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Meera Syal, one of the recipients (File photo) Dozens of PIOs have been recognised in the King’s New Year Honours List 2026 for outstanding contributions to their communities including damehoods for Punjabi actress and writer Meera Syal and India-born professor Meena Upadhyaya.Of the 1,157 recipients, 14% of those represented at higher awards are from ethnic…
MS Dhoni. (Photo/social media) The news did not arrive with drama. It did not wait for a farewell match, a final lap around the ground on the shoulders of fellow teammates, or a long speech explaining the moment. It arrived as a press release. No association was allowed to turn the moment into an event….
Harmanpreet Kaur and Co. relish their big moment with the trophy (Pic credit: BCCI) In a year that was awash with sporting achievement, if there was one that captured resilience, redemption and resolve in equal measure, look no further than the Indian women’s cricket team’s ICC World Cup triumph.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube…
Heritage in India tends to take place through social networking. Anand Mahindra’s recent social media post has kindled a renewed interest in one of India’s most impressive architectural feats. “Watch this video of Brihadisvara Temple in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, built in the 11th century AD,” Anand Mahindra, Mahindra Group’s chairman, tweeted, adding, “It sure looks…
Sunil Gavaskar (File Image) On This Day in 1983 – December 29, batting maestro Sunil Gavaskar achieved a major milestone in his career. Against the West Indies in the sixth Test in Chennai, Gavaskar scored a career-best 236 not out — then the highest score by an Indian in Test history — a day after…
SALT LAKE CITY: India has emerged as a key geography in how global enterprises analyse software productivity, with engineering intelligence firm DX saying it has surveyed more than 100,000 engineers in the country as part of its developer experience research.The data shows developers based in India consistently report 10-15% higher self-reported developer experience scores than…
The agriculture sector is expected to end 2025 with record high foodgrain production, despite global trade headwinds. The strong figures come on the back of strong monsoon-driven sowing and major cost savings thanks to GST cuts on key inputs. For the upcoming year, 2026, stakeholders are waiting for major bills on seeds and pesticides to…
File photo of a KFC outlet An Indian national is set to receive nearly £70,000 in compensation for wrongful dismissal and being subjected to racial discrimination, after a tribunal ruled in his favour against his manager at the KFC outlet in London where he was previously employed.Madhesh Ravichandran, from Tamil Nadu, told the employment tribunal…
India’s push into global wine markets is beginning to gain attention as fruit-based wines slowly find space alongside traditional grape labels overseas. As growth in domestic wine consumption remains muted, exporters are leaning on international demand to fuel expansion, ET reported. In the first seven months of the current financial year, wine shipments from India…
Indian students are still looking abroad, but they are choosing differently. Indian students are redrawing the study-abroad map with a calculator in hand. Fresh data tabled by the Ministry of External Affairs puts the total number of Indian students overseas at 1,882,318 (as on January 1, 2025)—a headcount spread across 153 countries and, crucially, one…
