Shruthi arrived at the Landywood Snooker Club as the lowest-ranked of the seven competitors, representing five nations

The new figure is a more than 60% increase on what the group of 10 multilateral development banks (MDBs) had funnelled to poorer nations last year

The BJP is trying to compensate for the loss of 11 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha election in the State while the Congress-led INDIA bloc has fallen apart barely five months after the polls

She called the book a “space pastoral” about six astronauts circling the Earth, which she began writing during COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns

Here is a select list of stories to start the day

'Where are the funny writers on Indian television and OTT platforms?''Where are the sitcoms?' asks Vanita Kohli Khandekar.

'Sushant Singh Rajput, a bright young lad who had a life beyond films, was probably too good for Bollywood.''To blame his death by suicide on a gang of Bollywood bullies is stretching the point too far,' argues Saibal Chatterjee.

What did Alia have that Ranbir's previous girlfriends did not? Mom Neetu Kapoor's blessings, observes Subhash K Jha.

RRR isn't the "spectacle" it is made out to be, argues Sreehari Nair.

Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam is a masterpiece, and like most masterpieces of the cinema, it's a great act of folly, observes Sreehari Nair.

I do have a dream biopic. It has as its subject Renu Saluja, the cosmically gifted editor, with a special focus on the Vidhu Vinod Chopra-Saluja-Sudhir Mishra love story, says Sreehari Nair.

I don't know how the other Friends will react to Matthew Perry's death, but I am sure a part of them will be buried with Chandler, believes passionate Friends fan A Ganesh Nadar.

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If brought into the new drug bracket, manufacturing, marketing and sale of antibiotics will be documented; patients will be able to buy antibiotics on prescription only

When Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the Nobel Prize last week, 581 clinical trials involving miRNA had been registered in the U.S. alone

While Intelsat 33e had a history of issues while in orbit, its unexpected disintegration has heightened concerns about space junk

Some of the experiments being mooted include how weightlessness can influence muscle loss on those in space, what kind of algae may be suitable as nutrients or to preserve food for longer

FMCGs should be a priority target sector for ANRF, the new public-private partnership initiative, and the BioE3 policy of the government

Scientists say the model could reduce the need for multiple ultrasounds scans once it is validated at greater scale

New studies advance our understanding of how birds produce their colourful displays – and how these traits have evolved.

However, it refuses to stay ordinance; freeze on law will trigger chaos as lakhs of students across 17 States have already written exams, it says.

Students of IIT Bombay are working towards an energy-efficient housing solution.

Three educationists, who attended a Fulbright-Nehru seminar in the U.S., share their thoughts on the American education system.

All about the fund-raising, 10k-running, humble teenager who wants a community-minded profile to get into college overseas

She gave employment to youngsters from down South and others who were visiting Chennai for employment for the first time

Have you had a cupcake today? Shitija Nahata reveals the secret behind the success of ‘The Cupcake Company'.

NABARD offers training on scientific lines to those interested

She is a pioneer in the beauty industry in India and an acknowledged expert in aromatherapy. Blossom Kochhar was in town recently with her new range of beauty products

There’s a business opportunity in every problem and this is proved by youngsters who are turning entrepreneurs even before they graduate!

Social networking sites offer users a platform to promote their abilities and allow for works to be noticed by international forums

Suryawanshi in Bengaluru is the second restaurant in the country to have started accepting bitcoins.

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft has left the International Space Station (ISS) and is on its way back to Earth. 

Union Cabinet today approved the 'Chandrayaan-4' mission, aimed at developing and demonstrating the technologies required for landing Indian astronauts on the moon and ensuring their safe return to Earth. 

Ninasam Tirugata staged two plays -- Kalandugeya Kathe and Atta Dari Itta Puli. One reads the contemporary into classical, and the other bares the present itself

While traders expect the rupee to weaken below 84, interventions from RBI have kept the currency well-supported above the psychologically important level

The reserves perked up in the reporting week as foreign currency assets (FCA) and gold holdings were up by $2.057 billion and $726 million, respectively.

 In the week ending September 27, 2024, the reserves reached an all-time high of $704.885 billion.

The decline was primarily due to a decrease in foreign currency assets by $3.511 billion, now at $612.643 billion.

The reserves shrunk by $10.746 billion during the reporting week to stand at $690.43 billion as on October 11, 2024

The central bank has sold dollars on almost all days in the last two weeks, not allowing the rupee to fall and dampening volatility