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50 artistes to pay tribute to Zakir Hussain on 1st death anniv

MUMBAI, Dec. 13 -- A year since the world stilled itself in disbelief at the passing of tabla maestro Zakir Hussain, Mumbai is preparing to reiterate the cadences he loved, shaped and shared generousl... Read More


10GWh battery plan may see stricter rules

New Delhi, Dec. 13 -- More efficient batteries with longer life cycles could be mandated to address grid stability concerns under a scheme that offers incentives to produce 10 gigawatt-hour (GWh) of u... Read More


Rising costs force India Inc. to rewrite employee perks

Mumbai, Dec. 13 -- Indian companies are rethinking the benefits they offer their staff, such as healthcare, retiral plans, wellbeing perks, and leave, as they seek to control budgets while retaining t... Read More


GST cuts, easing inflation drive rural demand revival

New Delhi, Dec. 13 -- India's rural economy expanded and recovered strongly in late 2025, with consumption, incomes and investment improving after a key tax reform and as inflation eased, a survey sho... Read More


Was this in the book?

India, Dec. 13 -- In Alexandre Dumas's 1844 tale of vengeance, sailor Edmond Dantes is framed and thrown into a hellish island prison. He escapes, reinvents himself as the Count of Monte Cristo, and e... Read More


Don't rotate your phone

India, Dec. 13 -- What are micro dramas? Anne Chan, a Hong Kong-based distributor for the medium, described them as the '90s soap-opera The Bold and The Beautiful on steroids. She said it in an interv... Read More


Strongest evidence yet found for atmosphere around super earth

New Delhi, Dec. 13 -- Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) say they have found the strongest evidence so far that a rocky planet outside our solar system may have an atmosphere - a ... Read More


New offline ID tool for Aadhaar, entities using it to have stricter checks

New Delhi, Dec. 13 -- The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has notified amendments to the Aadhaar (Authentication and Offline Verification) Regulations, 2021, introducing a new digital... Read More


intensify s.i.r. outreach, Shah tells bjp leaders

New Delhi, Dec. 13 -- Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday directed the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) office bearers to amplify outreach on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls,... Read More


Story of a fractured city

India, Dec. 13 -- Fouzia and Qazi-ud-din Ahmed started hating their son Waleed when he turned 13. His descent from being their precious firstborn, a boy at that, to a fat, ugly school dropout was quic... Read More