A 20-year-old with family roots in Hyderabad, has pleaded guilty to ramming a rented truck into White House security barriers and damaging property in Washington, DC, in May last year with the intent to replace the democratically elected govt with a dictatorship based on Nazi ideology. Sai Varshith Kandula, a permanent US resident, caused more…
NEW DELHI: Putting a premium on a 28-week-old fetus‘s right to life, Supreme Court Wednesday declined a 20-year-old unmarried woman’s plea to let her terminate her pregnancy, even though it had allowed rape survivors or minors to abort much beyond the 24-week outer limit prescribed under Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act. SC said, “The child…
Privatisation reduces the quality of care and worsens health outcomes of patients, a study published in Lancet suggests. The study analysed several studies conducted in high-income countries on the fallout of public hospitals being converted to for-profit or not-for-profit facilities and of services by public hospitals being outsourced.The paper published by researchers at the department…
Sankarshan Barik, a 41-year-old barber and CPI candidate from Bhubaneswar-North, offers free haircuts to voters to address pressing issues like the dumping yard problem, unemployment, and the impact on city youths. Through personal interactions, he aims to engage voters in discussions and advocate for positive change in the community. Source link
NEW DELHI: India’s trade deficit widened to a four-month high of $19.1 billion in April, as goods exports rose just over 1% to $35 billion, while imports increased over 10% to $54.1 billion.Gold imports trebled to $3.1 billion in April, from $1 billion a year ago, as prices hovered near record highs. Higher crude prices…
MUMBAI/NASHIK: While PM Modi was in the city for a road show on Wednesday to woo voters for Mumbai North East candidate Mihir Kotecha, this was countered by NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar who campaigned for MVA candidate Sanjay Dina Patil in the same constituency on the eve of Modi’s visit. Addressing a rally in…
NEW DELHI: In its reply to the EC notice, BJP not only strongly defended PM Narendra Modi‘s speeches during the poll campaign but also sought action against Congress and its allies, saying the opposition parties were trying to sow the seeds of communal disharmony and denigrate the Hindu religion for their politics of appeasement.Replying to…
NASHIK/KALYAN: PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday claimed Congress had drawn up a plan to spend 15% of the Union Budget exclusively on Muslims when it was in office and said it now plans to carry forward the same “agenda” to “appease its votebank” and divide it into a “Muslim budget” and a “Hindu budget”.“Congress us…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee announced on Wednesday that her party will support the opposition INDIA bloc from outside to form the government at the Centre. She also pledged to repeal the CAA, NRC, and UCC once the BJP government is voted out of power. Banerjee expressed doubt about…
NEW DELHI: The first day of Common University Entrance Test-Undergraduate (CUET-UG) 2024, conducted across the country barring Delhi, on Wednesday meant completion of 44.7% of the test. For the first time pen-paper mode has been used in the CUET and exams for subjects – chemistry, biology, English and general studies were conducted in four shifts,…
