Gambhir: In-form middle-order batter would not have been benched all seriesAHMEDABAD: Head coach Gautam Gambhir has dismissed speculation that India only played Shreyas Iyer in the first ODI against England because Virat Kohli was injured. Iyer, as it turned out, was in excellent form throughout the series, starting with a 36-ball 59 with India in…
NEW DELHI: In a significant step to enhance social security for gig workers, labour and employment ministry is developing a transaction-based pension policy, with aggregators required to chip in with 1-2% of their annual turnover towards the scheme. The initiative is targeted at nearly one crore platform workers across India, a govt source said on…
NEW DELHI: Government on Wednesday approved a Mutual Credit Guarantee Scheme aimed towards improving the credit availability for micro, small and medium manufacturing sectors, aligning with the goals set under the Make in India Union Budget 2024-25 for the MSME sector.The scheme will offer 60 per cent guarantee coverage through the National Credit Guarantee Trustee…
The National Testing Agency (NTA), the body responsible for conducting the NEET examination, has introduced changes to the NEET UG 2025 exam pattern. The optional questions previously included in Section B have been removed, reverting the test format to its original pre-pandemic structure.According to the revised pattern, the NEET UG 2025 exam will have no…
Five college students in Massachusetts are accused of luring a man to the Assumption University campus in a plot that the police said was inspired by the television show “To Catch a Predator” and a fad on TikTok. The students were part of a larger group that chased the man from a campus building after…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused Delhi’s AAP government of wasting a decade fighting with the Centre and urged its people to give the BJP an opportunity to turn the national capital into a city of the future. The prime minister also assured that no public welfare scheme would be discontinued if…
NEW DELHI: Calling Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal “Bagula Bhagat,” BJP on Wednesday criticised AAP and said that it has lost its “credibility” by following “the same old Congress politics.”Regarding Kejriwal’s electoral promise to provide Rs 18,000 monthly honorarium to temple priests and gurudwara granthis, BJP national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi stated that the AAP…
The government has decided to keep the interest rates on various small savings schemes unchanged for the fourth consecutive quarter, starting from January 1, 2025, and continuing through to March 31, 2025. A notification issued by the finance ministry confirmed “The rates of interest on various small savings schemes for the fourth quarter of FY…
NEW DELHI: Cricket legend EAS Prasanna suggests team management’s lack of support might have influenced Ravichandran Ashwin‘s retirement from international cricket.Ashwin surprised the cricketing world by announcing his retirement after the drawn third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Brisbane. Ashwin signed off with 537 wickets in 106 Tests, placing him second on India’s all-time…
NEW DELHI: Yet another election … yet another women-centric welfare scheme. With cash-in-account schemes proving to be gamechangers for political parties in some states, AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday announced the launch of the “Mukhya Mantri Mahila Samman Yojna” under which a monthly assistance of Rs 1,000 will be given to women in Delhi….