NEW DELHI: World Health Organisation (WHO) has, in its latest report on tuberculosis globally, acknowledged progress made in India to eliminate the infection.According to the report, TB incidence in India has declined by 18%, from 237 per lakh population in 2015 to 195 per lakh population in 2023. This is more than double the pace…
DEHRADUN: National Green Tribunal (NGT), in response to a report filed by amicus curiae Gaurav Bansal in the matter of forest fires in Uttarakhand, directed that “Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change be impleaded through principal secretary of environment, principal chief conservator of forest, chief wildlife warden, divisional forest officer of Dehradun and…
KANPUR: : The strange obsession to make reels claimed three lives in UP’s Etawah and Hamirpur on Friday. Two persons were run over by a train while making reels on a railway track in Ekdil area of Etawah, while a 25- year-old man was feared drowned in Hamirpur after he jumped into a river from…
KANPUR: A newborn boy, now known as Krishna, has captivated the hearts of hospital staff and onlookers across Hamirpur and Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh with his miraculous survival story. Born under uncertain circumstances and abandoned shortly thereafter, Krishna was discovered clinging to life in the branches of a tree after being thrown from a bridge…
Army had started patrolling at Demchok after informing Chinese army, in line with the arrangements finalised by both sides, defence sources had earlier said NEW DELHI: Indian govt officially confirmed Saturday that ‘verification patrolling’ has commenced in Demchok and Depsang areas along the LAC, the two friction points in India-China military standoff in eastern Ladakh,…
Representative Image (IANS Photo) GUWAHATI: Manipur‘s Thadou community rejected the colonial-era classification & post-independence bureaucratic nomenclature designating it as a constituent of Kuki group, asserting that this label was arbitrarily imposed without its explicit consent.“Thadou is a distinct ethnic group, with our own distinct language, culture, traditions, and history. Thadou is not Kuki, or underneath…
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday accused the Centre of taking away the right of reservation of the teachers in central universities and alleged that the Modi govt’s slogan ‘Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas‘ “mocks the fight for social justice by snubbing it!”“Those who are taking away the right of…
SERAIKELA: At 68, former Jharkhand CM and ex-JMM stalwart Champai Soren has chosen to go against his political guru Shibu Soren, whom he had rubbed shoulders with during the movement for Jharkhand statehood. He will now fight to stay relevant and save his legacy in the state’s political arena, especially in Kolhan region.Known as “Kolhan…
NAGPUR: Political namesakes contesting from a single constituency often confuse voters. This time, NCP (Ajit Pawar faction) has fielded Anil Deshmukh from Katol who is in no way linked to Maharashtra’s former home minister and NCP(SCP) neta Anil Deshmukh, who has represented the constituency five times – four of which were on the ‘clock’ symbol.The…
NEW DELHI: Delhi HC has directed a TV news channel to take down a YouTube video of a debate in which BJP spokesperson Sanju Verma used derogatory words against Congress‘s Shama Mohamed.HC said in its recent order that freedom of speech and expression under the Constitution was “subject to reasonable restrictions in interest of public…
