LONDON: Andy Burnham promised to bring hope to the British people and purpose to the country’s floundering Labour govt as he was officially declared party leader on Friday, clearing his final hurdle to take office as prime minister on July 20.The former mayor of Greater Manchester was the only contender in the centre-left party’s leadership…
A representative image of a lifeless hand extending from beneath a white shroud NEW DELHI: A 30-year-old woman was allegedly shot dead inside her home in south Delhi’s Sangam Vihar on Thursday, with police launching a manhunt for her husband, who is accused of firing multiple rounds before fleeing.Investigators are also looking into allegations by…
Yogini Ekadashi will be celebrated on July 11, 2026. This sacred Ekadashi is dedicated to Lord Vishnu and is believed to remove hidden spiritual blocks, karmic burdens and sins. This day is a great opportunity for self-correction, charity, fasting, and prayer. In Vedic belief, karma is not just from this life. Some patterns may be…
New Delhi: Some areas in Delhi received very light rain Friday. With no significant rain activity, the heat index or feels-like temperature remained high at 48 degrees Celsius at 2:30 pm. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said there is a possibility of very light to light rain over the next seven days but it has…
Kolkata: Schools in the city are adopting artificial intelligence to check answer scripts, tabulate results, analyse performance and streamline administrative work.The Newtown School introduced AI-assisted answer-script evaluation for classes 9 and 11 in June. The system, being used for the first time by the school, will be deployed in all future exams of these two…
The exposed trenched live electrical cable Navi Mumbai: Two college girls fell unconscious after sustaining severe electric shocks from an underground exposed live electrical wire while wading through a waterlogged stretch of the Mumbai carriageway of the Sion-Panvel Highway near the Nerul flyover around 1 pm on Wednesday. The two were rushed to Dr D…
Ahmedabad: A team of doctors in the city gave a new lease of life to a premature baby born via normal delivery at just 26 weeks of pregnancy, weighing only 760 grams at birth. After 80 days of intensive treatment, the baby was discharged from hospital after attaining 1.67kg weight, said officials.Dr Munjal Kapadia, in…
Quote of the day by Neil deGrasse Tyson (AI-generated image) Most professions reward certainty. A doctor is expected to diagnose, a lawyer to argue a clear position, a manager to make a firm call. Science runs on the opposite instinct. Neil deGrasse Tyson, the astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium, put it plainly in…
New Delhi: Indian para athletes during the send-off ceremony for the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)(PTI07_20_2026_000802B) Following a vibrant opening ceremony, the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow move into their second day with Indian athletes set to compete across five sports, including several medal events. India’s biggest medal hopes on Friday…
