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Swarnava Chakraborty

8th Pay Commission: How much will retired employees benefit from the increased pension and arrears?

Will employees who retire before the implementation of recommendations receive arrears and enhanced pension benefits? How to understand the calculations Millions of central government employees and pensioners are currently awaiting the recommendations of the Eighth Pay Commission and the government’s subsequent actions. A key question arises: if an employee retires before the Eighth Pay Commission’s […]

Kumamoto Masters: Lakshya Sen Continues Stellar Form to Reach Semifinals; Kidambi Srikanth Exits

India’s top badminton player, Lakshya Sen, maintained his excellent momentum on Friday, storming into the men’s singles semifinals of the Kumamoto Masters Japan Super 500 tournament. It was a mixed day for India, however, as experienced shuttler Kidambi Srikanth was eliminated from the tournament after a straight-games defeat in his quarterfinal match. Lakshya Sen’s Dominance […]

Threat Email Sparks High Alert Ahead of Diljit Dosanjh’s Mumbai Gig

Punjabi singer and actor Diljit Dosanjh is currently on a nationwide tour, which includes a performance in Mumbai. Bal Malkit Singh, Executive Chairman of the Maharashtra State Punjabi Sahitya Akademi, has requested enhanced security for the Mumbai concert. He has written to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, urging an investigation into a threatening email—which warned of […]

Krishna from Mahabharat unimpressed by Ramayana; questions the ₹4,000 crore film, calling it a “spectacle of VFX.”

‘A Spectacle of VFX’: Nitish Bharadwaj, Actor from ‘Mahabharat’, Critiques Ranbir Kapoor’s ‘Ramayana’ Amidst Its Historic Box Office Success While the epic film ‘Ramayana’—directed by Nitesh Tiwari, starring Ranbir Kapoor, and produced by Namit Malhotra—is making history at the box office, veteran actor Nitish Bharadwaj has leveled sharp criticism against it. Bharadwaj, best known for […]