian universities and research institutes. The agency has already released the city intimation slip,…
Stock market outlook: The markets this week were driven by macroeconomic pressures and mixed global cues. Domestically, the rupee slid to a fresh record low of 90.56 against the US dollar, dampening risk sentiment. However, some relief came after the US Federal Reserve announced a 25-basis-point rate cut, while optimism over progress in India–US trade…
