Ahmedabad: GIFT City is rapidly emerging as a preferred destination for food and beverage (F&B) businesses, with several national and international brands exploring expansion plans following a reduction in VAT and the removal of a special fee. Industry stakeholders said the easing of liquor service norms within GIFT City has also encouraged brands that had…
Nearly four years after losing the welterweight championship he held for more than three years, Kamaru Usman believes he still has enough left to become a two-division UFC champion.Saturday night’s UFC Fight Night main event at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City on July 19 against former middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis is the next…
Quote of the day by Marie Curie (AI-generated image) Marie Curie is widely quoted as saying, “Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.” It remains one of her most repeated lines, often shared as a reminder to spend less time on gossip and comparison and more time on genuine learning. Curie said…
Investigators at the scene of the killing Surat: A 34-year-old history-sheeter, Satish Ghadge alias Satish Maratha, was allegedly hacked to death by a group of around six men in Bhestan on Wednesday afternoon while he was travelling with a female friend.The attackers, who were travelling in three to four vehicles, intercepted Ghadge’s car near the…
Four young Mumbai cricketers — seam-bowling all-rounder Ayush Vartak, batter Ayaz Khan, opener Divyaansh Saksena and leg-spinner Vedant Gore — are taking part in the Delhi Capitals selection trials, which began on Monday and will run until Wednesday at the Just Cricket Academy in Bengaluru.The trials are being overseen by Delhi Capitals’ new coaching group,…
As lakhs of medical aspirants headed to NEET-UG 2026 re-examination centres, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reportedly postponed his airport departure to avoid adding to traffic congestion in Delhi. The decision coincided with one of the country’s largest entrance examinations, where more than 22 lakh candidates appeared amid heightened security measures introduced after the earlier test…
Mumbai: Bombay high court on Friday said its interim order that had lifted the ban on making of plaster of Paris (PoP) idols but did not allow their immersion without its leave, will be in force till it gives its final verdict on pleas for and against immersion of such idols in natural water bodies.Justices…
Marie Curie and her husband spent nearly four years boiling down seven tonnes of pitchblende in a leaky Paris shed with no ventilation to isolate one-tenth of a gram of radium chloride. Today, the notebooks they kept during those years, between 1899 and 1902, are kept in lead-lined boxes at the Bibliothèque nationale de France….
The wait is almost over. After a month of unforgettable goals, last-minute drama, penalty shootouts and plenty of football debates, the FIFA World Cup 2026 has come down to one final match. And what a final it is – Argentina and Spain are set to battle it out for football’s biggest prize.For fans, nights like…
Panaji: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for Goa on July 1 after widespread moderate to heavy rainfall lashed the state over the past 24 hours. Five rain gauge stations recorded over 100mm of rain. Despite the spell, Goa continues to face a 34% seasonal rainfall deficit.The state recorded an average…
