Govt warns against new scam targeting potential investors

A new cyber fraud known as 'pig butchering scam' or 'investment scam' has emerged, targeting unemployed youths, housewives, students, and needy people who are made to lose large sums of money......

Bill Gates Under Fire for 'Lab' Remark

Bill Gates' remark faced swift backlash on social media, where many criticised the choice of words as inappropriate and patronising. IMAGE: Bill Gates. Photograph: Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus......

Sanctity of Tirupati laddu now restored: TTD

Amid concerns among devotees on the quality of ghee used in the famous Tirupati 'laddu prasadam', the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) has said sanctity of the sacred sweetmeat has been......

Nipah is back, should you be worried?

The Indian Council of Medical Research was in talks with the Serum Institute of India for local manufacturing of monoclonal antibodies (MABs). However, it did not take off, as the volume was much......

Why Raghuram Rajan Raced At RBI

The speed at which he led the central bank in different areas -- ranging from internal reorganisation to inflation fighting, stabilising the currency, taking on rogue corporations, cleaning up bank......

Bengal foundry units impacted by Ukraine war as input prices soar

'After the Ukraine war, coke prices just soared and most units don't have money left to buy raw material. Customers are not absorbing the price escalation'   IMAGE: Kindly note that this image......

The pigs are safe

Unlike avian influenza (bird flu), which killed thousands of birds before it began to affect human beings, swine (pig) flu has killed over 175 human beings without killing even a single pig. In......

Banks' NPAs never went away, they were only hidden

Indeed, there were frauds, and the politician-banker-industrialist nexus played a role in the rise of NPAs, but governance issues in Indian banking are far more nuanced and complex, reveals Tamal......

Mirzapur 3 Review: Too Much Gore

Pankaj Tripathi anchored the first two seasons with his performance. Here, he is made to sit it out for most of the show, and none of the actors, except for a fiery Ali Fazal, have the......

14 Fun Things To Do In The Rains

Rain, rain go away, little Tommy wants to play? Well, not always. Sukanya Verma lists fun things you can do, inspired by Bollywood, when it’s raining cats and dogs outside.   Katrina......

Oscars 2024: Meet The Winners!

IMAGE: Robert Downey Jr, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Emma Stone and Cillian Murphy at the Oscars. Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters Oppenheimer and Poor Things lead the show at the 96th Annual......

Oscar Nominations: A Quick Glance

The nominations for the 96th annual Academy Awards have been announced. The Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 11, at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. A quick look at the nominees. IMAGE:......

3 yr old Anish is youngest rated chess player!

IMAGE: Kolkata born Anish Sarkar's chess jouney commenced a year ago. Photograph: Kind courtesy Shahid Ahmed via ChessBase India While most children his age are absorbed in cartoons like Peppa Pig......

Euro 24: Can E. Coli bacteria predict match results?

IMAGE: A petri dish, "bacteria oracle", predicting the outcome of the soccer-friendly match between Germany and Ukraine is pictured at the microbiology laboratory of Professor Markus Egert in......

Rahane's 'Oink-tastic Family Fun'

Photograph and video: Kind courtesy Ajinkya Rahane/Instagram Ajinkya Rahane emerged as the standout Indian batsman during the World Test Championship final at the Oval last week. Rahane is......

Barmy Army Mocks Kohli...

IMAGE: Moeen Ali bowls Virat Kohli for a golden duck in the Chennai Test, February 2021. The first Ashes Test witnessed a noisy Barmy Army, loudly cheer on Ben Stokes and his boys while mocking......

Euro: Elvis the pig predicts England will win vs Ukraine

IMAGE: Elvis opted to dine from the box with the England flag in preference to that marked with that of Ukraine, suggesting Gareth Southgate's side will progress to the semi-finals. Photograph:......