NEW DELHI: Fuel and raw material supply constraints, which have forced shutdowns in certain segments of manufacturing, especially small businesses, may hurt contractual and gig workers.Some signs of strain are visible in certain sectors, including steel, automotive, textiles, pharma, medical devices as fuel supply, input cost and availability (shortage) bite into operations, industry representatives and…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday landed in the Netherlands as part of the second leg of his five-nation tour.Upon his arrival, the Prime Minister was welcomed by Netherlands’ rear admiral Ludger Brummelaar, adjutant-general and chief of the military household of His Majesty the King, Dutch foreign minister Tom Berendsen and Indian ambassador…
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah At Site BENGALURU: At least seven people, including three children, have been killed after a compound wall collapsed near the Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital in Bengaluru on Wednesday.Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah visited the site after the collapse. “Seven deaths have been confirmed by the CMO following the tragic wall collapse near…
A software engineer’s viral social media post criticising life in large gated communities has triggered a wider online debate over resident welfare associations (RWAs), housing society rules and generational differences in urban living.Shravan Venkataraman, in a thread posted on X, advised young couples and bachelors against purchasing apartments in high-rise societies, arguing that many such…
India’s Shivam Dube (ANI Photo) After India’s triumphant T20 World Cup 2026 campaign, all-rounder Shivam Dube was in no mood to wait to reunite with his family. The Mumbai-based cricketer revealed that he felt an overwhelming urge to see his father and children, prompting him to skip a planned flight and instead take an early-morning…
Yuzvendra Chahal (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Punjab Kings suffered their second straight defeat in IPL 2026 after losing a close match to Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad, and one major talking point after the game was how little spinner Yuzvendra Chahal was used. Chasing 165, Gujarat sealed a four-wicket win thanks to a late six from…
US President Donald Trump (File photo) United States President Donald Trump has told Nato secretary general Mark Rutte that he wants from the bloc a “concrete commitments within the next few days for help securing the Strait of Hormuz”, reported news agency Reuters citing two European diplomats.Trump’s demand stems from the alliance’s considered choice to…
NEW DELHI: The Allahabad high court has strongly criticised the Lucknow Cyber Cell after a woman’s mobile number was blocked allegedly on the basis of a complaint linked to a matrimonial dispute with her husband, observing that state authorities had acted mechanically and allowed a government mechanism to be misused.A division bench comprising Justice J.J….
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday raised concerns over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, with Justice Joymalya Bagchi stressing the need for a “robust appellate mechanism” to address wrongful deletions, even as the court declined to intervene in individual cases.A bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant…
When people talk about Elon Musk, they usually think of a workaholic person who survives on 120-hour workweeks and sheer willpower. But, on the contrary, his productivity secret is a simple hyper-intense scheduling method called “time-blocking,” where he maps out his entire day in literal five-minute increments.For many, trying to run your life in five-minute…