Upmanyu Patil of Swayam Shikshan Prayog emphasized the shift from cash crops to food crops, led by women farmers and highlighted decentralized, women-led models of food production.Sudarshan Suchi of Reliance Foundation underlined the need to integrate agriculture, nutrition, and sustainability into mainstream CSR. “It’s ironic that food producers are often the most nutritionally deprived. We…
NEW DELHI: A light-hearted video from the International Space Station (ISS) featuring Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla has gone viral on social media, showing the Ax-4 crew attempting to take group photos in microgravity. The video was shared by Colonel Anne McClain, who captured the crew’s playful struggle to pose mid-air.“How do we take…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid tribute to veteran marathon runner Fauja Singh, 114, who was killed in a road accident in Punjab.“Fauja Singh Ji was extraordinary because of his unique persona and the manner in which he inspired the youth of India on a very important topic of fitness. He was…
CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday summoned the IPS officer heading Chandigarh Police SIT probe into the assault on Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath in Patiala, allegedly by Punjab Police personnel. The officer has to present himself in court on Wednesday with the case record.Justice Rajesh Bhardwaj gave the directive on a plea filed…
Asia’s largest sal forest spread across 900sqkm in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum hides death beneath its green pall RANCHI/JAMSHEDPUR: Gunfire didn’t ring out in the forest. It cracked with the weight of an elephant’s scream. A six-year-old female collapsed near a stream, leg mangled, bleeding into the mud. Four days later, a 15-year-old bull dropped dead…
6 death-row convicts await J’khand high court verdict for over 3 years. HC reserved verdicts in early 2022, yet to pronounce.NEW DELHI: In an unprecedented judicial inaction causing anxiety and uncertainty to those under the shadow of death sentence, the Jharkhand high court had reserved verdicts more than three years ago on appeals filed by…
HC urged the chancellor and the state government to ensure regular appointments to the posts without further delay KOCHI: In a setback for the Kerala governor, the high court on Monday dismissed petitions challenging a single bench decision that declared ‘illegal’ the appointment of two temporary vice-chancellors for Kerala University of Digital Sciences Innovation and…
Representative imageRepresentative image SC to examine their power to interfere in quasi-judicial functionsNew Delhi: Can parliamentary and legislative committees interfere in the quasi-judicial work of the revenue department? The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine this question arising from the directions issued by a parliamentary committee in the UP Assembly in a land dispute…
NEW DELHI: In a major setback to over 1,000 assistant professors appointed in 2021 in Panjab University and Guru Nanak Dev University, the Supreme Court on Monday quashed their recruitment, observing that it was done in violation of UGC regulations.Recruitment was done for 1,091 posts of assistant professor and 67 posts of librarian. The court…
PATNA: Bihar’s 7.9 crore-strong electoral rolls could be purged of 35 lakh-odd voters after Election Commission’s ongoing special intensive revision revealed that 2.2 per cent of electors have permanently shifted out of the state, almost 1.59 per cent have died, and 0.73 per cent are enrolled in more than one place.In an official status update…