In Valmiki Basti, some residents waded through waist-deep water while others carried schoolchildren across flooded lanes on a large blue plastic sheet being used as a makeshift raft. NEW DELHI: Heavy rain lashed the national capital on Friday, inundating low-lying areas, disrupting traffic on major roads and leaving several neighbourhoods waterlogged as the India Meteorological…
Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay CHENNAI: Asserting that the party is not opposed to delimitation but seeks the exercise to be conducted fairly, DMK has decided to stay away from chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s meeting with Tamil Nadu MPs here on Saturday to discuss the Union govt’s proposed delimitation exercise and its…
Retiree files cheating case over unpaid Rs 10 lakh Ahmedabad: A 68-year-old retired resident has lodged a cheating complaint with Vastrapur police, alleging that a man known to him through family and community connections borrowed Rs 10 lakh on the pretext of arranging a bank balance for his nephew’s overseas education and later refused to…
West Bengal Commerce & Industries Minister Tapas Roy Kolkata: State govt’s industrial incentives would be linked to employment generation and not to the quantum of investment, Bengal commerce and industry minister Tapas Roy reiterated on Friday.Roy was speaking at ‘Uttoron 2025’ – a business conclave organised by Babshai Bangali Foundation.“Our industrial incentive policy will not…
Agniveer Akshay Laxman Gawate Pune: Nearly three years after Agniveer Akshay Laxman Gawate died in the line of duty on the Siachen Glacier in Oct 2023, his parents are awaiting Rs 1 crore relief from the state govt.Gawate became the first Agniveer of the Indian Army to die in the line of duty. He was…
In the last few budgets, customs duty simplification has been a focus area, with fewer slabs and correction of the inverted duty structure, where tariff on a product is lower than an input in the value chain. NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday that she will focus on lowering customs tariffs in…
NEW DELHI: Commonwealth Games 2026 gold medallist Asmita Dey is set for another major milestone in her career. The Uttar Pradesh Police is preparing to promote the Indian judoka, currently serving as a Sub-Inspector, to the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP).Asmita scripted history in Glasgow by becoming the first Indian judoka to win…
Dimple Kapadia became an overnight sensation at just 16 with her debut in Raj Kapoor’s 1973 blockbuster ‘Bobby‘, opposite Rishi Kapoor. At the time, her younger sister, Simple Kapadia, was studying at a boarding school and was stunned to discover through newspaper reports that Dimple had entered the film industry. However, Dimple’s flourishing career came…
Toronto gets its pygmy hippo calf on Sunday, born to 20-year-old mother Kindia. Toronto got its own Moo Deng as the Toronto Zoo has announced the birth of a female pygmy hippo calf to 20-year-old Kindia. The birth took place on Sunday morning and the calf took her first steps within minutes of her birth….
Milking a snake for the production of antivenom. Image Credit: Barry Rogge/Wikipedia Snakebite envenomation(condition where toxic venom is injected into a body via the bite, sting, or puncture of a venomous animal such as a snake, spider, scorpion, or insect), remains a global health issue, causing up to 100,000 deaths per year and affecting millions…
