BENGALURU/NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy, DK Shivakumar, are to meet Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi Wednesday night amid demands from Shivakumar’s supporters for a leadership transition in Karnataka.Shivakumar told reporters in New Delhi Tuesday, ” CM, AICC general secretaries, and I will hold a meeting to discuss party matters.”…
The breed — unique for its ability to swim and thrive in marshlands of Kutch — is among few globally adapted to coastal ecosystems RAJKOT: A herd of 33 rare Kharai camels from Singach village was grazing on mangroves on Kalubhar Tapu, an island in Arabian Sea off Gujarat’s Jamnagar Tuesday. They wandered too close…
AJMER: A judicial magistrate court in Ajmer has taken cognisance against Vikas Divyakirti, founder and managing director of Drishti IAS coaching institute, for allegedly making defamatory remarks against the judiciary, reports A petition filed by advocate Kamlesh Manowliya referred to a controversial YouTube video titled ‘IAS versus judge, who is powerful’, wherein Divyakirti discussed “jugaad”…
RAMGARH: A goods train carrying coal was stopped for over two hours so that a pregnant elephant, who was in labour on the track, could give birth to a calf undisturbed.The incident took place on a forest stretch between Barkakana and Hazaribag railway stations in Jharkhand. Since the particular track is primarily used for goods…
NEW DELHI: Global terror financing watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has raised concerns about the exploitation of e-commerce platforms and online payment services to fund terrorist activities, citing cases from India, including the 2019 Pulwama attack, in which the Jaish-e-Muhammed (JeM) bought on Amazon a chemical that was added to the RDX used to…
NEW DELHI: An average child under the age of 5 years in India spends close to 2.2 hours daily in front of screens, double the recommended limit, according to a new study.The mean screen time for children under two years of age is 1.2 hours when most guidelines stipulate that it should be completely avoided,…
KULLU: Call it a miracle in Mandi. Finding herself buried in a landslide at Sharan village in Seraj valley of Himachal’s Mandi district, a 20-year-old woman clawed out a breathing nook for herself and kept digging with her bare hands for five hours until she was found and rescued.Every second, the mound of mud, stones…
NEW DELHI: The Brics nations have rejected the European Union’s proposed carbon border tax, or the carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), calling it “unilateral, punitive and discriminatory protectionist measures”, and said the move, being made “under the pretext of environmental concerns”, would undermine their capacities to invest in just energy transitions and development priorities. India…
Dassault AviationCEO Eric Trappier (File photo) NEW DELHI: Dassault Aviation on Tuesday denied its CEO Eric Trappier made any “operational or technical” comments regarding any loss of Rafale during Op Sindoor.“In response to certain press reports quoting Dassault Aviation Chairman & CEO, Eric Trappier, about the Sindoor operation, Dassault Aviation formally denies Eric Trappier has…
MUMBAI: As the 30-day limit to submit the report of the preliminary investigation into the June 12 Air India accident in Ahmedabad to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) ends this week, there is anticipation India will release it to the public.The ICAO places no obligation on the investigating country to make the report public…