Recent Views 7 MUMBAI: The rupee closed weaker on Thursday, settling at 88.44 against the dollar, compared with 88.10 in the previous session, marking a fresh record low. The currency opened at 88.12, touched a high of 88.09 and a low of 88.45 during the day, slipping past its earlier low of 88.36 hit last…
Recent Views 9 Neeraj Chopra (Getty Images) The World Athletics Championships 2025 will be staged in Tokyo, Japan, from September 13 to 21, and India will have a 19-member squad led by Olympic and world champion Neeraj Chopra. The javelin superstar, who clinched gold in Budapest in 2023, will return to defend his crown in…
Recent Views 9 Charlie Kirk, a prominent conservative activist and close ally of US President Donald Trump, was fatally shot Thursday while speaking at Utah Valley University. As law enforcement continues its manhunt for the suspect, an odd development has added to the confusion: Screenshots circulating online show a book titled “The Shooting of Charlie…
Recent Views 10 The US government just made its biggest-ever bust of illegal e-cigarettes. Officials from the FDA and US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized a massive 4.7 million vaping products, worth about $86.5 million, during a joint operation in Chicago.Most of the shipments were coming from China, and many were disguised with vague…
Recent Views 7 You may feel pulled into different directions, and it can be overwhelming if you do not stay calm. Do not allow external noise to disturb your inner balance. Use this energy to push through tasks that need determination. Life is asking you to focus on what truly matters, even if the world…
Recent Views 12 Bengaluru: Already battling dust and vehicular emissions, the city’s air quality has taken a further beating, slipping from 28th to 36th spot in the recently released Swachh Vayu Survekshan 2025. The rankings, published by the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC), evaluate the performance of cities in implementing the…
Recent Views 9 Bengaluru: Karnataka’s fight against worsening air pollution delivered a mixed result in the latest Swachh Vayu Survekshan, released by the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP). Three of the state’s Tier 2 cities — Davanagere, Hubballi-Dharwad, and Kalaburagi — made it to…
Recent Views 12 Kottur (Vijayanagara): Sadananda Heggadal Math, an environmental activist from Kottur, raised concerns over the misleading advertising practices of telecom companies regarding their ‘monthly’ prepaid recharge plans.In a letter dated Sept 9 to the secretary of the department of telecommunication (DoT), Heggadal Math pointed out that many telecom operators are marketing prepaid plans…
Recent Views 11 SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir govt Thursday announced free houses to the families that lost their dwellings in Operation Sindoor.A govt spokesperson said, High-range Rural Development Society (HRDS) India has signed an MoU with the divisional commissioners of Jammu and Kashmir. “HRDS India will build 1,500 free houses across the UT. These…
Recent Views 12 Mangaluru: It is crucial to stand by the Constitution to preserve coexistence, rather than succumbing to the pressures of authoritarian politicians advocating for a single culture and language, said Prof Purushothama Bilimale, chairperson of the Kannada Development Authority (KDA).He was speaking at a seminar titled ‘Threats to Coexistence; Challenges to Democracy,’ organised…
