All India Services (Death-cum-Retirement Benefits) Rules have a provision to extend the services of certain secretaries beyond the retirement age of 60 years NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday gave a one-year extension in service to cabinet secretary TV Somanathan and home secretary Govind Mohan. This is the first such extension for the two key…
Harmanpreet Singh celebrates with teammate after scoring a goal against Pakistan. (Pic credit: Hockey India) NEW DELHI: India may have extended their decade-long winning run against Pakistan with a thrilling 5-3 victory at the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup on Wednesday, but captain Harmanpreet Singh believes the defensive lapses that allowed their arch-rivals back into…
Reddit surged 14.7% after it was announced that the company would be added to the S&P 500 index. US stock market today: Wall Street benchmarks were trading close to their record highs on Friday despite another unexpectedly weak economic indicator, this time showing softer retail spending.The S&P 500 inched up 0.1%, following the record close…
OJEE second special admit card 2026 out The Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) Committee has released the OJEE Second/Special 2026 admit card on its official website, ojee.nic.in. Candidates who have registered for the second/special OJEE examination can now download their hall tickets by logging in with their application credentials.According to the official notice, the Second/Special…
Ever squashed a bug underfoot and wondered why it just keeps buzzing? Now, picture a car tyre rolling right over it; most critters would be crushed, but not this diabolical ironclad beetle. Research published in Nature has found this unusual desert dweller from the US southwest shrugs off forces that would flatten other insects, thanks…
Indian stock markets will remain closed on Tuesday, March 31, for Mahavir Jayanti and again on Friday, April 3, for Good Friday, giving investors a holiday-shortened trading week.Trading on the NSE and BSE will be suspended on both days across segments, including equity, equity derivatives, currency derivatives, securities lending and borrowing (SLB) and other market-linked…
Lionel Messi (Photo: @giraltpablo/ X) Some players make football look complicated. Lionel Messi has spent twenty years making it look like the simplest game in the world.A pass arrives, and somehow it’s exactly where it needed to be. A defender closes in, and somehow the ball is already gone, slipped past him before he’s finished…
I hate winters. But somehow I love snow, thanks to “Harry Potter and the depiction of snow in the Hogsmeade”. But the irony is, I had never seen snow before. Not the kind you see in movies or Instagram reels—soft, white, untouched and unreal. I mean real snow! Cold enough to burn your fingers but…
Thalapathy Vijay’s ‘Jana Nayagan’ is making box office history with phenomenal pre-release advance bookings, surpassing ₹50 crores globally. Overseas markets, particularly Malaysia, are witnessing unprecedented ticket sales, with the film outperforming Prabhas’ ‘The RajaSaab’ in the USA. The film is poised for a massive Pongal opening, setting the stage for a record-breaking farewell for the…
The Brahma Kamal (Saussurea obvallata) is one of the most sacred flowers that grows in the Himalayan regions. This particular flower holds a unique spot in Indian culture and spirituality and also horticulture. The flower is rare and revered across the Himalayan belt and beyond. It is because the flower is considered a divine symbol…
