NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday demanded govt to declare the recent landslides in Kerala’s Wayanad a national disaster.Calling it a huge tragedy, Rahul while speaking during Zero Hour on the disaster that hit villages in Wayanad district on July 30 urged govt to provide a comprehensive rehabilitation package,…
NEW DELHI: India exported 2.6 lakh tonne of onions till July of this fiscal year, govt said Wednesday. “Govt has lifted the onion prohibition from May 4 and allowed the export with minimum export price of $550 per tonne and export duty of 40%.“Till July 31, a total quantity of 2.6 lakh tonne of onion…
MEERUT/BAREILLY: In a rural patch of Bareilly district, a shadow of fear looms large as nine women have been found murdered over the past 14 months in chillingly identical manner. Spanning a 25km radius and encompassing villages under two police stations, these gruesome discoveries have revealed a disturbing but distinct pattern. The victims, all aged…
Fair. Beautiful. Thin. These attributes once part of matrimonial ads are making way for the new beauty gauge — confidence, intelligence, emotional maturity and a touch of ‘chocolate/caramel skin’ — as society is fully primed to shift from long-held, longunquestioned societal norms. Boxed in by narrow beauty standards perpetuated by matrimonial advertisements with trite descriptors,…
NEW DELHI: Celebrated biochemist Govindarajan Padmanabhan was selected for the first ‘Vigyan Ratna’ award, the top-most science award in the country, while Isro’s Chandrayaan-3 team was selected for the first ‘Vigyan Team’ award with the govt on Wednesday announcing 33 names for the ‘Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar’ 2024 under four categories.Padma Bhushan awardee Padmanabhan is an…
NEW DELHI: The Parliament session on Wednesday was all about Vinesh Phogat’s disqualification at the Olympics. It turned into a political storm in the House, with opposition parties talking about sabotage and questioning officials for their alleged failure to save the wrestler from slipping up on the protocol and challenge her subsequent disqualification.Both Houses witnessed…
Both JD Vance and Kamala Harris landed at the same airport in Wisconsin on Wednesday around the same time. But then something ‘weird’ happened on the tarmac as JD Vance walked over to Air Force Two — vice president Kamala Harris’ plane. The reporters who were travelling with Kamala Harris-Tim Walz were surprised and JD…
JAMMU: The intensive combing operation launched in the upper reaches of J&K’s Udhampur district — after security forces cornered a group of three to four terrorists in the dense forests of Basantgarh, leading to a shootout amid heavy rain Tuesday afternoon — entered its second day on Wednesday, even as another search operation was initiated…
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday said that jailed chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has written to lieutenant governor V K Saxena, stating that cabinet minister Atishi will hoist the national flag on his behalf at the Delhi government’s Independence Day function, PTI reported. However, the LG office denied receiving any such communication.The Bharatiya…
NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka secured a historic 110-run victory over India in the third ODI at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, to clinch the series 2-0 on Wednesday. This win marked Sri Lanka’s first bilateral ODI series triumph over India in 27 years.Not only that, the Indian batting lineup also struggled immensely against Sri Lankan spinners…
