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MoD Spends Rs 2.09 Trillion On Arms Deals!

The value of contracts awarded by the MoD in 2024-2025 is the highest ever and double the previous record set in 2023-2024. IMAGE: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited's Prachand Light Combat Helicopter.......

Govt approves Rs 62,700-cr deal for 156 indigenous LCH Prachand

The defence ministry on Friday firmed up procurement of 156 light combat helicopter 'Prachand' from Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd at a cost of Rs 62,700 crore, shortly after the Cabinet Committee on......

Rest In Peace, Voice Of America

What despots and dictators, jammers and competitors, had not managed to do in 83 years -- what the Soviet Union had failed to counter during the Cold War; what China had failed to crush during the......

Memories Of Another Holi Day

On the way we met many groups moving towards Juhu.If the group was smaller than us we gave them a dose of colour and if the group was bigger we tried to pass silently. Sometime it worked, other......

Muslim men can wear 'tarpaulin hijab' on Holi: UP minister

In controversial comments, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Raghuraj Singh has suggested that Muslim men wear hijabs made of tarpaulin to avoid any inconvenience during Holi celebrations on Friday.......

Budget 2025: What Is Cheaper?

How will the new budget affect our lives. We know what is more expensive. What will be less expensive. Read...

Import duties on 25 critical minerals, 36 drugs removed

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced the removal of import duties on 12 critical minerals, lithium-ion batteries scrap, cobalt products, LED, zinc and 36 drugs for cancer and......

IndiGo Q3 profit falls 18% to Rs 2,449 cr on forex loss

The country's largest airline IndiGo on Friday saw its profit after tax slide 18.3 per cent to Rs 2,448.8 crore in the three months ended December 2024 due to foreign exchange loss even as revenue......

IndiGo eyes early induction of wide-body planes in fleet

IndiGo on Wednesday said it was exploring an earlier introduction of wide-body planes in its fleet to meet the growing demand for international travel. Photograph: Vivek Prakash/Reuters Industry......

Global firms form 'good rice alliance' for Indian farmers

Four big global companies — Bayer, GenZero (a wholly-owned arm of financial major Temasek), Shell and Mitsubishi — have decided to scale up their carbon credit programme in nine states......

When Manoj Kumar Broke No-Intimacy Rule

Subhash K Jha remembers his conversations with movie legend Manoj Kumar, who passed into the ages on April 4, 2025. IMAGE: Manoj Kumar and Simi Garewal in Mera Naam Joker. Farah Khan, who had......

'I Want To Make Serious Films That Are Also Cheesy'

'In Mumbai, isolation is a very different isolation.''It's not about actual physical loneliness.''It's the loneliness in the company of others, and I felt that that is a very Mumbai thing.''You can......

Watch Raj Kapoor's Films On OTT

The world is celebrating Raj Kapoor's birth centenary, but when was the last time you watched an RK film? The younger generation perhaps may have never. They may not know his tremendous......

8 Times You Couldn't Look Away From Zeenat Aman

Zeenat Aman had scored more hit songs than any of her contemporaries.This can be attributed partly to happenstance and partly to the fact that her forte for high glamour could be showcased most......

Nushrratt Gets Wet In The Rain!

Where is Bollywood travelling? Let's find out. Photograph: Kind courtesy Nushrratt Bharuccha/Instagram Nushrratt Bharuccha enjoys getting wet in the rain, and tells us, 'Mausam ne kiya kuch haseen......

Spinners in the IPL need to be braver: Harbhajan

IMAGE: Last season, Yuzvendra Chahal became the first bowler to pick 200 wickets in the IPL. Photograph: IPL/X The ban on the use of saliva on the ball in the upcoming IPL was lifted on Thursday......

IPL a different beast, you have to be on your toes: Chakravarthy

'Confidence is very subjective. Every new tournament, even if you win the last tournament, you have to start from the scratch.' IMAGE: Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy says IPL is a different......

Seifert, Allen fire New Zealand to victory in 2nd T20

IMAGE: Tim Seifert and Finn Allen put on a rampaging opening stand of 66 from just 28 balls in the second T20I against Pakistan. Photograph: Black Caps/X Tim Seifert top-scored with a quickfire 45......

Pay cut for players after Pakistan suffers huge loss in CT

IMAGE: Pakistan's players celebrate a wicket during the Champions Trophy. Photograph: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters As hosts, Mohammad Rizwan-led Pakistan endured a nightmarish Champions Trophy 2025,......

Hamilton's Ferrari debut disaster!

IMAGE:  Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton ahead of the race. Photograph: Tracey Nearmy/Reuters Having dominated Formula One's headlines in the build-up to the season-opening Australian Grand......

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