NEW DELHI: Climate change under a high-end emissions scenario could lead to a 16.9% loss in GDP by 2070 across the Asia and Pacific region, with India projected to suffer a 24.7% GDP loss, according to a new report. Rising sea levels and decreasing labour productivity would drive the most significant losses, with lower-income and…
KOLKATA: History sheets, voluminous registers kept at police stations, profiling criminals and their aides, will now have to wipe out names of minors, random inclusions of innocent people just because they are socially and economically backward. The pre-Independence Police Regulations of Bengal, 1943, will now be amended after Supreme Court spelt out five-point guidelines in…
BENGALURU: A day after deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar suggested a potential revision of the Shakthi scheme, which provides free bus travel for women, CM Siddaramaiah on Thursday asserted there’s no move to review any of govt’s guarantee schemes.“There is no proposal (on this) at the government level. I’ll talk to Shivakumar about it,”…
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TTD chief B R Naidu suggested transfer or VRS for staff members of other religions (PTI Image) HYDERABAD: : The newly appointed chairman of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) Board, B R Naidu, on Thursday said everyone who works at Andhra Pradesh’s Tirumala, abode of Lord Venkateswara, should be Hindus. Speaking to reporters in Hyderabad, B…
SEA OF SUNSHINE: Marigold at a Navi Mumbai market on Thursday (PTI IMAGE) KOLHAPUR: Many villages in the state have been celebrating Diwali without bursting firecrackers, a practice they have been following for over a decade at least. Residents in many villages refrain from bursting crackers even during marriage functions and public festivities. Borade, a…
Representative Image (Lexica generated AI Image) HAMIRPUR: People of Sammoo village in Himachal Pradesh‘s Hamirpur district are not celebrating Diwali, a custom they have been following since many years, fearing the curse of a woman who committed Sati on Diwali day.Village elders have cautioned the younger lot that celebrations would not bode well and invite…
Odisha’s former chief minister Naveen Pattnaik BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government has downgraded the security of former chief minister Naveen Patnaik from Z to Y category, an official said on Thursday. Most of the security personnel assigned to Patnaik have been withdrawn after a high-level committee dealing with security issues of important persons recommended the downgrade…
BELAGAVI: Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) is resolute in its plans to hold a ‘black day’ rally Friday to coincide with Kannada Rajyotsava, raising concerns of potential clashes with law enforcement.Led by former MLA Manohar Kinekar and Deepak Dalavi, MES is urging Marathi-speaking people to join the silent protest, starting at Sambhaji Garden on Mahadwar Road,…
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir is now a Union Territory and everybody must accept this reality, Lt Governor Manoj Sinha said at the UT’s foundation day celebrations Thursday, adding that when it becomes a state again, that day would be celebrated as well, reports Saleem Pandit. CM Omar Abdullah,…
