If you are planning to travel by air in the coming vacations, it is going to cost you much more. The reason: there is 16 percent increase in the prices of aviation fuel. While petrol or diesel continues to cost you around Rs 100 a litre after the recent cut in excise duty on petroleum… Continue reading Aviation: Air Travel is set to become costlier

Three years after Supreme Court directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to constitute Special Investigation Teams to probe the killing of Sikhs in the 1984 riots in Kanpur, the Uttar Pradesh Police has made four arrests. The arrests have been made by the Special Investigation Team (SIT), in a case of setting a building to fire… Continue reading Anti-Sikh riots: Four arrested 38 years after 1984 riots

Star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has added another feather to his decorated cap, setting a new national record with a throw of 89.30 metres at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland.  It was Neeraj’s first competitive event since winning a historic gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Neeraj’s record-breaking throw helped him finish… Continue reading Athletics: Neeraj Chopra creates new record, finishes second at Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland

In its endeavour to give youthful outlook to three wings of its defence forces and revive recruitment in Amy, Navy and Air Force after a gap of two years, the Union Cabinet on Tuesday gave its approval to  a new casteless merit-based all-India  recruitment scheme.  The recruitment to first batch of 46,000 youth, both boys and girls… Continue reading “Agnipath” for Indian youth as 46000 “Agniveers” to be recruited in next 90 days

With a convincing 4-0 win over Hong Kong,  India completed its  AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers 2023 campaign in style at the VYBK Stadium in Kolkata  to finish at the top of the Group D with maximum of nine points. Anwar Ali, Sunil Chhetri, Manvir Singh and Ishan Pandita were the goal scorers for the Blue Tigers. It was… Continue reading AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers: India completes a hat-trick of wins

Sikhs resent police action against two organizers for bomb threat to their own rally  Strong resentment prevails among members of Sikh community following an action by Ottawa police in taking custody two members of the community suspecting them to be behind a bomb threat.  While releasing the arrested persons a couple of hours later,  the  police apologised… Continue reading Sikhs resent police action against two organisers for bomb threat to their own rally 

By Prabhjot Singh* In less than two months, India will decide on its new President. Who will succeed the incumbent Ram Nath Kovind?, is a question  that may not be very difficult to answer. The reason: the electoral college as it stands structured on the basis of strengths of different political parties, both in Parliament and… Continue reading Presidential election: Who will occupy Rashtrapati Bhavan?

Finance: Indian Rupee falls to a record low against the US $ Do you know how much it costs you to buy a US $? For the first time in the history, it will cost you more than Rs 78.25. Never before Indian rupee fell so low. Indian rupee has been continuously losing value and… Continue reading Finance: Indian Rupee falls to a record low against the US $

After more than two years of suspense and restrictions, hopes of Indian students and professionals of returning to China have been revived.  The Chinese government has announced to revive issuing visas to both Indian professionals and students so as to enable them to continue from where they left at the time of the outbreak of… Continue reading Covid 19: Decks cleared for Indian students, professionals to return to China

It was a day of drama, late goals, sublime skills, mesmerising teamwork and magnificent individual performances. As the FIH Hockey Pro League nears its final stages, the hockey action on offer has reached extraordinary levels. Whether it is the sheer power of a Stephanie vanden Borre penalty corner, the precision of a Xan de Waard… Continue reading FIH Pro League: Germany men, the Netherlands and Spain women win