China’s key maritime vulnerability starts at the Strait of Hormuz rather than the Strait of Malacca, creating a fresh arena of strategic competition in the Indian Ocean involving Beijing, India, France and the United States, according to a new report released ahead of the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore.The London-based International Institute for Strategic…
Ask someone what they remember about homemade ghee, and chances are they won’t begin with its health benefits or religious significance. They’ll remember the smell drifting through the house as their grandmother prepared it, the extra spoonful secretly added to dal by their mother, or hot rotis arriving straight from the tawa with melting ghee…
NEW DELHI: The Employees Provident Fund Organisation is focusing on getting subscribers to withdraw unclaimed money lying in inoperative accounts.Nearly a quarter of the inoperative accounts, which are Aadhaar verified, may soon get cleared of the idle balances as the EPFO is working to develop an auto-settlement facility which will allow account holders to receive…
Thalapathy Vijay’s much awaited film ‘Jana Nayagan’ has received an ‘A’ certificate from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). After getting the censor clearance, the makers shared a brand new official poster of the film. ‘Jana Nayagan’ new poster The production house earlier shared one of Vijay’s famous dialogues from the film. It read,…
Axar Patel, right, with captain Suryakumar Yadav. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: India captain Suryakumar Yadav has revealed that vice-captain Axar Patel was “very angry” after being dropped from the playing XI during India’s victorious campaign at the 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Axar, a key member…
A mine collapse triggered by a landslide in Rubaya, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killed more than 200 people on Wednesday, local authorities said.The collapse occurred at a coltan mine that produces around 15 per cent of the world’s supply of the mineral, which is processed into tantalum used in mobile phones, computers, aerospace components…
Kudankulam nuclear power plant NEW DELHI: India has moved closer to opening its nuclear power sector to foreign investment, with the Atomic Energy Commission approving a new foreign direct investment (FDI) framework, an official indicated.Speaking at a workshop in Delhi recently, Seema S Jain, member (finance) from the Department of Atomic Energy, said the policy…
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan made a much-awaited appearance at this year’s Cannes Film Festival on the penultimate day of the event, turning heads in a striking sculptural blue ensemble designed by Amit Aggarwal. Fans were waiting to see her at the film festival after earlier celebs like Alia Bhatt, Aditi Rao Hydari among others were seen….
Photo credits: Principles of News Cracking the UPSC civil services examination is often seen as a test of intelligence, however, it’s more than that. But when Priya Kumari secured rank 232 in this year’s examination, her journey showd that it’s more like a test of endurance and resilience as much as it is about preparation….
The announcement was made by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong during Singapore’s National Day Rally on August 23. Singapore has a problem that money alone has not been able to solve. People there are having fewer children. Now the country is trying a bigger, longer-term approach. Singapore will provide almost S$70,000 (around US$55,000 or roughly Rs…
