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New Delhi: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed were the most prominent absentees at the gala dinner Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted on Saturday night for leaders at the 18th BRICS Summit, people familiar with the matter said. The dinner was held at Bharat Mandapam after the first day’s closed plenary on inclusive global governance, a visit to the Bharat Innovates exposition, a family photograph and a tree-planting ceremony. Russian President Vladimir Putin attended, as…

By Our Political Reporter Lucknow: Power in Uttar Pradesh is not lost in a single riot or a single survey. It is lost when the people a party once poached begin to hear their own names spoken as afterthoughts. For a decade the BJP sold Yogi Adityanath as the man who welded Hindu society into one fist—Brahmins and Thakurs at the core, non-Yadav backwards and non-Jatav Dalits as the knuckles. The fist is opening. Not because the opposition suddenly became lovable, but because the government still governs like a garrison…

Varanasi: Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), a Fortune Global 500 company and a Maharatna PSU, today signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) for two major Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects in Varanasi, with a total approved outlay of ₹69.21 crore. The initiatives will focus on enhancing public infrastructure, developing green spaces, strengthening tourism amenities and preserving the city’s rich cultural and architectural heritage. The MoU signing ceremony was held in Varanasi in the presence of…

Mumbai: Zuno General Insurance, a new-age digital insurer committed to making insurance easy, friendly and transparent, has introduced Fuel Guard, an industry-first car insurance add-on designed to give customers an additional layer of protection as India moves towards greater adoption of approved blended fuels. With increasing adoption of blended fuels, vehicle technologies are evolving too. Fuel Guard is designed to provide additional protection for specified engine and fuel-system components in the event of accidental…

Disha Eye Hospitals successfully performed East India’s first SMILE® Pro Hyperopia procedure, marking an important milestone in advanced vision correction in the region. The procedure was performed by Dr. Ayan Mohanta at Disha Eye Hospitals using SMILE® Pro technology on a 24-year-old patient. Following its recent regulatory approval in India, SMILE® Pro Hyperopia offers a minimally invasive laser vision correction option for selected patients with hyperopia, commonly known as “plus power,” with or without astigmatism.…

MUMBAI: GreenEx Environmental today hosted India’s 1st EPD Conference 2026 at Taj Lands’ End, Bandra West, Mumbai, bringing together policymakers, regulators, international EPD programme operators, sustainability experts and leading Indian and multinational manufacturing companies for a significant dialogue on the future of environmental transparency and sustainable manufacturing. The conference focused on the growing importance of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) and how credible, science-based environmental…

By Aadarsh Eshwarappa Bengaluru : The Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), one of the top-ranked private universities in India, organised a five-day filmmaking workshop as a prelude to “Cinemates 4.0,” as part of the activities for the upcoming event on 18th September, 2026. The workshop featured Aadarsh Eshwarappa, Director, Writer and Actor from the Kannada Film Industry, as the resource person. The workshop included two sessions: “The Screenplay as a Blueprint” and “Writing…