New Delhi: Delhi High Court Friday expressed concern over equipment worth several crores lying unused in Delhi govt-run hospitals and sought a report in this regard.A special bench of justices Prathiba M Singh and Manmeet PS Arora observed that a large quantity of critical equipment, manufactured by globally acclaimed companies, was not being used in…
Welcome back to another edition of My Take 5. This week we are covering the expanding scope of the US-Iran war before Trump’s sudden halt to the strikes, again; Ukraine’s targeting of Russian e-commerce company Wildberries and why this matters; Kazakh President Tokayev’s plain-speak to Putin; migrant rush at Spanish exclaves of Ceuta and Melilla;…
Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa (PTI Photo) India’s R Praggnanandhaa settles for another draw at the Sinquefield Cup, but remains firmly in contention with three rounds left in the Grand Chess Tour event.Praggnanandhaa draws Levon Aronian of the United States in the sixth round and stays joint second with 3.5 points. Praggnanandhaa holds on despite pressure Praggnanandhaa…
Boxing Federation of India (BFI) president Ajay Singh on Sunday said a popular Indian restaurant in Glasgow has agreed to correct a map of India displayed on its premises after boxer Lovlina Borgohain pointed out that the Northeast was missing from it.Singh clarified that there was “no confrontation” with the restaurant management during the Indian…
Chennai: Every govt event chaired by Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay will be preceded by a folk performance for at least 30 minutes, School Education and Tamil Development Minister Rajmohan said on Saturday. The decision, which will be implemented through a govt order, will promote folk artists of the state and boost their employment.At a…
Delhi-NCR experienced much-needed rainfall on Tuesday evening, bringing a welcome break from the oppressive humidity (Representative image) NEW DELHI: Parts of Delhi-NCR witnessed heavy rainfall on Tuesday evening, bringing temporary relief from prevailing humid conditions.Light to moderate showers were reported across several areas of Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, and Faridabad, accompanied by overcast skies and…
For every venomous species that grabs headlines and horror-movie cameos, there are dozens of snake species quietly going about their business without a single drop of dangerous venom to their name, roughly 85 percent of the world’s snakes fall into this harmless category. These non-venomous snakes still play a genuinely important ecological role, keeping rodent,…
Divorce or separation does not happen majorly because of one single fight. More often, it’s the last straw after months, sometimes years, of things that kept piling up one on top of another, be it through the unspoken frustrations, the arguments that never really got resolved, the small hurts nobody talked about mutually.And yet, from…
Pune: A routine survey of Pune’s grasslands led to the botanical discovery of a new flower species, which was long mistaken for another.Nestled among the grass on Sus Hill, the delicate annual herb resembled Canscora alata, a slender flowering plant found across Asia and Africa with small white flowers and distinctive winged stems. But to…
The Strait of Hormuz is back in business after more than 100 days of disruption, with over 60 million barrels of crude set to leave the pipeline. Following a US-Iran peace deal, one of the world’s most important oil routes is set to reopen, releasing millions of barrels of crude that had been stuck inside…
