New Delhi: Delhi health minister Pankaj Kumar Singh has issued a show-cause notice to the health and family welfare secretary over the department allegedly ignoring official directions to submit a comprehensive action plan for pending procurement of medicines, consumables and medical equipment.According to the notice, the department was first directed on May 26 to prepare…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu govt on Wednesday unveiled a youth and sports push aimed at preventing drug abuse, producing Olympic champions, and making sports a part of every day life, with a Rs 1,051-crore for the Youth Welfare and Sports Development Department. The govt has nearly doubled the allocations from Rs 572 crores last financial year.Key…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday acquitted two men convicted of the murder of a 16-year-old girl in East Midnapore while observing that ‘extrajudicial confession by a co-accused alone cannot be the basis for convicting a person’.Sk Rafijul alias Tutul and Ukil Ali alias Akil Ali were convicted on Jan 24 and 25, 2024, by…
Of the alleged Rs 59.2 lakh misappropriated, Rs 14.7 lakh has already been recovered from two defaulting committee members from Merces, Tiswadi. Panaji: The revenue department has initiated the auction of two vehicles owned by former members of the Morombi O Grande Tenant Association’s managing committee to recover the remaining Rs44.5 lakh allegedly misappropriated by…
RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra addresses a press conference on Monetary Policy Statement and Post-Monetary Policy, in Mumbai, Maharashtra. (@reservebankofindia593/Yt via PTI Photo)(PTI08_05_2026_000027B) MUMBAI: RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra said inflows from the special FCNR(B) deposit scheme for non-residents will have a temporary and limited impact on liquidity, with surplus conditions expected to ease after peaking around…
PV Sindhu vs Ayush Shetty (Photos by PTI) NEW DELHI: At 21, Ayush Shetty has already added multiple feathers to his cap. He won a bronze medal in the boys’ singles event at the 2023 World Junior Championships. Earlier this year, he became the first Indian men’s singles shuttler to win a silver medal at…
Spider-Man and MJ tie the knot, Tom Holland and Zendaya get a South Indian happy ending in viral AI wedding video Tom Holland and Zendaya‘s on-screen romance has found an unexpected new home, not in New York City or the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but at a lavish South Indian wedding.A viral AI-generated video has taken…
Georgia officials trap 866 invasive yellow-legged hornets, eradicate 44 nests this year State agriculture teams in Georgia have trapped at least 866 invasive yellow-legged hornets and destroyed 44 active nests so far this year, according to official data released by the Georgia Department of Agriculture.The figures, listed on the state’s public yellow-legged hornet eradication dashboard,…
Image Credit: US Environmental Protection Agency Plastic waste is a global threat to both the environment and public health, with over 400 million tons produced annually. Turning plastic into value-added chemicals holds significant promise, but the industrial adoption gets slowed down by the high costs of metal catalysts and how they become deactivated by additives….
It’s a beautiful piece of news for every Indian, living in India or in America. For generations of Indian-Americans living in the United States, Independence Day celebrations have been a way of staying connected to their roots. But in 2026, the celebrations received a major official recognition. Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle…
