Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma disbursed Rs 130 crore for the 2024-25 post-matric scholarship, benefiting nearly 70,000 students. The state government funded this release from its own resources, anticipating future central aid, to alleviate student financial burdens. Sangma highlighted the government’s commitment to education and youth empowerment, outlining ambitious plans for economic growth and…
NEW DELHI: Congress general secretary K C Venugopal Sunday wrote to home minister Amit Shah drawing his attention to what he referred to as a “chilling and heinous” death threat issued to leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi by Printu Mahadev – “a spokesperson of BJP” – during a televised debate. Venugopal demanded…
INZ strengthens AEWV protections for migrant workers New Zealand has revised the job change rules for migrant workers under the Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV), aiming to strengthen protections while keeping transfers between connected businesses manageable. The updates, introduced by Immigration New Zealand (INZ), apply specifically to transfers following a business sale, merger, or restructure.Under…
In the last 24 hours, politics grabbed headlines — PM Modi met Putin at the SCO summit in China, with the two even sharing a car ride; Rahul Gandhi threatened to drop a “hydrogen bomb” soon over alleged “vote chori”; and the Army dismantled a TMC stage in Kolkata for overstaying its permit. In sports,…
NEW DELHI: Over 100 schools in the national capital received bomb threats on Saturday morning, which were subsequently declared a hoax following thorough inspections, officials said.The e-mail received at 6.10 am on Saturday came from a group that called itself ‘Terrorizers111’. Sources in the police said the group had previously sent similar e-mails to schools,…
Suryakumar Yadav and Shubman Gill of India (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images) India’s T20 World Cup squad announcement on Saturday sparked widespread debate, with the biggest talking point being the exclusion of Shubman Gill. While Gill currently captains India in both Tests and ODIs, he was surprisingly left out of the squad for cricket’s shortest…
Actress Mohini has opened up about a disturbing experience from her career, revealing that she was pressured into performing intimate and swimsuit sequences in director RK Selvamani’s 1994 Tamil film Kanmani without her consent. In a recent interview, Mohini said she initially broke down and refused, but eventually gave in so that the production would…
BENGALURU: TCS has set its data centre plan in motion. It has secured $1 billion (Rs 8,820 crore) from private equity giant TPG to power its AI data centre strategy in India. The funding aligns with its goal of emerging as the largest AI-led technology services firm. As part of this plan, TCS will work…
JioBlackRock Mutual Fund on Thursday announced the launch of its first active equity product, JioBlackRock FlexiCap Fund, on September 23, while indicating that three to four more active equity schemes could be rolled out during the current fiscal.“This is our first active equity fund. Three or four other active equity funds are in the pipeline,…
Manchester City’s Rayan Cherki celebrates with Erling Haaland (Barrington Coombs/PA via AP) Rayan Cherki delivered another decisive statement of his growing influence at Manchester City as his late strike secured a 2-1 Premier League win over Nottingham Forest and lifted Pep Guardiola’s side to the top of the table on Saturday. The France international was…
