The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) Mumbai: The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) abruptly postponed its 86th annual convocation, scheduled to be held on Sunday, Aug 2. In an email sent to students after midnight on Friday, at around 12.50 am, TISS said that the convocation, had been postponed due to ‘unforeseen circumstances’….
Hawaii Man Who Knocked Out Congressional Candidate Speaks Out Democratic congressional candidate Kirill Basin appeared in a Maui courtroom in handcuffs on Tuesday after allegedly threatening people at a beach before being knocked unconscious by a trained bystander.The 40-year-old, who is running for Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional District, was remanded in custody on two counts of…
Deepti Sharma of India (Photo by Philip Brown/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: India spinner Deepti Sharma etched her name into the record books during India’s must-win Women’s T20 World Cup clash against Australia, becoming the highest wicket-taker in the history of women’s international cricket.Deepti achieved the landmark when she dismissed Australian opener Beth Mooney, who miscued…
New Delhi: Delhi govt is likely to start the process to launch rehabilitation projects in five JJ clusters in Mayur Vihar (East Delhi district), Seelampur (North East), Pitampura (Central North), Sultanpuri (North West) and Lajpat Nagar (South East) in the first week of Aug.Under the PPP project, multi-storey housing structures will be developed and the…
Surat: A 31-year-old married man has been arrested in Surat after a woman accused him of rape, sexual abuse and forcing her to terminate two pregnancies.Police said the accused lived in the same neighbourhood as the complainant. Singanpor police arrested the man based on a complaint filed by the 35-year-old woman.According to the complaint, the…
Image Credit: X/ @FloridaAtlantic Scientists have officially identified a previously unknown monkey species with vivid orange lips in the remote rainforests of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), ending years of scientific uncertainty over whether the small, isolated population represented a distinct species. The scientific findings have been published in the journal PLOS One.Named Colobus…
Yuvraj Singh and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh has given teenage batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi a new nickname – “Terminator 6” – and said he would love to mentor the youngster just as he did with India opener Abhishek Sharma.Yuvraj believes the 15-year-old is a “serious player in…
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…
Pune: About 800 hens worth Rs1.65 lakh were stolen from a tempo parked near the Shivaji Market area in Camp at around 5 am on Monday.Tempo owner Dhananjay Urad (60), a resident of Camp, lodged a complaint with the Cantonment police station. According to the police, “Urad’s tempo driver transported 1,134 hens from a poultry…
Lofty expectations have placed particular pressure on semiconductor companies and other firms that have been among the biggest beneficiaries of the artificial intelligence boom. US stock market today: Most Wall Street indices traded higher on Tuesday, although semiconductor stocks continued to face heavy selling across global markets. Oil prices also extended their decline after retreating…
