In any assessment of a nation’s socio-economic progress, the health and well-being of its women and children is paramount. Undernutrition is not merely a health concern, it is fundamentally an economic and human capital issue with profound implications for a country’s development and future. Milk bank in Melghat saving infants from malnutrition Recognising this, the…
NEW DELHI: The torture inflicted on a Swiss woman in a car and her eventual murder in west Delhi’s Tilak Nagar last week has brought back memories of the Siri Fort rape case exactly two decades ago. On October 15, 2003, a Swiss diplomat posted in the city was tortured and sexually assaulted in her…
NEW DELHI: Notwithstanding the Supreme Court collegium’s nudges for notifying appointment of judges it has twice recommended for the apex court, the government seems to be in no hurry and has, instead, stressed that the apex court needs to first finalise the long-pending memorandum of procedure (MoP) that provides for conditions and timeline for appointments…
Representative image New Delhi, Motisons Jewellers, a Jaipur-based retail jeweller company, has garnered Rs 33 crore in its pre-IPO (initial public offering) funding round. The company saw participation from individual and institutional investors, including Sunil Kothari & Sons, Manish Parakh, Isha Parakh, Manish Parakh HUF, Rajesh Kumar Kabra, and Jagdamba Coal House, Prabhudas Lilladhar Advisory…
Billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has made a cheeky proposition to Wikipedia: He’s willing to donate a whopping $1 billion, but there’s a catch. Musk has humorously suggested that in exchange for his generous donation, the renowned online encyclopedia should consider changing its name to “Dickipedia.”Elon Musk, known for his ventures with companies like SpaceX,…
DEHRADUN: For the past week, commuters passing by the Parade Ground in the heart of Dehradun have had their attention drawn towards a towering 131-ft effigy of Ravana installed in the ground.According to members of the Bannu Biradari Dussehra Committee, the organisers of the festivities at the ground, the effigy of the demon king is…
NEW DELHI: Completing the task of hyping up its pitch as a viable alternative to the ruling BRS, the real Telangana battle for Congress comes now with the finalisation of the second list of candidates, with insiders expressing concern that a choice skewed in favour of “outsiders” could spoil the mood of the loyal support…
NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing war with Hamas, Israel security force, Shin Bet has established a new unit to track down every suspect involved in the brutal attack on October 7, which resulted in 1,400 Israeli lives.According to the Jerusalem Post, the new unit named Nili is an acronym ii Hebrew for “The eternity of…
The government looked to fend off the visa blowback from the diplomatic row with Canada as it signalled Sunday it might resume visa services for Canadian nationals. After foreign minister S Jaishankar said this could happen “very, very soon”, government sources here said India was reviewing the security situation that forced it to suspend visa…
KATHMANDU: An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 on the Richter scale on Sunday hit Nepal‘s capital city Kathmandu with the epicenter Dhading, according to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre.The earthquake was recorded at 7:39 am and its tremors were felt in the other districts of Bagmati and Gandaki provinces.There was no report of any…
