Image credits: Getty Images Melinda French Gates has expressed strong support for the Gates Foundation‘s unprecedented plan to spend its entire $200 billion endowment on global health initiatives before closing its doors in 2045, calling the decision “fantastic.”“The vast majority of those resources were to go back to society,” French Gates told Fortune in a…
Indian travel companies have taken a strong stand against Turkey and Azerbaijan after their anti-India stance in the ongoing India-Pakistan conflict. Travel booking platform EaseMyTrip has issued an important Travel advisory for its customers. The travel company has strongly advised tourists to visit Turkey and Azerbaijan only if absolutely necessary.Cox & Kings said it has…
Representative image (Picture credit: ANI) Senior American and Chinese officials began tense negotiations in Geneva on Saturday in a bid to cool a spiralling tariff dispute that threatens global trade. US treasury secretary Scott Bessent and trade representative Jamieson Greer are meeting Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, marking the first direct contact between the two…
Pakistani drones intercepted (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Following Pakistan’s repeated failure to breach India’s air defence, Pakistan army chief General Asim Munir may engineer terror attacks inside India.Sources said the possibility of Munir, who as ISI chief scripted the 2019 Pulwama suicide attack, ordering Pakistan’s terror proxies to carry out such strikes was real, adding…
NEW DELHI: India on Thursday night repelled 300 to 400 drones launched by Pakistan across the entire western front to target military and civilian establishments and then undertook a swift counter-strike against four air defence sites, even as deadly artillery duels led to soldiers being killed on both sides.The Pakistani attack resumed on Friday night,…
MUMBAI: The rupee recovered sharply on Friday to close at 85.37 against the dollar after touching an intraday low of 85.85, helped by dollar sales from public sector banks acting on behalf of the RBI.The domestic currency closed at 85.71 in the previous session.Despite the late recovery, the rupee posted its steepest weekly decline in…
An Army jawan and two civilians were killed in heavy shelling by Pakistan across the LoC in different sectors of J&K on Thursday night. Armyman M Murali Naik, 23, from Sri Sathya Sai district of Andhra Pradesh, was shot in the cross-border firing and died while being taken to hospital. A woman in Uri sector…
NEW DELHI: India on Friday slammed Pakistan for using civil air traffic as a “shield” for its continuing drone and missile attacks against India across the international border, in reckless acts endangering commercial aircraft carrying thousands of passengers.“Pakistan did not close its airspace despite launching a failed unprovoked drone and missile attack at 8.30pm on…
SSC announces CBE dates for 20 exams in 2025–2026 recruitment drive SSC exam calendar 2025: The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has released its much-awaited tentative examination calendar for the year 2025–2026, outlining crucial dates for a wide range of recruitment exams.The schedule begins with departmental examinations including JSA/LDC, SSA/UDC, and ASO on June 8, 2025,…
India on Saturday successfully thwarted a series of drone and missile attacks launched by Pakistan across multiple locations. The armed forces responded swiftly to hostile drone incursions, missile strikes, and crossborder fire by Pakistan, targeting civilian areas and military zones along the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border. Pakistan’s armed drones were brought…
