New Delhi: India’s billionaire figures have risen to 308 -- an increase of 24 from last year -- which indicates strong wealth creation and sustained economic momentum, according to the Hurun Research Institute’s ‘Hurun Global Rich List 2026’ released Saturday. The increase pushed India to the third position globally in terms of the number of billionaires, behind...

New Delhi: England, South Africa and West Indies are set to depart India over the weekend on chartered flights arranged by the ICC following disruption to commercial air travel due to the ongoing conflict involving US, Israel and Iran. A source told PTI that England, who went down to India in the second semifinal Thursday, are expected...

Washington: The US State Department said that it has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Israel of munitions and related support services, including 12,000 aerial bombs. The deal is worth about 151.8 million US dollars, the department said in a statement. Israel has requested to purchase 12,000 BLU-110A/B general purpose, 1,000-pound bomb bodies, reports Xinhua news...

New Delhi: Rapid changes are happening in the work sphere today with automation of routine tasks, and there is a need to focus on skills such as judgement, creativity and ethical reasoning, former UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar said Saturday. Kumar made the comments during a discussion on Knowledge as Power at the two-day Bharati Naari to...

Dubai:  Iran's president said Saturday that a demand by the United States for an unconditional surrender is a dream that they should take to their grave. President Masoud Pezeshkian made the statement in a prerecorded address aired by state television. He also apologised for Iran's attacks on regional countries, insisting that Tehran would halt them and suggesting...

New Delhi: Emirates Saturday announced that it has temporarily suspended all flights to and from Dubai until further notice, advising passengers not to travel to the airport while operations remain halted. In a statement posted on X, the airline said it will provide further updates once more information becomes available. It stressed that passenger and crew safety...

New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Saturday flagged a social media post that was circulating widely online and spreading false information about the alleged detention of an Indian national in Saudi Arabia for being an Israeli spy. The claim, shared on the social media platform X, asserted that Saudi authorities had arrested two agents linked...

A video circulating on social media shows a man in Punjab filling a 1,000-liter water tank with diesel, apparently anticipating a possible rise in fuel prices amid tensions in the Middle East. The clip has drawn mixed reactions online. While some users found the act humorous, others linked it to growing concerns over a potential spike in...

New Delhi: The Trinamool Congress would support the no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, party sources said Saturday. As Parliament meets for the second phase of the Budget session Monday, the Lok Sabha has listed for Monday a notice by the opposition to move a resolution to remove Om Birla as the speaker for allegedly...

New Delhi: In the Faridabad module case, investigators found that the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) had managed to infiltrate a medical institute and rope in doctors to carry out attacks in India. The white-collar module had managed to procure over 2,500 kilograms of ammonium nitrate and had planned on carrying out a series of attacks in and around Delhi....