NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta on Wednesday dedicated 81 new Ayushman Arogya Mandirs to the people of the national capital on Makar Sankranti, taking the total number of such centres in the city to 319. The new facilities were inaugurated in the Hari Nagar Assembly constituency. The expansion marks progress towards the government’s…
Industry body CII has called on the government to issue clear green hydrogen mandates, supported by incentives, to accelerate demand creation and help India transition towards a cleaner industrial economy, PTI reported.The Confederation of Indian Industry said sectors that currently rely heavily on grey hydrogen — such as refining, fertilisers and natural gas — are…
President of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) Kalyan Chaubey (PTI Photo/Karma Bhutia) NEW DELHI: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has “taken references” from the world’s top leagues in Spain, Germany, and England, while drawing its roadmap for the next 21 years, including establishing an all-powerful governing council and a management committee.As part of…
MUMBAI: In a landmark move, the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has decided to introduce central contracts for Mumbai’s domestic players from the 2026-27 season. The decision was taken during the MCA Apex Council meeting held at the association’s BKC facility on Wednesday.While the BCCI has long had a central contract system for India’s top cricketers,…
Girls outperformed boys in the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education’s class 10 and 12 examinations, officials said after the results were declared on Wednesday.About 85 per cent of students passed class 10 examinations, while the percentage stood at 84 for class 12.The examinations were held in October-November last year, they said.A total of…
NEW DELHI: China’s fresh assertion that the Shaksgam Valley “belongs to China” has reopened a largely forgotten but strategically explosive fault line in the long-running Kashmir dispute. Beijing’s defence of infrastructure construction in the region — tied closely to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) — has drawn a sharp response from New Delhi, which has…
US retail sales rose a better-than-expected 0.6% in November as holiday shopping gathered momentum, following a revised 0.1% decline in October, according to data released by the Commerce Department. The report was delayed by more than a month due to the 43-day federal government shutdown, AP reported.Retail sales had edged up 0.1% in September, after…
India’s PV Sindhu (PTI Photo/Gurinder Osan) Veteran Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy rolled back the years to reach the men’s singles second round at the India Open 2026, while 16-year-old Tanvi Sharma impressed despite an opening-round loss in the women’s singles at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi on Wednesday.Former world…
NEW DELHI: India batter KL Rahul reached a major milestone with an unbeaten century against New Zealand in the second ODI of the series at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot on Wednesday. Rahul became the first Indian wicketkeeper to score an ODI hundred against New Zealand and the first Indian batter to score an…
Faculty groups at the University of Pennsylvania have moved to block a federal demand for personal information about Jewish professors, staff and students, warning that the request risks violating constitutional protections and carries troubling historical implications.The dispute centres on a subpoena issued by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which has sought names,…
