Month: April 2025

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India has withdrawn a key trans-shipment facility granted to Bangladesh, days after the chief adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government, Muhammad Yunus, described India’s Northeast as a “landlocked” region reliant on Dhaka for access to the ocean — remarks that triggered strong diplomatic backlash.The decision, announced via a circular issued by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs on April 8, effectively ends a 2020 arrangement that had allowed Bangladesh to route its export cargo to third countries through Indian Land Customs Stations and onward to ports and airports.“It has been decided to rescind... circular...dated June 29, 2020, as amended with immediate effect. Cargo already entered into India may be allowed to exit the Indian territory as per the procedure,” the circular mentioned.The facility had enabled smoother trade for Bangladesh to Bhutan, Nepal, and Myanmar. But Indian […]

[ad_1] Devon Conway and Tilak Varma NEW DELHI: Former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif has questioned the growing trend of the ‘retired out’ tactic in the Indian Premier League, calling it more an act of frustration than strategy. His comments came after Chennai Super Kings retired out opener Devon Conway during their clash against Punjab Kings in Mullanpur on Tuesday.Conway, who was batting fluently on 69 off 49 balls, walked off in the 18th over as CSK chased a steep 220-run target. He was replaced by Ravindra Jadeja with 49 runs needed from just 13 balls. Despite the move, CSK fell short by 18 runs.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!This was the second instance this IPL season where a batter was tactically retired out. Earlier, Mumbai Indians pulled a similar move with Tilak Varma against Lucknow Super […]

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping (File Image, AP photo) The United States-China tariff war reached a new high where the Trump administration has imposed a total of 104 per cent after Beijing slapped retaliatory levies of 34 per cent. And it seems that this is going to be a never-ending saga (for at least now) as China again added new tariffs on all US products. Chinese foreign ministry said that they will impose 84% tariff on all the US products from April 10. This came hours after he released a White Paper. China has published a white paper "China’s Position on Some Issues Concerning China-US Economic and Trade Relations" on Wednesday, criticising the US for levying tariffs exceeding USD 500 billion on Chinese exports since 2018, describing it as "unilateralism and protectionism" that disrupts international […]

[ad_1] It is often said that we live in a strange world, where life seems stranger than fiction-- and rightly so. In a bizarre new development, news is that Google is now paying its top techies to do absolutely nothing.According to a recent report by Business Insider, Google is now putting some specific employees— mostly from its AI division DeepMind— on paid leaves. Yes, you read that right! The idea being that this will stop them from joining Google's competitors.The real-life golden cageThese employees are locked into contracts that prevent them from working elsewhere for months— even up to a year. It's called a "noncompete agreement," and it's being used as a strategic move to block rival companies from getting access to top AI talent.In some cases, employees are being placed on what's called “garden leave,” especially in the UK. […]

[ad_1] The cola universe in India is about to get its fizz back—this time with a hefty dose of nostalgia. Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has dusted off Campa Cola, a name that’s likely to spark memories of summer afternoons, crowded birthday parties, and those distinctly 1980s ads that felt, well, ours. The giants, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, have held their turf for decades, but Campa's revival might just bring a touch of the unexpected to the familiar battle of the bubbles.Campa - Naye India Ka Apna Thanda! (50 secs)A Nostalgic PopFor many Indians who grew up before the liberalization wave of the ’90s, Campa Cola was more than a soft drink. It was a slice of life. Those ads from the 1980s—with their vibrant montages of friends clinking glass bottles and impossibly cheerful jingles—had a way of rooting themselves in the […]

[ad_1] A young Priyansh Arya (left) with Gautam Gambhir and coach Sanjay Bhardwaj. (Special Arrangement) Around 7am on Wednesday morning, Punjab Kings (PBKS) opener Priyansh Arya called up his childhood coach Sanjay Bharadwaj, hoping for compliments for his audacious 39-ball century against the Chennai Super Kings (CSK). However, he was in for a surprise as the coach stuck to his usual self."He asked me, 'Sir, theek tha? (Was it good?)' I shouted back and asked, 'kya theek tha? (What was good?), you have done well in one match, don't get carried away,'" says Bharadwaj.The conversation didn't stop there but became a one-way street as Priyansh could only respond with just "yes sir", "no sir" for the next ten minutes. Bharadwaj, one of the doyens of the domestic circuit who has shaped careers of Gautam Gambhir, Amit Mishra, Joginder Sharma, Nitish […]

[ad_1] Sabeer Bhatia, co-founder of Hotmail, has criticized India's engineering ecosystem for fostering management-oriented graduates rather than builders and innovators, claiming that most engineers lack practical skills needed for technological advancement. "99% of Indian who graduate as engineers join management and start giving gyaan to everybody. Where is the work ethic, where they really work with their hands and really go and build some stuff?" Bhatia said during a podcast with YouTuber Singh in USA. Bhatia pointed out a fundamental issue in how India's business culture celebrates outsourcing rather than original creation. "Here, people value anybody who does work with their hands... and yet he's the software guru of India, he's the business guru of dealing in, you know, who does body shopping—not software," Bhatia remarked.Shark Tank India judge Namita Thapar responds to Bhatia’s commentsShark Tank India judge Namita Thapar […]