Chennai: Eye care chain Dr. Agarwal’s Health Care on Tuesday posted a profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 55 crore, up 44.6% year-on-year from Rs 38 crore in the corresponding quarter last year.Its total income rose 23.9% to Rs 620 crore in Q1 FY27 from Rs 501 crore in the year-ago quarter. EBITDA stood at…
NEW DELHI: Before Yash Vir Singh walked up for his sixth and final throw in the men’s javelin final at Scotstoun Stadium, two voices stayed with him.One came from Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra.“You’re throwing well. Just keep it straight and believe in yourself. It’s your last throw, just make sure you don’t foul. You can…
Effects on concentration, memory Chennai: Engineering students studying courses such as computer science engineering at VIT Chennai may soon play classical board games such as Pallanguzhi or Adupuli Attam or Paramapadham at their labs and classes. The institute is planning to scientifically investigate how traditional Tamil games along with selected teachings of Tirukkural and Tirumandhiram…
HI president Dilip Tirkey (ANI Photo) BENGALURU: What began as a controversy over the Indian hockey team’s switch from its traditional blue jersey to saffron has now snowballed into a governance battle within Hockey India (HI).In a strongly worded letter to the federation’s director general (DG), Cdr RK Srivastava, HI president Dilip Tirkey has raised…
Chennai: Inspector Mohammed Buhari and home guard Srinivasan were arrested on Tuesday for extorting about ₹40 lakh from a businessman by threatening to implicate him in the 2024 murder of BSP leader K Armstrong.The two were produced before VIII metropolitan magistrate court in George Town and remanded in judicial custody.The arrests followed a complaint by…
Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem (PTI Photo) Pakistan’s Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem has found himself at the centre of growing criticism following his disappointing Commonwealth Games campaign in Glasgow, with questions now being raised not just about his form but also about the support system that surrounded him in the lead-up to the competition.The defending Commonwealth Games…
Aarthi Krishna, MD, Sundram Fasteners Chennai: Sundram Fasteners Ltd (SFL) will invest ₹400 crore this fiscal to expand manufacturing capacity across automotive and industrial segments. The auto components major reported double-digit growth in revenue and net profit for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.The proposed capital expenditure is aimed at supporting rising customer demand across…
TS Galaxy’s Sipho Maseti leaves fans stunned after handling the ball outside the area in stoppage time, apparently fooled by the extra markings on a dual-purpose pitchTS Galaxy goalkeeper Sipho Maseti produced one of the most bizarre moments of the new South African Premiership season after appearing to mistake a rugby field marking for the…
Chennai: After the success of the para-athlete sports scholarship, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) and SBI Foundation have expanded the programme to support 80 para-athletes across eight paralympic disciplines.In the first phase, the scholarship was awarded to 26 athletes who collectively won 70 medals — 32 gold, 22 silver and 16 bronze — in…
Glasgow: India’s Neeraj Chopra during the men’s javelin throw final at the Commonwealth Games 2026, in Glasgow, Scotland. Chopra wins the silver medal in this event. (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary)(PTI08_01_2026_000155B) New Delhi: India finished the 2026 Commonwealth Games with 39 medals to its name – 13 gold, 17 silver and nine bronze. It placed India in…