CHANDIGARH: Clarifying that the death of a soldier cannot be solely attributed to alcohol consumption, Armed Force Tribunal has held that other service-related factors, including deployment on higher altitude are also contributing factors, reports Ajay Sura. The tribunal passed these orders while granting special family pension to the widow of an IAF soldier who died…
File photo- Protestors burn tires during a demonstration of European farmers outside the EU Summit meeting in Brussels. (Photo credit- AP) Several thousand Irish farmers took to the streets of central Ireland on Saturday to protest the European Union’s trade agreement with the South American bloc Mercosur, a day after EU member states approved the…
UP eases RTE admissions, drops mandatory Aadhaar requirement for children To make school admissions easier for underprivileged children, the Uttar Pradesh government has relaxed Aadhaar requirements under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009.Under the revised rules, children seeking admission under RTE will no longer be required to submit their…
New Delhi: Observing that preventive detention can’t be used just to prolong the custody of stubborn offenders, the SC has said it cannot be invoked because there is apprehension that an accused may not mend ways and commit another crime after getting bail. SC said if an accused commits fresh offence while on bail, then…
Techno Paints and Chemicals CMD Akuri Srinivas Reddy with Indian cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar HYDERABAD: Paints manufacturer Techno Paints and Chemicals, a Hyderabad-based paints manufacturer, is planning to raise Rs 500 crore through an initial public offering (IPO) by 2026-27, its chairman and managing director Akuri Srinivas Reddy said on Saturday.He said the company will…
US job market is slowing down quietly On January 9, 2026, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its Employment Situation report for December 2025, and the headline seemed almost designed to soothe. Employers added 50,000 non-farm jobs, and the unemployment rate held steady at 4.4%, according to the BLS. Nothing dramatic. Nothing alarming.But…
PANAJI: Goa officially breached the 1-crore mark in total tourist arrivals last year, riding a booming domestic market. However, foreign tourist arrivals are struggling to regain pre-pandemic levels, currently sitting at nearly 42% below 2017 numbers, data for 2025 released by the tourism department showed. In 2017, Goa welcomed 8.9 lakh foreign tourists. In 2025,…
Lenders have sanctioned Rs 3,361.83 crore to 774 applicants under the Rs 20,000-crore Credit Guarantee Scheme for Exporters (CGSE) within a month of its rollout, as the government steps up support for exporters facing headwinds from steep US tariffs, official data showed as reported PTI.The scheme, approved by the Union Cabinet on November 12 and…
Economic data in Washington functions less as routine information and more as market-sensitive currency. Jobs numbers, inflation readings, and growth indicators are released on tightly controlled schedules because even a brief head start can influence markets, political narratives, and public confidence, according to The White House Journal. That discipline briefly faltered this week, not through…
Ajit Pawar with Supriya Sule and other party members in Pune, Saturday PUNE: Estranged cousins Ajit Pawar and Supriya Sule came together for the first time on a political platform on Saturday to release the joint manifesto of NCP and NCP (SP) for the Pune civic polls nearly two-and-a-half years after the split in the…
