Gulveer Singh keeps running into medals. Well, he really does. The Indian athlete added a third medal to his tally at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, winning bronze in the men’s 5000m on Tuesday.The Indian long-distance runner had earlier won silver medals in the men’s 1500m and 10,000m events.With his latest bronze in 5,000m,…
Australia will continue to prioritise skilled immigration and give preference to onshore applicants under its recently released Federal Budget for 2026-27. Immigration has increasingly become a politically sensitive issue amid housing shortages and infrastructure pressures, immigration experts view the recent announcement as a balancing act.The Australian government has retained the permanent migration programme at 1.85…
Bajaj Auto has updated the Bajaj Pulsar NS400Z with a new 350cc engine, and the change has been announced silently via its official website. While the mechanical update is significant, the asking price remains unchanged for now at Rs 1,93,900, ex-showroom. We expect the pricing to be revised given that a similar update was recently…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday raised a question on why children of economically and educationally advanced families within backward classes be allowed to avail the benefit of reservation under OBC category.“If both parents are IAS officers, why should they have reservations? With education and economic empowerment, there is social mobility. So then again to…
An Indian-origin banker set to earn around Rs 500 crore at Citigroup is facing scrutiny after a report alleged he bullied colleagues during his time at JPMorgan Chase.Viswas “Vis” Raghavan joined Citigroup as head of banking in February 2024 and was handed a compensation package worth $52 million just days after leaving JPMorgan, according to…
HONOLULU: The project director of a new solar telescope in Hawaii that will be the most powerful of its kind hopes scientists will be able to start observations at the facility in three months. The Daniel K Inouye Solar Telescope, at the summit of Haleakalā volcano on Maui, was supposed to open last fall. But…
Quote of the day by Michelle Obama The meaning of real relationships is changing slowly as people are always connected through technology. It’s often hard to make deep and meaningful connections because of social media, busy schedules, and fast-paced lives. A lot of people know a lot of people, but only a few really get…
Mumbai: RBI has proposed sweeping changes to deepen debt markets, allowing corporate bodies to lend in the term money segment – long dominated by banks and primary dealers – while widening their access to govt securities market. It has also introduced total return swaps in credit derivatives, which transfer a bond’s entire return to the…
Meta went on a hiring spree in 2025, paying extraordinary salaries to secure top engineering and AI talent. According to a report by Business Insider, more than 5,800 federal H-1B and other work visa applications, the company offered base salaries that rival Silicon Valley’s highest pay scales. As per the H-1B visa data one software…
Harmanpreet Kaur (ICC Photo) NEW DELHI: India women’s ODI World Cup-winning captain Harmanpreet Kaur has stepped down from captaincy in all three formats. Kaur had been India’s full-time T20I captain since 2018 and took charge of the ODI team in 2022, succeeding legendary batter Mithali Raj.“Today, I step down as captain of the Indian Women’s…
