NEW DELHI: “I fell to the ground and wasn’t fully conscious, but I knew what had happened,” recalled Irshad Shaikh, a 25-year-old protester who was allegedly shot by a pellet gun in the face. As people noticed him bleeding, they rushed him to Lady Hardinge Hospital on a scooter, he said.Originally from MP’s Jabalpur, Shaikh…
COIMBATORE: Around 25% of memoranda of understanding (MoUs) signed in the past have not been implemented on the ground and remain only on paper, Tamil Nadu minister for industries and investment promotion S Keerthana said on Friday, asserting that the state is taking steps to ensure youth get jobs in their own cities such as…
Delay is also affecting the supply of medicines, medical devices, surgical consumables and to government hospitals Mumbai: The All Food and Drug Licence Holders Foundation (AFDLHF) has warned that medical suppliers across the state will be on an indefinite hunger strike outside the Maharashtra Medical Goods Procurement Authority on Monday to protest long-overdue payments.In a…
A viral salary slip of an SBI manager has reignited debate over the difference between annual CTC and actual take-home pay. While the Rs 35.24 lakh figure grabbed attention online, the discussion has shifted to hidden salary components, deductions and why professionals should carefully examine compensation structures before judging the value of a job offer….
Angela Merkel said this a few months before she became German chancellor. In a July 2005 interview with the Financial Times journalists Bertrand Benoit and Andrew Gowers, she explained her approach to politics in a single sentence: “A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution.” She went on to add that anyone in…
Shipments of these key industrial components to the US during the first six months of the year were roughly 20% lower than the average recorded between 2022 and 2024. (Reuters photo) China’s exports of rare-earth magnets to the United States continue to remain significantly below levels recorded before the trade conflict, despite the truce reached…
Students sporting their favourite player’s jersey Kolkata: The state on Sunday asked all state schools which have morning classes to either declare holiday, or relax attendance, due to the post-midnight start of the Fifa WC final. The order said, “In view of the fact that the Fifa World Cup 2026 between Spain and Argentina kicks…
NEW DELHI: One of the most recognisable faces of DR Congo football was missing from the stands when the African nation held Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal to a 1-1 draw in their opening World Cup match on Wednesday.Michel Nkuka Mboladinga, better known as Lumumba Vea, could not attend the match in Houston because he is currently…
Ahmedabad: What began as a seemingly harmless Facebook advertisement promising a “pensioner card” ended up costing an 89-year-old senior orthopaedist from Satellite Rs 2.7 lakh in a sophisticated cyberfraud that exploited mobile app permissions and call forwarding to siphon money from his credit cards.Satellite police registered an FIR after the veteran doctor, who continues to…
New Delhi: Rain lashed parts of the city around 2pm Tuesday, triggering traffic congestion across several key corridors that continued till the evening rush hour. By 4pm, queues of vehicles started building up, affecting traffic for hours on key stretches, including Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway, Noida Link Road, parts of Ring Road, and key stretches in south…
