NEW DELHI: India is learning to live with a hotter future. From Delhi to Mumbai, temperatures are regularly crossing 45 degrees Celsius, heatwaves are lasting longer and cities are becoming giant heat traps due to rapid urbanisation and the growing urban heat island effect.But if there is one thing Indians are famous for, it is…
India’s IAS-led bureaucracy is often compared with the United States, where no UPSC-style examination or IAS equivalent exists. Instead, a new US President can appoint roughly 4,000 political officials, while leadership positions listed in the government’s Plum Book number around 8,000–9,000. However, administrative continuity is maintained by a permanent federal workforce of more than 20…
Production on the upcoming thriller ‘Tyrant’, starring Demi Moore and Charlize Theron in lead roles, was temporarily disrupted following a shooting near the film’s Los Angeles sets.According to TMZ, the film’s cast and crew members were sent home, as a precaution following the shooting during a FIFA World Cup watch party, where one person was…
Iranian football team files complaint to FIFA over US restrictions The United States is standing by its travel restrictions on Iran’s World Cup team, with the White House official overseeing the tournament defending the measures as the Iranian soccer federation pushes ahead with a formal complaint to FIFA.Andrew Giuliani, executive director of the White House…
KOLKATA: A dry Monday night in Kolkata saw an unusual security sight as Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee entered former chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s residence carrying an umbrella, days after a series of egg attacks targeting senior TMC leaders triggered security concerns within the party.Private security personnel were seen standing with black umbrellas around Banerjee…
Chennai: Public works department minister Aadhav Arjuna said on Saturday that 90% of AIADMK cadres were ready to join TVK.An event was organised at TVK headquarters in Panaiyur near Chennai where thousands of cadres and functionaries from other parties joined TVK in the presence of party general secretary N Anand, Aadhav and senior ministers, including…
Lance Lowry (Agency photo) NEW YORK: At a Georgia state House of Representatives hearing on prison conditions in September, a corrections officer called in to testify, interrupting his shift to tell lawmakers how dire conditions had become. On a “good day,” he told lawmakers, he had maybe six or seven officers to supervise roughly 1,200…
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has proposed a change in name to Football Federation of Bharat Panaji: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has proposed a change in name to Football Federation of Bharat (FFB) and made it mandatory to play the national anthem and the national song, Vande Mataram, before all official matches…
New Delhi: More than half of the millennials aged between 30 and 44 years are overweight, and nearly one in two persons aged 45 years and above has high blood pressure, a metabolic wellness study, conducted across Delhi-NCR on 4,000 people, has found.The study screened the 4,000 people on 20 metabolic health parameters. The findings…
Gone are the days when Greater Noida used to be just an extended region. Today, the place has evolved far beyond being an affordable alternative to Delhi and Noida and in the last 10 years, world-class infrastructure, metro connectivity, expressways, and the Noida International Airport have completely changed its outlook. A number of micro-markets have…
