New Delhi: The Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) unveiled the Virender Sehwag Gate at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium (now Arun Jaitley Stadium) to honor the legendary cricketer, earlier in October 2017. Sehwag, who is widely regarded for revolutionizing the role of a Test opener, scored two triple-centuries in the format, with exceptional hand-eye coordination, contributions to two World Cup victories, and a reputation as one of India's finest match-winners. Seven years later, in the second...Read More
New Delhi: The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki has announced the rollout of its first made-in-India electric vehicle - the e-Vitara SUV - in a major boost to the green segment from its upgraded Gujarat plant, which is now set to become one of the world's largest automotive manufacturing hubs with a projected annual capacity of one million units. Crucially, this facility will serve as Suzuki's global production base for electric vehicles (EVs), exporting to over 100 countries, including...Read More
New Delhi: In a significant war of words amid the US-India tensions on trade and tariffs, Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis has slammed the H-1B visa program, which is a classification of non-immigrant visa in the United States that allows US employers to hire foreign workers in specialty occupation, thereby allowing Indian Information Technology (IT) workers to work in the United States. Here are all the details you need to know on what Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis has said on the H-1B visa pr...Read More
New Delhi: Indian cricket superstar Rohit Sharma is not just a player but an emotional connect. At the age of 37, he may be slowly retiring from cricket, but his popularity and fan following are growing every day. Some recent moments have once again proved that Rohit rules hearts not only on the field but also off it. An extremely emotional scene was witnessed on Monday when a little fangirl presented Rohit Sharma with a beautiful hand-painted portrait of him. Rohit greeted her with a smile as ...Read More
Ahmedabad: In a significant development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly pitched for self-reliance and indigenous products, declaring that the road to a developed India lies in "Swadeshi". Inaugurating development projects worth Rs 5,477 crore, the Prime Minister urged manufacturers, traders, and consumers alike to adopt Made in India as a "life mantra." Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on a two-day visit to his home state Gujarat, spoke about India's rising military prowess, in a direct ref...Read More
New Delhi: The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, was passed by the Parliament on Thursday, 21 August. "The Online Gaming Bill highlights our commitment towards making India a hub for gaming, innovation and creativity," said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday. The bill seeks to ban all forms of online money games. The bill, instead, pursues promoting eSports and online social gaming. Since Thursday, several fantasy gaming platforms have stopped operations. The Promoti...Read More
New Delhi: In a significant development days after Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta was attacked by a man at a public programme, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has appointed senior IPS officer Satish Golcha as the 26th Commissioner of Delhi Police. Satish Golcha is a 1992-batch IPS officer who will replace SBK Singh who took up additional charge as Commissioner on July 31. Here are all the details you need to know on who is the new Commissioner of Delhi Police. Senior IPS officer Satish Gol...Read More
VISAKHAPATNAM: The depression over northwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal and north Andhra Pradesh - south Odisha coasts moved north-north-westwards and crossed South Odisha coast close to Gopalpur during early morning of Tuesday and lay cantered over south coastal Odisha. Weatherman said it was likely to move north-westwards across south Odisha and south Chhattisgarh and weaken into a well-marked low-pressure area during next few hours. Under its influence, thunderstorms accompani...Read More
New Delhi: Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad surprised his fans this time. Playing for Maharashtra against Chhattisgarh in the Bucchi Babu tournament, Gaikwad played the role of a bowler for the first time and took important wickets for his team. Gaikwad, who was out of action for most of IPL 2025 due to injury, appeared in full fitness and rhythm in this match. The specialty of this match was that Prithvi Shaw, who was out of Indian cricket for a long time, played wearing the Maharash...Read More
A fire broke out on Thursday (August 14) at the Mother and Child Block of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi. Delhi Fire Services confirmed that 10 fire tenders were deployed to the site to control the blaze. Despite the intensity of the response, thankfully, no casualties have been reported. The DFS officer said a call regarding the fire was received at around 5.15 pm. "We rushed 10 fire tenders to the hospital, and firefighting operations are ongoing," he said. Quick...Read More
