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Image used for representaive purpose. File Farmers’ groups close to the government, during an interactive meeting with the Union Agriculture Ministry here on Tuesday, appreciated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent statement that his government would provide high priority to the welfare of farmers. The groups said such a stern message addressed the concerns of farmers at a time when U.S. President Donald Trump and the American administration wanted to impose “unjust tariffs” on India. Meanwhile, the Left leaning All India Kisan Sabha said Mr. Modi had ignored the welfare of farmers throughout his tenure, and his policies had pauperised the…

India’s smartphone market shipped about 70 million devices in the first half of 2025 with a 0.9 per cent year-over-year growth, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). According to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, the second quarter of the year reported growth of 7.3 per cent year-over-year by shipping 37 million smartphones. In what can be called a notable shift in India’s smartphone market in the first half of the year, Samsung surpassed Apple in the super-premium segment, devices priced around $800 (about Rs 70,000 and above).ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO According to IDC data, Samsung overtook Apple for the…

I often feel that we are living in atavistic times. Despite (or because of) the breakneck pace of human-caused change in (and to) the world, the calls seem louder than ever to return to some prelapsarian time when the planet was a better, less complicated place, at least for some of its occupants. I get it. The future can feel scary. But living in the past feels scarier, because it makes progress and growth impossible.So from a traveler’s perspective, I find it deeply heartening to observe how the past is being reevaluated and remixed around the world (an idea we…

It took 108 years after the Balfour Declaration, when the British first professed support for the establishment of a Jewish national home “in Palestine”, for London to even commit to recognising Palestinian statehood. Last month, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that Britain would recognise the state of Palestine in September, unless Israel ended the war in Gaza and took urgent measures aimed at long-term peace, based on the two-state framework. France, another close ally of Israel and an enabler of Israel’s nuclear weapons programme, also said that it would recognise Palestine in the UN General Assembly session. Canada, Australia…

The latest order is aimed at further tightening the import of jute and products made from Bangladeshi jute. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A day after India imposed a fresh round of port restrictions on a range of jute products, officials here justified the move as necessary because Bangladesh’s subsidies were “killing” local Indian industries.The items listed in Monday’s (August 11, 2025) order by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) included bleached and unbleached woven fabrics of jute or of other textile fibre, twine cordage, rope made of jute, and sacks and bags of jute that have a large…

“Wellness” is a word influencers use as a hashtag on videos of them pouring collagen into smoothies and as the theme of a celebrity chef’s new cookbook. It’s even an obsession of the US health secretary. But what does it mean to be well? That’s the question we answer this week on Explain It to Me, Vox’s call-in podcast that answers the questions that matter to you most.While the multibillion-dollar industry feels new, it’s been over a century in the making. Jonathan Stea, a clinical psychologist and author of Mind the Science: Saving Your Mental Health From the Wellness Industry,…

NewsFeed‘Thank you for dedicating your life to tell us the truth.’ Al Jazeera correspondents in Gaza, Hani Mahmoud, Hind Khoudary, Tareq Abu-Azoum, and Moath al-Kahlout, recorded these messages for their colleagues murdered by Israel.Published On 12 Aug 202512 Aug 2025

The total amount of penalty imposed by Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for violation of various market regulations surged 11 times to Rs 813.83 crore during 2024-25, compared to Rs 74.66 crore in the previous fiscal.While the amount of penalty increased substantially, the number of entities found violating different securities regulations declined 26 per cent to 463 in 2024-25, down from 629 in 2023-24, according to Sebi’s Annual Report for 2024-25. The regulator saw the highest number violations under Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices (PFUTP) category with 155 entities found flouting regulations. This was followed by 116…

(from left) Umayalpuram Sivaraman on the mridangam, vocalist Sikkil Gurucharan, Shree Sundarkumar on the kanjira and V. Sanjeev on the violin performing at the Kalyani Menon tribute concert at TAG Centre in Chennai | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran All the artistes on the stage shared the spotlight equally as Sikkil C. Gurucharan sang the niraval along the sub-main package in Poorvikalyani. When the vocalist chose ‘Kadalan Chidambaranathan’ along the opening stretch of the Tamil composition to expand upon the raga contours, vidwan Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman underscored the beauty of restrained mridangam-playing for the serene rallies. Equally pleasing was young B.…

Around 20,000 passengers have been affected by flight cancellations, delays and rerouting.Torrential rains have forced Mexico City’s main airport to suspend numerous flights for multiple hours for a second consecutive day, causing chaos in one of Latin America’s busiest travel hubs.Authorities at Benito Juarez International Airport said on Tuesday that all runways were operating again by midday, after all flights were suspended for at least four hours earlier that day. Around 20,000 passengers were affected by flight cancellations, delays and rerouting.The Mexican capital is experiencing one of its heaviest rainy seasons in years, leading to constant flooding in other parts…