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New Delhi: Despite a 20 percent match fee fine and widespread criticism regarding his reaction, India pacer Mohammed Siraj seems to have put the incident with Australia’s Travis Head behind. Ahead of the third Test in Brisbane (which kickstarts on December 14), Siraj gave a positive reaction to the fine handed to him. Siraj had engaged in a verbal spat with Head during the second Test, after the bowler had given an animated send-off. But now, the dust seems to have settled. When asked about the fine, Siraj responded positively. “Yeah man, it’s all good,” was Siraj’s reaction, as reported…

New Delhi: Over the past five years, India has seen a significant rise in women’s participation in the labour force, with rural areas leading the way, new research has revealed. The study, titled ‘Female Labour Force Participation Rate: An Observational Analysis of the Periodic Labour Force Survey’, was conducted by Dr Shamika Ravi (EAC-PM) and Dr Mudit Kapoor (ISI, Delhi). It examined trends in women’s involvement in the economy from 2017-18 to 2022-23. The research analysed data from the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), which includes information from over 2.5 million people. Labour force participation rate (LFPR) is calculated as…

Mumbai: As the demand for talent continues to rise, a report on Tuesday revealed that employability among Indian graduates has seen a steady rise, reaching 54.81 per cent as per a recent test. The employability among graduates for the year is calculated from the Global Employability Test (GET) in the previous year. In the previous test, employability among Indian graduates stood at 51.25 per cent, according to Wheebox ETS India Skills Report 2025. “This decade belongs to India as a leader in global talent mobility. This decade must be focused on quality of skills training that shall make a stark…

New Delhi: Billionaire Gautam Adani-led conglomerate on Tuesday said it will use its own resources to fund a Sri Lankan port project and not seek US funding. In an exchange filing late on Tuesday, Adani Ports and SEZ Ltd said the project “is on track for commissioning by early next year” and added that the company will fund the ongoing project through “internal accruals”, aligning with its capital management strategy. The company said it has withdrawn its 2023 “request for financing from the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)”. The US International Development Finance Corp, in November last year, agreed…

New Delhi: The Opposition INDIA bloc plans to go to the Supreme Court, alleging manipulation of Electronic Voting Machines during the recent assembly election in Maharashtra. The decision was made at a meeting this evening between veteran political leader Sharad Pawar and Delhi’s former Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal. The Opposition, including Mr Pawar’s party, has sustained heavy losses in Maharashtra and with the approaching assembly election in Delhi the need was felt for some advance planning in this regard, sources indicated. Mr Kejriwal’s AAP has swept the last two assembly elections in Delhi, but this…

New Delhi: As Rajnath Singh and his top delegation of defence personnel continue their Russia visit, there are talks of a mega defence agreement between Moscow and New Delhi being in advanced stages. The deal – reportedly worth $4 billion will give a massive boost to India’s air defence infrastructure. The equipment being discussed by both sides is the advanced ‘Voronezh’ series radar which is manufactured by Russia’s Almaz-Antey Corporation, which is a specialist organisation for manufacturing anti-aircraft missile systems and radars. The Voronezh radar is a very-long-range early warning radar system with a range well over 8,000 kilometers. It…

New Delhi: India-Russia friendship is “higher than the highest mountain and deeper than the deepest ocean”, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday. Both leaders expressed that the partnership between the countries holds immense potential and combined efforts will pave the way for remarkable outcomes, an Indian readout of the meeting said. Mr Singh called on Putin after co-chairing the 21st session of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military and Military Cooperation along with Russian Defence Minister Andrey Belousov. “During the meeting, Rajnath Singh said ‘friendship between our countries is…