A postman sets off for work early in the morning from the Head Post Office in Visakhapatnam in 2022. | Photo Credit: File Photo The story so far: The Department of Posts in May proposed a framework called Digital Hub for Reference and Unique Virtual Address, or DHRUVA, which would allow for the standardisation and sharing...

The world reacted with alarm this year when Beijing introduced waves of export controls on rare earths, the minerals vital to the manufacturing of everything from cars to advanced electronics. For Japan, the experience felt like déjà vu. China maintains a near monopoly on the supply of the metals. Japan learned that the hard way...

The Bombay High Court recently declined to grant relief to two individuals accused in a major digital fraud case, ruling that the grounds of arrest were properly communicated when explained in Hindi, despite written communication being in Marathi. The accused, Akshay Kumar Meena and Sunny Lodha, were arrested by the Cyber Police after a complaint...

NEW DELHI: In a rare decision aimed at facilitating the education of a minor girl, Supreme Court on Monday approved issuance of an SC certificate based on the ‘Adi Dravida’ caste of her mother, who is married to a non-SC person, even though it is yet to adjudicate a bunch of petitions challenging the norm...

Emphasising that security, social balance, and strong law and order in the State are his government’s top priorities, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday urged citizens to remain alert and get identity verification done before employing anyone. Mr. Adityanath said decisive measures have already begun against illegal infiltrators in the State. In a...

A 22-year-old man died and two others sustained injuries following a collision between a motorcycle and a car in East Delhi’s Krishna Nagar early on Monday, police said. The incident was reported around 4.10 am, police said, adding that officers found both the two-wheeler and the red car on the spot. Officers said that Sehbaaj,...

A political row has erupted in Maharashtra after BJP MLC Chitra Wagh briefly uploaded photos of herself and other party leaders travelling to Nagpur on a luxury chartered aircraft, even as thousands of passengers across the country grapple with widespread delays and cancellations of IndiGo flights. The images, posted and swiftly deleted from her social...

TOI Correspondent from London: A British Sikh man who founded the UK’s first memorial to Sikhs who served during World War I has received an OBE from the Princess Royal at St James’s Palace for services to the commemoration of Commonwealth soldiers who served Great Britain.Capt. Jay (Jagjeet) Singh-Sohal, who founded the WW1 Sikh Memorial...

Welfare Party of India (WPI) State president Razak Paleri criticised the CPI(M) and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, accusing them of attempting to label the party as communal while conveniently overlooking the alliance that existed between them until 2019. Speaking at an election rally for United Democratic Front (UDF)-Janakeeya Munnani candidate Nasar Master in Ward 16...

Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma had formed an incredibly potent opening combination for India in the immediate months after the 2024 T20 World Cup. However, the return of Shubman Gill to the squad has resulted in Samson being displaced from the opening slot and having to often adjust anywhere in the top order to the...