NEW DELHI: With over five months to go for the fiscal year to close, Centre has topped its disinvestment and asset monetisation target of Rs 80,000 crore for 2026-27, with its kitty swelling to Rs 88,665 crore once the IDBI Bank stake sale is completed – providing much-needed cushion in a year, when it is…
Gautam Gambhir (BCCI Photo) Former India cricketers Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina extended their birthday wishes to India head coach Gautam Gambhir as he turned 45 on Wednesday. Both former teammates praised Gambhir, with Yuvraj promising his continued support and Raina highlighting his fighting spirit and contribution to Indian cricket.Yuvraj took to Instagram to wish…
From a $200 million net worth to an Oscar-winning career, Matthew McConaughey says revisiting his harshest reviews taught him to recognise criticism that can help him grow. Matthew McConaughey has an Oscar, an estimated net worth of $200 million and a career spanning more than three decades. But despite his success in Hollywood, the actor…
CJI Kant disapproved of a lawyer’s argument of SC’s purported observation on Form 6. ‘Do not pick a word or sentence from an oral observation during a hearing and cite it as precedent,’ the bench said NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Wednesday assured voters complaining of irregular deletion from the Delhi electoral roll during SIR…
In the autumn of 1930, Leo Scanlon, a plumber from Pittsburgh, solved a problem in his backyard that would leave a lasting mark on amateur astronomy. Scanlon was building a private observatory behind his home in the Summer Hill neighbourhood on Pittsburgh’s North Side. He needed a lightweight, weather-resistant dome to protect a homemade telescope….
NEW DELHI: Hyderabad-born Prem Watsa, chairman of Fairfax Financial Holdings, with assets of around $100 billion, has always been upbeat on India and its growth prospects.The Hyderabad Public School alumnus went to IIT Madras before pursuing an MBA in Canada, despite clearing the IIM entrance test.Watsa, now 75, was once apprehended by the police while…
India T20I captain Shreyas Iyer has climbed three places to a career-best fourth in the latest ICC T20 International rankings for batters after his strong start to the ongoing five-match home series against the West Indies.Iyer scored his maiden T20I century in the series opener in Lucknow. His rise to fourth place means India now…
Ranveer Singh‘s ‘Dhurandhar’ broke all records at the box office and also won a lot of praise from all over. Now Salman Khan has also spoken about the Aditya Dhar directorial. The superstar was the first guest on ‘Koffee With Karan‘ season 9 which kickstarted from today, October 14 onwards. Karisma Kapoor made a special…
(Pic credit: WeBuyVintage) Only the right eyes can spot a hidden treasure. A UK woman discovered just how valuable her eye for a bargain was after a £5 car boot sale find turned out to be a diamond ring worth almost 3,000 times what she paid for it!The woman, whose name remains undisclosed, was browsing…
Image: Left/USA Today/Right/3M Website Ocean acidification rarely makes headlines the way storms or heatwaves do, yet it quietly changes the chemistry that coral, shellfish and other sea creatures rely on. One twelve-year-old from Connecticut has decided to take it on. Raji Doshi, a seventh-grade student at Talcott Mountain Academy, designed a coastal solution that pairs…
