Rajnath Singh launches DFP-2026 to boost DRDO efficiency Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Monday released the Delegation of Financial Powers to DRDO (DFP-2026), aimed at improving efficiency, accountability and timely execution of strategic research and development projects in the defence sector.The new framework is expected to speed up the production and induction of systems, platforms […]
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he is considering giving Americans up to $2,000 in rebates from revenues generated by his tariff policies, calling the payments a “dividend to the people of America.”“They’re just starting to kick in,” Trump said in an interview with One America News Network, referring to the tariffs imposed […]
The United States has entered a federal government shutdown, the first in nearly seven years, after Senate Democrats blocked a Republican-backed funding bill. The impasse was triggered by deep partisan divisions over spending and health care, leaving hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed and government operations disrupted.The Senate vote on Tuesday night fell 55–45, […]
The current batches of classes 7, 8, and 9 who have already taken two foreign languages would continue with the same with one additional native Indian Language (Bhartiya Bhasha), revised guidelines issued by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) said. In a circular issued in May, CBSE had stated that students in Class 9 too […]
TOI Correspondent from Washington: A federal judge in Massachusetts on Monday struck down President Donald Trump’s controversial $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas, ruling that the administration lacked the legal authority to impose what the court described as an unauthorised tax on employers seeking to hire highly skilled foreign workers.The ruling by US District Judge […]
VCK president Thol. Thirumavalavan. | Photo Credit: R. ASHOK Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) president Thol. Thirumavalavan on Monday criticised the Congress’ “electoral strategy” and “approach”, saying it had weakened the Trinamool Congress, CPI(M), and the DMK in West Bengal, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu respectively. At a meeting of the INDIA bloc in New Delhi, Mr. […]
Hungary’s parliament on Monday unanimously approved a sharp reduction in lawmakers’ salaries and allowances, backing Prime Minister Peter Magyar’s efforts to curb administrative spending and restore strained public finances.All 189 lawmakers present in the 199-member National Assembly voted in favour of the bill submitted by the ruling Tisza party.The legislation will reduce MPs’ monthly base […]
Manav Suthar (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Manav Suthar’s journey from dreaming about playing Test cricket for India to winning the Player of the Match award on debut could not have been scripted any better. The 23-year-old left-arm spinner from Rajasthan donned the baggy blue for the first time, becoming India’s 319th men’s Test cricketer, and […]
NEW DELHI: At least 20 TMC MPs have submitted a letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla expressing their desire to ally with the BJP-led NDA, news agency PTI reported citing party lawmaker Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar on Monday. This came after Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Shekhar Ray’s resignation from the party and the Upper […]
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Monday issued notice to the Centre and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), seeking their response to a plea alleging discrepancies in the board’s On-Screen Marking (OSM) system used during the post-result verification and re-evaluation process.The development comes amid an ongoing controversy over CBSE’s digital evaluation system, […]
