Delhi’s peak power demand climbed to a season-high 7,776 MW on Tuesday as temperatures in the national capital crossed 45 degrees Celsius with the city recording its hottest day of the summer so far, PTI reported.According to the State Load Dispatch Centre (SLDC) Delhi, the peak power demand reached 7,776 MW at 3.30 pm. On…
Viral 1983 World Cup party bill is fake, says Kirti Azad (Image: X) Former Indian cricketer and World Cup winner Kirti Azad has firmly dismissed a viral social media image that falsely claimed to show that show hotel bill from India’s iconic 1983 World Cup victory celebrations. Taking to X, the 1983 World Cup-winning star…
RTE Lottery result 2026: The Rajasthan Education Department has announced the Right to Education (RTE) admission lottery results for 2026. Parents can now check the lottery outcome and report to allotted private schools for document verification. This year, over 6.3 lakh applications were received from students seeking admission to private schools under the RTE Act….
Virat Kohli and Sahibzada Farhan (PTI Photo) Pakistan opener Sahibzada Farhan was on Monday named the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for February 2026 after a record-breaking campaign at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka, where he surpassed a long-standing mark set by Virat Kohli.Farhan was the standout batter of the…
Asian markets opened the week on a weak footing, with investor sentiment weighed down by surging oil prices and escalating tensions in the ongoing US-Iran conflict. While Nikkei slid 5%, South Korea’s Kospi fell over 4%, though the indices later pared some of the losses.On Monday, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index fell 412 points or…
The Centre has completed the implementation of the four new labour codes by notifying the corresponding rules, more than five years after the reforms were first introduced to replace and consolidate 29 existing labour laws, PTI reported.The four codes — the Code on Wages, 2019; Industrial Relations Code, 2020; Code on Social Security, 2020; and…
Rohit Sharma added another remarkable chapter to his illustrious career on Sunday, becoming the first capped player to feature in all 19 editions of the Indian Premier League. The milestone came during Mumbai Indians’ IPL 2026 opener against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Wankhede Stadium. While Rohit is only the second player overall to appear…
The National Medical Commission (NMC) has issued a stern advisory warning Indian students and parents about procedural lapses while seeking admission to undergraduate medical courses abroad, particularly in Uzbekistan. The notice emphasizes strict compliance with recognition, course structure, and eligibility norms, cautioning that failure to verify these details could affect future medical registration and practice…
South Korea is leading an innovative effort with renewable energy that addresses how to resolve the major conflict between using land and protecting it. Historical solar farms generally require extensive deforestation; studies in Scientific Reports have indicated that conventional solar farms can eliminate 98 per cent of existing tree biomass. However, the new design for…
IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday urged central banks to prioritise tackling inflation even at the cost of growth, warning that the global fallout of the US-Israel war on Iran will inevitably bring economic “pain”, PTI reported.“A word of caution upfront: this being a classic negative supply shock, demand adjustment is unavoidable. We cannot go…
