NEW DELHI: The Centre is staring at a massive surge in its subsidy bill during the current fiscal year as fertiliser payouts may reach Rs 3.8 lakh crore – more than twice the budgeted level – against govt’s total budgeted subsidy bill of Rs 4.1 lakh crore for 2026-27.For cooking gas too, the budgeted subsidy…
Sonam Wangchuk (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Activist Sonam Wangchuk on Thursday doubled down on his support for the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and rejected Ladakh lieutenant governor VK Saxena’s claim that he was unsure about the online movement’s origins. Wangchuk also questioned the LG’s public portrayal of their recent meeting, saying the tone of Saxena’s…
MUMBAI: You probably do not care much about your inactive accounts on online platforms such as Amazon or Flipkart. But do you know that your dormant e-commerce accounts are being targeted by fraudsters?Unlike financial transactions which usually leave a trail and are notified to users through mobile alerts or messages, suspicious transactions made through e-commerce…
China is the world’s largest e-commerce market and has been so for many years. One of the biggest players in China’s online shopping market is Chinese ecommerce giant JD.Com, also known as ‘China’s Amazon’. As AI layoffs sweep companies and countries, the founder of JD.com has made a pledge to the company’s 900,000 employees. JD.com…
TimesofIndia.com in Dharamsala: Arun Singh Dhumal, chairman of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Governing Council, is among the few BCCI administrators who have consistently spoken aggressively about the world’s richest cricket league and its media rights growth.In an exclusive chat with TimesofIndia.com, Dhumal explained the value the IPL has created over the last 18 years…
NEW DELHI: Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday defended CBSE‘s newly introduced ‘On-Screen Marking (OSM)’ system as a “progressive instrument” aimed at bringing greater transparency and accountability to the evaluation process, even as he took responsibility for glitches in the evaluation mechanism that have left students and parents worried.“I take responsibility. It will be fixed,…
Japanese proverb of the day (AI-generated image) Japanese proverbs have long been admired for their wisdom, simplicity, and deep understanding of life. Passed down through generations, these sayings often use short and meaningful phrases to teach important lessons about discipline, patience, balance, and human nature. Japanese culture places great importance on hard work, purpose, and…
NEW DELHI: Several northeastern and other smaller states are spending proportionately more on healthcare than richer states such as Maharashtra, Karnataka and Telangana, reveals National Health Accounts 2022-23 data. Manipur health expenditure as a proportion of its GSDP was the highest in the country at 5.5%, up from 4.6% in 2021-22.Meghalaya spent 4.4% on health,…
UK MP Rupert Lowe has sparked controversy after making anti-migration remarks targeting people of Indian and Pakistani origin in Britain, despite the apparent risk of being labelled racist.Independent MP Lowe claimed that “millions of Pakistanis and Indians” are being brought to the UK to take up jobs that, according to him, should instead go to…
D Gukesh, Magnus Carlsen, and Divya Deshmukh (Photo by Michal Walusza for Norway Chess) NEW DELHI: Today is the birthday of World Chess Champion Dommaraju Gukesh. As he prepared to leave his teenage years behind and turn 20, the Chennai-born Grandmaster had a rare opportunity to celebrate by defeating World No. 1 and five-time world…