NEW DELHI: Ahead of the festive season, Bureau of Indian Standards has raised with immediate effect the hallmarking charges for gold articles to Rs 75 from Rs 45 while retaining the charge for silver at Rs 35.As per the amended norm, jewellers are required to pay a hallmarking fee of Rs 75 per article, subject…
Kehlani, Lewis Hamilton, and more lend their support to Macklemore after Ed Sheeran’s concert controversy. (Instagram) For the past couple of days, Macklemore has been making headlines after reports revealed that he had been removed from Ed Sheeran’s tour as one of the supporting acts. Following the backlash, Ed Sheeran himself issued a statement about…
A surge in clean energy in India has kept carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in check across the country NEW DELHI: A surge in clean energy in India has kept carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in check across the country’s power sector, with no growth from the first half of 2024 to the same period in 2026,…
Teqball, Kurash, Soft Tennis, Sepak Takraw and Sport Climbing. The Asian Games have always been more than a showcase of the sports that dominate television screens.From cricket and hockey to athletics, shooting, badminton and wrestling, some disciplines have a deep following in India. But Aichi-Nagoya 2026 will also put the spotlight on sports that remain…
About Leonardo DiCaprio’s $3.67 million Manhattan apartment inside a building powered by solar panels(Image Credit: Instagram) In 2008, Leonardo DiCaprio added a Manhattan apartment to his property portfolio, but the building he chose stood apart from many luxury residences in New York. Located in Battery Park City, Riverhouse was designed around environmentally conscious features, including…
Delhi had a season’s rainfall surplus of 8% in a meteorological subdivision (Haryana) NEW DELHI: The capital defied the odds this monsoon. As of Sept 16, Delhi had a season’s rainfall surplus of 8% in a meteorological subdivision (Haryana) that’s reeling under a 23% deficit and a region (northwest India) that has logged a 10%…
Rashid Khan on Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Rashid Khan has been around the India-Afghanistan rivalry long enough to have seen the balance shift. Afghanistan are no longer the side simply hoping to push the bigger teams; there is now a belief within the group that they can beat them.That belief, though, comes with some unfinished work. Ahead…
On Sept 1, the eligibility criteria for CGHS was expanded to include married sons and brothers of scheme card holders who are critically or terminally ill On Sept 7, the health ministry extended coverage of Central Govt Health Scheme (CGHS) to adopted sisters of scheme beneficiaries. On Sept 1, the eligibility criteria for CGHS was…
Rapper Macklemore has pledged to donate his USD 1 million in net earnings from supporting Ed Sheeran on his ongoing Loop Tour to organisations providing aid to Palestinians.In a lengthy statement shared on social media on Wednesday, Macklemore said the donation would be distributed among several organisations working on humanitarian relief, including the Palestine Children’s…
SC junked over 270 appeals filed by govt against such soldiers NEW DELHI: Quoting Raksha Mantri 2015 Report, which admitted that “many disabled soldiers in India are still denied disability benefits on hyper-technical reasons”, Supreme Court has pulled up Centre and the defence ministry for litigating against them in all forums of the judiciary –…