New Delhi: US President Donald Trump has imposed a steep 50 percent tariff on India over its purchases of Russian oil. The new rate will come into effect in 21 days, so on 27 August, according to the executive order. A response from India's foreign ministry said Delhi had already made clear its stance on imports from Russia, and reiterated that the tariff is "unfair, unjustified and unreasonable". To recall, in May, the Modi government outrightly rejected Trump's so-called role in the ceasefire...Read More
Bihar SIR Row: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday agreed to share the names of voters deleted in the Bihar Special Intensive Review (SIR) exercise after the Supreme Court grilled the poll panel for not making the details public. "Why can't you disclose the names" of people who have died, migrated, or shifted to other constituencies?," the apex court asked. The EC replied that it had already given the list of deleted names to the political parties in the state. "Why can't you put...Read More
New Delhi: A massive cloudburst struck Chishoti area in the Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, along the route to the Machail Matta Yatra. According to the initial reports, the cloudburst triggered a flash flood that washed away a langar (community kitchen) shed. According to the Deputy Commissioner of Kishtwar, there is a fear of casualties, though official confirmation is awaited. Union Minister Jitendra Singh said, "Just now spoke to DC Kishtwar Sh Pankaj Kumar Sharma after receiving an ...Read More
New Delhi: In a major relief to its customers, the ICICI Bank has reduced the recently increased minimum balance requirement for new customers. The bank has informed that the rules for the minimum account balance (MAB) in savings accounts have been revised again. According to the bank, the limit in metro and urban areas has been reduced from Rs 50,000 to just Rs 15,000. The ICICI has revised the minimum monthly average balance (MAB) requirement for savings accounts in metro and urban areas. For...Read More
New Delhi: India's decision to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty came after Pakistan-backed terrorists killed innocent tourists in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. According to the reports, the Shehbaz Sharif-led Pakistan government is in massive distress over the decision. Islamabad has once again appealed for the immediate restoration of the treaty. India and Pakistan had signed this treaty in 1960, and it had remained in effect ever since. Pakistan's latest statement comes after its Army Chief Asim...Read More
New Delhi: In a significant development amid the imposition of increasing tariffs and penalties on India by the US led by President Donald Trump, India's largest bank, the State Bank of India (SBI) has indicated in its report that India's crude oil import bill could increase by USD 9 billion to USD 12 billion, if the country stops buying Russian crude oil. Here are all the details you need to know about how much oil Russia is exporting to India and what has the SBI said on the loss if India stop...Read More
Here comes a big update for the passengers. Mumbai local trains will get indigenous 'Kavach' safety boost by end of next year. This will be done in a major boost to commuter safety on one of the world's busiest suburban rail networks. What is Kavach? Kavach is a state-of-the-art electronic system developed under the 'Make in India' initiative that is presently being installed on Delhi-Mumbai as well as some other trunk routes. The indigenously designed Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system,...Read More
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has clarified that the initial sketches of the suspects, released by the Jammu and Kashmir Police after the Pahalgam terror attack, were mistakenly linked to a past shootout, and the real perpetrators of the attack were different individuals, as per the report released by the security agencies. Last week, the security forces eliminated three terrorists, including the mastermind of the April 22 Pahalgam attack, during Operation Mahadev on the outskirts of ...Read More
New Delhi: Elon Musk has added a new Text-to-Video feature to GrokAI. This feature of Grok AI will create videos based on text commands. It will give tough competition to the text-to-video generation of Google's Veo3 and OpenAI's Sora.AI. Elon Musk has named this feature Imagine. As the name suggests, this feature will work to generate videos based on your imagination. Elon Musk has given this information from his X handle. Musk said in his post that users will be able to use this new Imagine f...Read More
New Delhi: US and European officials believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin's security agencies are curbing the ongoing hybrid warfare campaign in Europe. According to a Bloomberg report, officials say that there has been a decrease in suspected Russian-backed sabotage incidents this year. Russia has been blamed for attacks across Europe through hybrid campaigns. According to officials, Russian intelligence agents pay proxies to target civilian infrastructure and individuals for these ope...Read More
