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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged voters to turn out in record numbers as Phase-2 polling of the West Bengal assembly elections 2026 got underway.In a post through X, he made a special appeal to women and young voters to exercise their franchise in large numbers, highlighting their crucial role in strengthening the electoral…
Bengaluru: Out of the shot glass and into the mainstream conversation- that’s tequila’s journey as India now becomes the world’s fastest growing market for the niche drink. India recorded a 31% year-on-year increase in volume and a 40% rise in value for agave-based spirits in 2024-25, the highest growth among 21 markets tracked by a…
New Delhi: India’s mobile app market crossed a major monetisation milestone in the first quarter of 2026, with total revenue surpassing $300 million (around Rs 2,500 crore), marking a 33% year-on-year increase, according to a Sensor Tower report. In Q1 2025, total revenue was roughly $225 million.The market recorded 6.2 billion downloads during the quarter,…
New Delhi: External affairs minister S Jaishankar held talks with visiting United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) president Annalena Baerbock on a range of issues, including AI’s implications and the West Asia conflict, on Tuesday.Jaishankar said in a post on X that he underscored during the discussion the need for reformed multilateralism that is reflective of…
New Delhi: India was fifth biggest military spender globally in 2025 and the country increased its military spending by 8.9% to $92.1 billion, according to a report released by arms watchdog group Sipri on Monday.The India-Pakistan conflict in May 2025 – which involved use of combat aircraft, drones and missiles – pushed up India’s military…
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh advocates for peace at SCO meeting Addressing the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) defence ministers’ meeting in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek on Tuesday, defence minister Rajnath Singh said “Operation Sindoor had demonstrated India’s firm resolve that terror epicentres will be meted out justifiable punishment”. His warning to Pakistan came before its defence minister…
An S-400 air defence system New Delhi: Russia has shipped the fourth batch of S-400 Triumf defence system that “will reach India by mid-May” soon after the May 7 anniversary of Operation Sindoor, a defence source told TOI. The fifth S-400 system is expected to arrive in India in November. The Russian S-400 system proved…
Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan New Delhi: Education ministry ordered corrective measures to improve campus governance and student well-being at NIT Kurukshetra following a high-level review Tuesday, even as senior professor Brahmjit Singh was appointed officiating director as director B V Ramana Reddy’s resignation was accepted.The developments come against the backdrop of four student suicides reported…
New Delhi: The digital frontier has long been a battlefield for intelligence agencies, but a recent surge in “lone wolves” has left them alarmed. From Zaib Zuber Ansari in Mumbai to Rizwan in Delhi and Tushar Chauhan alias Hizbullah Khan in Uttar Pradesh – the shift from organised cell-based plots seems to have created a…
Birbhum: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee speaks during the inauguration of various development projects, in Birbhum. (PTI Photo) The second phase of vote to elect who will govern Bengal for the next five years has now got one extra unlikely parameter after the first phase’s stupendous voting percentage of more than 93%: how many…
