BEWARE! High nitrate levels found in groundwater in 440 districts

High nitrate levels have been found in groundwater of 440 districts across India, with 20 per cent of the samples collected exceeding the permissible nitrate concentration, the Central Ground Water......

Crores attend Maha Kumbh, but no call drops or slow internet

An expected gathering of 40 crore people at the world's largest religious gathering for over a month and no call drops and seamless internet streaming.  IMAGE: An aerial view of the devotees......

Simultaneous polls can promote consistency in governance: Prez Murmu

President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday advocated for the "One Nation One Election" initiative, asserting it has the potential to redefine "good governance" in the country by promoting consistency in......

India sees biggest Chandipura virus outbreak in 20 yrs: WHO

The World Health Organisation has recently said the current outbreak of the Chandipura virus in India is the largest in 20 years. Image used for representational purpose only. Photograph: ANI......

EY employee death fallout: Deloitte forms 3-member committee to review people practices

Amid a social media storm over the death of a young employee at tax consultancy major EY allegedly due to work pressure, Deloitte has formed a three-member external committee, which includes former......

High-level delegation of US pension funds to visit India next week

A delegation of high-level executives from US public pension funds (non-profit and government sectors) is visiting India next week to assess and familiarise themselves with the investment......

'Can We In Our Businesses Set An Example?'

'I think some of us, like Mukesh Ambani, myself and those of us who head industrial units, ought to really focus on what we can really do to make the world a safer place, maybe 50 or 100 years from......

Modi's goal to make India high-income country by 2047 unlikely: Financial Times expert

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's goal of making India a high-income economy by 2047 is unlikely to be achieved, but the country should become an upper middle-income nation by then, Financial Times......

PIX: PM Modi declares 38th National Games open!

IMAGE: PM Modi receives the ceremonial torch from Olympian Lakshya Sen during the 38th National Games opening ceremony in Dehradun on Tuesday. Photograph: Kind courtesy Uttarakhand DIPR/X A......

CWG 2026 finds new host...

IMAGE: Birmingham hosted the previous edition of the Commonwealth Games in 2022 which kicked off with a grand opening ceremony. Photograph: Alex Davidson / Reuters The Scottish capital of Glasgow......

How do athletes prepare for weight category sports?

IMAGE: Vinesh Phogat of India during her bout against Yusneylis Guzman Lopez of Cuba. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat was disqualified before the women's 50kg......

How 'Guru Gary' is using cricket to keep slum kids away from drugs

Photograph: Andrew Couldridge Livepic via Reuters Notorious for drugs and crime and afflicted by large-scale poverty, the Khayelitsha township in Cape Town is better known for being one of the......