Many of them were carrying colorful umbrellas to protect from the sun. Last month, India became the fourth country to land on the moon, and the first to do so on its southern polar region, with its Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft.... “ You want to have the eclipse all the time because you want to see the corona.” Hari Kumar is a reporter in the New Delhi bureau.... More about Hari KumarMujib Mashal is The Times’s bureau chief for South Asia. Born in Kabul, he wrote for magazines including The Atlanti

Many of them were carrying colorful umbrellas to protect from the sun. Last month, India became the fourth country to land on the moon, and the first to do so on its southern polar region, with its Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft.... “ You want to have the eclipse all the time because you want to see the corona.” Hari Kumar is a reporter in the New Delhi bureau.... More about Hari KumarMujib Mashal is The Times’s bureau chief for South Asia. Born in Kabul, he wrote for magazines including The Atlanti

Join our Whatsapp channel India’s powerful and hugely wealthy Board of Control for Cricket in India( BCCI) on Sunday elected its new chief, former player and advocate Devajit Saikia, the only person nominated to the top post.“ Devajit Saikia is declared duly elected as the Secretary of BCCI, ” the Board of Control for Cricket in India said in a statement. Saikia, 55, succeeds Jay Shah who left the position to become chairman of the International Cricket Council( ICC), the global governing body.

BENGALURU( Reuters)-The chief minister of India's Karnataka, the only state ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party in the country's prosperous south, resigned on Monday in the latest political shake-up in the Hindu nationalist group.B.S. Yediyurappa, a four-time chief minister of the state, home to India's technology capital of Bengaluru, had helped the Bharatiya Janata Party( BJP) form its first government in India's southern region in 2008. The party has failed to make inroads in other

World Bank Chief Economist Indermit Gill said on Thursday that although India is better positioned than many of its peers to navigate the current global challenges, it should accelerate its structural reforms.... Emerging markets and developing economies are also seeing a decline in potential growth rates, exacerbated by geopolitical tensions, trade fragmentation, policy uncertainty, and persistent inflation, he observed.... Pointing out major structural inefficiencies in India’s economy, Gill

NEW DELHI( REUTERS)-The bodies of India's defence chief and 12 others who died in a helicopter crash will be brought to New Delhi on Thursday( Dec 9), where the top general will be laid to rest with full military honours, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said. General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 12 defence personnelwere en route to a military staff college in southern India when the air force helicopter they were travelling in came down near the town of Coonoor on Wednesday. Only one of the 14 on bo

Admittedly, at this very early stage, not much is known about his monetary policy views.... At least in the near term, we expect broad continuity on these fronts." Anubhuti Sahay, Standard Chartered" Malhotra's appointment is likely to increase market expectations of rate cuts in 2025, in terms of both quantity and timing.... Here's how to exchange or deposit them Investors urge RBI to let state govt debt be sold as zero-coupon bonds Money matters: States' pension bill growth slowed in FY23, s

NEW DELHI( Reuters)-India expects to get about 266 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in August as a simpler licensing process has helped the government secure far more than earlier expected, the president of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party said on Friday. Late last month, a senior government official told reporters that the government could only count on getting about 150 million doses in August. Since then, India's drug regulator has approved the Johnson Johnson vaccine-though the company has

PTF president Salim Saifullah Khan gestures during a news conference on Tuesday. —Mohammad Asim/ White Star ISLAMABAD: Emphasising that sports should be kept separate from politics, president of the Pakistan Tennis Federation( PTF) Salim Saifullah Khan on Tuesday called for resuming sports diplomacy between Pakistan and India. Addressing a press conference here at the PTF Complex, Sailm said that it is unfortunate that the incumbent Indian government tried to mix politics with sports. The All-In

India’s first chief of defence staff( CDS) Gen.... A true patriot, he greatly contributed to modernizing our armed forces and security apparatus.... His insights and perspectives on strategic matters were exceptional....