Why have thousands of kindergartens shut down in China?

Hit hard by China's deepening demographic crisis, thousands of famed kindergartens have been closed as enrolment of children dropped sharply across the country due to a significant decline in birth......

What's Holding Up Candidate Lists In Maharashtra?

The strains are telling as old friends and new enemies face each other in the battlefield. IMAGE: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde with state Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and......

Maharashtra Oppn questions short 35-day runup to elections

Lok Sabha polls held over 5 phases so why hold assembly elections in single phase, asks Oppn. The Opposition in Maharashtra on Tuesday said the 35-day period during which the assembly elections......

BJP MLA Fights BJP Government On Corruption

'I gave enough evidence and proof to punish corrupt officials.''But my own government has not filed any FIR against such officials.' IMAGE: Dr Kirodi Lal Meena, the Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from......

Rural women drive Rs 27,000 crore financial inclusion transactions

Enterprising women business correspondents, known as BC Sakhis, have facilitated transactions worth Rs 27,000 crore in Uttar Pradesh, earning Rs 75 crore in commission over the past four and a half......

Sensex rides on bluechip stocks; rises 585 points

Stock markets snapped the six-day losing run on Tuesday with benchmark Sensex climbing nearly 585 points on the back of value buying in blue-chips like HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries and Mahindra &......

13 candidates in fray for PNB top job

At least 13 candidates are in the race for the position of managing director and chief executive officer (MD & CEO) of Punjab National Bank (PNB), the second-largest public sector bank (PSB),......

Raghuram Rajan's recipe for generating jobs

With 7 per cent economic growth, India is not creating enough jobs as reflected by the number of applicants for vacant posts in some states, Reserve Bank's former governor Raghuram Rajan said and......

Boxing body accuses IOC of 'abusive behaviour' in Olympic market

IMAGE: International Boxing Association (AIBA) President Umar Kremlev attends a news conference ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland June 28, 2021. Photograph: Denis......

Ex-NIA chief Sharad Kumar to head BCCI's Anti-Corruption Unit

IMAGE: Sharad Kumar Kumar is a 1979 batch IPS officer from the Haryana cadre and has had a distinguished career especially as the chief of the National Investigation Agency from 2013 to 2017.......

World Boxing chief's clarion call to save Olympic dream

IMAGE: The IOC has time and again reiterated its threat to leave boxing out of the 2028 Olympics if national federations continue to align themselves with the suspended IBA (Image used for......

Khelif ensures Algeria boxing medal amid gender row

IMAGE: Algeria's Imane Khelif celebrates winning her Olympics Boxing women's 66kg quarter-final bout against Hungary's Anna Luca Hamori at North Paris Arena, Villepinte, France, on Saturday.......

Cricketers Azad, Pathan bamboozle opponents at polls

WC star Kirti Azad beats state BJP heavyweight Ghosh from Bardhaman-Durgapur constituency. IMAGE: TMC's Kirti Azad with party chief Mamata Banerjee. Photograph: Kind courtesy Kirti Azad/X Cricket......