2026

There is a stretch in Panjim where the road loosens its grip, the river widens, and you find yourself glancing sideways without fully meaning to. Hotel Mandovi sits there with studied indifference — the kind of building you pass often enough to stop seeing, until one day it returns your gaze with questions. It feels…

Howrah-Guwahati Vande Bharat Sleeper: The much-awaited Vande Bharat Sleeper train is set to be launched this week on the Howrah–Guwahati route. The new semi-high-speed train service will reduce travel time between the two cities, while improving connectivity and giving a boost to the regional economy. Developed by BEML using ICF technology, the Howrah–Guwahati (Kamakhya)–Howrah Vande…

Virat Kohli continued his rampaging pursuit of breaking milestones as he reached 28,000 international runs during the first ODI against New Zealand in Vadodara on Sunday. He got the milestone by walloping a ball from Adithya Ashok past the New Zealand spinner. The 37-year-old Kohli completed 28,000 runs across all formats, joining an exclusive club…

Sridhar Vembu, the billionaire brain behind Zoho Corporation, is back in headlines over a messy divorce battle with his US-based wife Pramila Srinivasan, after 30 years of marriage. A US court reportedly ordered the tech mogul to post a $1.7 billion bond (which is roughly INR 15,278 crore), though his lawyer calls it an appeal…

Industry body Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has called for a faster, demand-driven privatisation strategy for public sector enterprises (PSEs) in the Union Budget 2026-27, urging the government to adopt a predictable roadmap to unlock value from disinvestment and mobilise resources for capital expenditure amid global economic uncertainties.In its Budget proposals, CII suggested an accelerated…

Claims that US forces used a powerful, previously unseen weapon during a raid in Venezuela have triggered global attention after a dramatic eyewitness account alleged soldiers were incapacitated by an intense sound-like force during an operation to capture President Nicolas Maduro. The account, shared on X on Saturday by the White House press secretary, recounts…

The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) on January 9 uploaded the final answer keys, candidates’ response sheets and marks memo of the tier-1 Combined Graduate Level (CGL) examinations. The official website – ssc.gov.in, is hosting the SSC CGL tier 1 final answer keys, candidates’ response sheets and the marks memo. Story continues below this ad Read…

Civilians evacuate an area of the Sheikh Maqsoud neighbourhood, where clashes between government forces and Kurdish fighters have been taking place in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria, on January 10, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said Sunday (January 11, 2026) that they agreed under a ceasefire to withdraw…

Indian researchers at Raman Research Institute (RRI) have discovered a gentler alternative to peering into the quantum realm, enabling them to feel how densely the atoms are packed without disturbing the delicate situations that make quantum materials so unique.  This new approach offers a unique set of properties to researchers in experimental physics such as…

Representative Image (AI) KABUL: Every week, Bibi Jan scrapes together some of her husband’s meagre daily wage to buy precious water from rickshaw-drawn tankers that supply residents of Afghanistan’s increasingly parched capital.Kabul faces a looming water crisis, driven by unruly and rapid urbanisation, mismanagement over years of conflict, and climate change, meaning people like Bibi…