New Delhi: Team India's Test skipper Shubman Gill was heard asking Indian bowler Akash Deep if he had taken an injection to get relief from his pain as the star bowler suffered another injury during England's chase in the fifth Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy played at the Oval. In the second-to-last over before lunch on Day 4 of the fifth Test in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, Brook hit a straight drive that went straight back to Akash Deep, hitting him on the shin. The stump mic picked...Read More
BENGALURU: The Maharashtra government fears that increase in height of Alamatti reservoir in Bagalkot district of Karnataka from 519.60 meters to 524.256 meters would result in flooding of Sangli, Satara and Kolhapur districts owing to backwaters and there is no need for the Maharashtra government to fear flooding since its own expert committee led by retired Principal Secretary to Irrigation department Nandkumar Wadnekar ruled out flooding from the Almatti and Hipparagi reservoirs, stated Minis...Read More
BENGALURU: The Maharashtra government fears that increase in height of Alamatti reservoir in Bagalkot district of Karnataka from 519.60 meters to 524.256 meters would result in flooding of Sangli, Satara and Kolhapur districts owing to backwaters and there is no need for the Maharashtra government to fear flooding since its own expert committee led by retired Principal Secretary to Irrigation department Nandkumar Wadnekar ruled out flooding from the Almatti and Hipparagi reservoirs, stated Minis...Read More
Why India needs fifth-generation fighter jets: As global skies witness continuous geopolitical tensions including the recent India-Pakistan tensions, India finds itself at a crossroads where its air force needs next-generation firepower or most importantly a fifth-generation fighter jet, it has to choose sides between the US and Russia. We all know that India needs fifth-generation fighter jets because the Sukhoi fleets of the Air Force will be retiring soon and after that, India will left with ...Read More
A day after Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav claimed that his name was missing from the draft electoral roll published by the Election Commission of India (ECI) as part of its Special Intensive Revision (SIR) drive, the poll body has issued a notice to the former Bihar deputy chief minister, seeking an explanation over the EPIC card number he mentioned during a press conference on Saturday. In a letter to Tejashwi, the poll body said he mentioned his EPIC number as RAB2916120, b...Read More
Delhi rains: In a significant threat to the national capital, the Yamuna river inches closer to the danger mark intensifying the risk. As per media reports, continuous rainfall in upstream areas and water release from the Hathnikund Barrage have pushed the river's water level to 204.14 meters, just short of the danger level of 204.5 meters, prompting authorities to issue warnings and advisories. Keeping in mind the ongoing heavy rainfall, officials have warned that the river may cross the dange...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said that India's first bullet train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad will commence operations "very soon," and it will reduce travel time between the two cities to just 2 hours and 7 minutes. Talking to reporters at the Bhavnagar terminus in Gujarat, after virtually flagging off three trains: the Ayodhya Express, Rewa-Pune Express, and Jabalpur-Raipur Express, Vaishnaw stated that the bullet train project is moving quick...Read More
New Delhi: To make Meta the king of the AI world, Mark Zuckerberg is on a hiring spree, for which he has given lucrative offers to the employees of Thinking Machines Lab, an American startup. During this recruitment process, Zuckerberg himself became a fan of a young man and offered him 125 million dollars, i.e. about Rs 1000 crores. The surprising thing was that the man turned down his offer of Rs 1000 crores, after which Zuckerberg himself went to meet him. According to American media, Meta ...Read More
New Delhi: Amid rising tensions with Russia, US President Donald Trump has ordered deployment of two nuclear submarines near Russia. He has also threatened it to face serious consequences. However, he did not say where the submarines will be deployed. Trump informed about this decision on the social media site Truth Social. He blamed the provocative rhetoric of former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev for his decision. During his visit to Scotland on July 28, Trump had announced that Russia ha...Read More
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) issued a lookout circular against Anil Ambani on Friday, August 1, to prevent him from leaving India. The update came hours after it summoned the Reliance Group Chairman for questioning on August 5 in connection with an alleged Rs. 17,000 crore bank loan fraud case. Shares of Anil Ambani's companies, Reliance Power and Reliance Infrastructure, dropped by up to 5 per cent in early trading on Friday, soon after news reports said that the Enforcement Dir...Read More