NEW DELHI: In a case reflective of relationship issues that are unique to today’s times, Supreme Court has come to the relief of an 80-year-old man and his 78-year-old wife and ordered eviction of their 61-year-old son from two rooms owned by the man in Mumbai after he failed to provide them with maintenance, as…
Abdulaziz Al Aliwa (Image Source: Getty) There was drama on Thursday, and it came with an added touch of brilliance in the form of a stoppage-time winner from Al Kholood winger Abdulaziz Al-Aliwa, who fired home to give the underdogs a 2-1 victory against Al-Shabab in the Saudi Pro League. The late heroics from the…
NEW DELHI: PM Modi has told top bureaucrats and state chief secretaries to find ways to fix delays in infrastructure projects rather than wait for him to review and fix accountability for delays.Chairing the web-based Pragati meeting on Wednesday, Modi asked if any disciplinary proceedings had been initiated against erring officials, sources said. “In almost…
Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi celebrates with teammates (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson urged his players to concentrate on cricket ahead of their historic first-ever Asia Cup final against India on Sunday in Dubai, following heightened tensions during their previous two encounters since the May military conflict between the nations.Pakistan secured their place…
Lucknow: ‘Agomoni’—arrival of goddess for Navratri—and all the bustle of pandal building, idol-making and decoration owes much to three men who remain in background. Meet Asim Mastya, Niloy Mitra and Niloy Sen, who design pandal, make the idols and decorate the Durga Puja site. Artist Asim Matya, whose team has been building pandals on various…
Slamming India for backing former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, chief adviser Muhammad Yunus said on Wednesday that Dhaka’s ties with New Delhi are strained also because India didn’t like last year’s student protests that led to her ouster. “They (India) are hosting Hasina who created all these problems and killed young people,” Yunus said during…
NEW DELHI: A new study has estimated India’s logistics cost at 8% of GDP, with smaller firms having a higher burden.In 2023-24, for entities with turnover of up to Rs 5 crore, the cost added up to 16% of their output while it was pegged at 7.6% in the case of companies with turnover of…
MUMBAI: Standard Chartered India CEO P D Singh sees the India-Middle East trade corridor as a promising one for adoption of rupee invoicing, even though it’s a gradual shift. “It is picking up in Middle Eastern corridors and could expand in future, much like how Chinese yuan invoicing became common in solar equipment trade,” he…
Lucknow: Women’s participation in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) in Uttar Pradesh has hit a record high, reaching 42.31% of the total workforce in the 2025-26 fiscal year.The previous highest of 42.26% was recorded in 2023-24, after which it dropped to 41.87% in 2024-25, according to the latest data from the…
BENGALURU: Accenture CEO Julie Sweet said H-1B visas are not a major concern for the company, noting that just 5% of its US workforce is on such visas.“This is really a non-issue because we only have about 5% of our people in the US on H-1B visas, and they’re for really specialised experience and skills…
