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New Delhi: Commonwealth Games champion Amit Panghal (51kg) and World Championships bronze medallist Nishant Dev (71kg), will spearhead 9-member Indian challenge at the second World boxing qualification tournament for Olympics to take place from May 23 to June 3 in Bangkok, Thailand.

New Delhi: India's bid for a place in the play- offs failed as it lost 1-2 to New Zealand the last tie of the Billie Jean King Cup Asia/Oceania Group I women tennis at the Moon Island Clay Park in Changsha, China on Saturday.

New Delhi: Australia whitewashed India as they overpowered Men-in-Blue 3-2 in the last match to win the Hockey series 5-0 at Perth on Saturday.

The BJP’s 2019 manifesto had envisaged Indian economy hitting the $5 trillion mark, an audacious goal, that was to be achieved on the strengths of tax reforms, infrastructure development, and job creation. As the nation approaches the deadline, the party has moved the goal posts further ahead, now promising to achieve the status of the world’s third largest economy by 2029, that is by another term of the Lok Sabha.

Elon Musk has announced that he is excited about his upcoming meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi later this month in the Indian capital. This news comes amid speculation that Tesla is exploring locations for a new manufacturing plant in India. Musk shared his enthusiasm on the X platform, stating his anticipation for the visit.

In March 2020, India and the World came to know for the first time the frightening reality of the migrant workers in the country, when PM Narendra Modi announced COVID-19 lockdown on the evening of March 24. Economy was put to grinding halt, and with it ceased all means of survival for the migrant workers, including supply of food for which Modi government had no alternative provision. Exactly 4 years later, on March 23, 2024, Supreme Court of India found that 80 million migrant workers were still waiting for their rations cards to even avail subsidized foodgrain, which they needed the most, since they can’t afford the market price, on account of jobs losses, low wages, and informal, temporary, and insecure employment.

Releasing the party manifesto in Sikkim recently, BJP's national chief JP Nadda has given a call to end the dispensation of regional parties' in the country. Though a regional outfit, Sikkim Krantikari Morcha, the ruling party in this hill state being a part of the BJP-led NDA since 2019, it takes little thought to guess that Nadda is targeting the electorate in the neighbouring state of West Bengal where Trinamool Congress, a regional party is calling the shots for nearly thirteen years and is a stumbling block in the path of "saffronisation" of the country.

Once again, the life of a prisoner is in the public eye. What they eat, when they get up, how they sleep—these are questions being asked on social media platform, news shows and in private conversations. Curious minds are constantly wondering what special privileges will be made available to Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal, as he gets remanded to judicial custody in the excise policy case.

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is tying himself up in knots as he grudgingly, and only to a limited degree, bows to US President Joe Biden’s demands. In doing so, Netanyahu is puncturing Swiss-cheese size holes into Israel’s Gaza narrative, making it easier for Mr. Biden to take him publicly to task.

Apple has released its first major product since the launch of the Apple Watch in 2015. Recently, Apple launched Vision Pro, a virtual reality headset priced at $3499. Apple CEO Tim Cook, who came to Apple’s Fifth Avenue store in New York for the release event, justified the price, calling it “tomorrow’s technology today.” “We think we priced it at the right level considering the value of it,” Cook added. “It’s chock-full of invention. It’s got 5,000 patents on it.” Big companies like Walmart, Nike, Vanguard, Stryker, Bloomberg, and SAP have invested in Vision Pro headsets to enhance customer experience and staff efficiency.