Government to amend investment treaty to woo global players

Centre may cut local-remedy wait for foreign investors from 5 years to 1 NEW DELHI: Seeking to address a long-pending grouse of overseas investors, govt is all set to amend the model bilateral investment treaty (BIT) to allow for international arbitration one year after exhaustion of local remedies, instead of the current five-year clause that … Read more

KGMU dy registrar resigns amid probe into pvt practice charge | Lucknow News

Lucknow: Prof Sandeep Bhattacharya of the physiotherapy faculty has resigned as deputy registrar of King George’s Medical University (KGMU) amid an enquiry into allegations of private practice against him.KGMU has accepted the resignation and assigned additional charge of the post to Prof Jyoti Chopra of the anatomy department.The enquiry will continue despite Prof Bhattacharya’s resignation, … Read more

Panchang Today, August 21, 2026: Shukla Paksh 9 (Navami), Anuradha, Shubh Muhurat, Rahu Kaal and More

Panchang Today is your day’s quiet compass, a practical guide rooted in the Hindu calendar’s old wisdom. It helps you plan with precision, not guesswork, by aligning daily choices with the Moon’s mood, the Nakshatra’s nature, and the day’s shifting auspicious and inauspicious windows. In busy India, where family, work, and faith run side by … Read more

Informal search for new Tata Sons chief begins

Noel Tata kicks off Tata Sons succession search MUMBAI: Tata Trusts chairman Noel Tata is understood to have informally kicked off the search process for Tata Sons’ eighth chairman, meeting former HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh at the Taj Wellington Mews Residences in Mumbai on Wednesday, according to people aware of the meeting.The meeting, which also … Read more

Use medical tourists’ money to treat poor Indians: Panel | India News

Panel pitches cross-subsidy: Corporate hospitals urged to use rich-patient revenue to fund poorer patients’ care NEW DELHI: Revenue earned from foreign patients and affluent Indians should help fund the treatment of poorer patients, the parliamentary standing committee on health and family welfare has recommended, proposing that corporate hospitals adopt a cross-subsidisation model to make advanced … Read more

Messi and Ronaldo shirts from same collection go head-to-head at auction, with one selling for six times more | Football News

A Messi shirt gifted to former Manchester United masseur Rod Thornley has sold for more than six times the price of a Ronaldo jersey from the same collection/Credits: MatchWornShirt A Lionel Messi shirt from his Barcelona days has sold for £48,608 ($66,107) at auction, comfortably exceeding the price paid for a Cristiano Ronaldo shirt sold … Read more

‘Beef 2’ star Charles Melton sparks marriage buzz; actor hints at secret wedding to Camille Summers-Valli |

Charles Melton is a married man!The actor, who most recently starred in the hit series, ‘Beef 2’, has sparked buzz that he has secretly wed his longtime partner Camille Summers-Valli after he referred to her as his ‘wife’ in a new interview. Charles Melton sparks marriage rumours According to a report on PEOPLE, Charles seemingly … Read more

In 1971, India asked an IIT Delhi engineer to build its own sonar; decades later, his MIMO invention transformed 4G, 5G and Wi-Fi

Arogyaswami Paulraj: The Indian engineer whose MIMO breakthrough powers 4G, 5G and Wi-Fi In 1971, a naval officer was asked to solve a problem that India could not simply buy its way out of. The Indian Navy needed better anti-submarine sonar, but access to advanced foreign systems was restricted. The officer tasked with finding an … Read more