MUMBAI: Parle Products retained its position as India’s Most Chosen In-Home FMCG brand for the 14th consecutive year, while Britannia once again topped the Out-of-Home rankings, showed the annual Brand Footprint India report published by Worldpanel by Numerator on Thursday.The study tracks Consumer Reach Points (CRP), a measure combining how many consumers buy a brand…
NEW DELHI: A parliamentary committee has questioned whether rising capital expenditure in India’s oil and gas sector is translating into higher domestic production, noting that crude oil output has continued to decline despite a sharp increase in investments.It has asked the petroleum ministry to submit a detailed report explaining how recent exploration reforms and newly…
Star Indians will be in action in this BWF World Championships The 2026 BWF World Championships are set to bring the biggest names in badminton to New Delhi from August 17 to 23. The tournament will mark the 30th edition of the prestigious event and will return to India for the first time since 2009….
A rainbow of light forms because different wavelengths travel through a prism or water droplets at different angles. Scientists have now shown that sound can be made to behave in a way that splits a broadband acoustic signal into separate frequency components that travel in different directions or come to rest at different positions within…
Can factory smoke become cooking fuel? BITS Pilani researchers develop CO2-to-DME technology For decades, scientists around the world have been trying to answer one difficult question: Can carbon dioxide (CO₂), one of the biggest contributors to climate change, be turned into something useful instead of being released into the atmosphere?At the Hyderabad campus of BITS…
Sunny Deol and Preity Zinta’s ‘Batwara 1947’ is set to arrive in cinemas on August 15, coinciding with Independence Day 2026. Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi and backed by Aamir Khan, the Partition-era drama features Shabana Azmi, Ali Fazal, Karan Deol and others in key roles.Ahead of its theatrical release, filmmaker Ramesh Taurani watched the film…
When life weighs heavily on your heart, it can feel overwhelming and exhausting. Yet, Psalm 34:18 from the Bible reminds us that God is close to those who are brokenhearted. This divine presence offers solace when words fall short of expressing our hurt. Embracing our brokenness is not shameful; it’s an opportunity to turn to…
Rahul Gandhi stresses on ‘expression’ at the ‘Rachnatmak Congress National Convention’, at the Constitution Club, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said the party’s job was to make India “express itself” and claimed the BJP-led government was increasingly unsettled by people’s voices. Speaking at the Ratchnatmak Congress National…
Deficit widens 31.5% to $15bn in July, electronics exports surge 11-fold India’s trade gap widened in July as imports grew faster than exports, with the combined merchandise and services deficit rising 31.5% year-on-year to $15.03 billion, according to data released by the commerce ministry.Exports of goods and services rose 13.3% to $80.14 billion in July…
Kuldeep Yadav, Manav Suthar and Ravindra Jadeja India could field three left-arm spinners in the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle, with bowling coach Morne Morkel saying Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja and Manav Suthar offer different skills and can form an attacking bowling combination.Kuldeep brings left-arm wrist spin and an attacking option, Jadeja relies…
