Gujarat’s iconic Asiatic lion, once teetering on the edge of extinction, is roaring back stronger than ever. A fresh census reveals 891 lions now roam western India – a 32% rise from 674 recorded in 2020 – reflecting what conservationists hail as one of the most successful big cat recoveries globally.Forest officials said Wednesday that…
NEW DELHI: In what is set to become a major tourist attraction in Goa, the new Zuari Bridge will feature Eiffel Tower-inspired observatory towers with a viewing gallery.Visitors to Goa will soon be able to enjoy panoramic views from the top of the bridge. With a revolving restaurant and an art gallery, the project is…
NEW DELHI: The govt has identified 100 districts reporting high number of road crashes and has rolled out ‘Data Driven Hyperlocal Intervention (DDHI)’ to undertake measures to curb crashes and deaths. The districts are spread across 18 states — the highest (19) is in Maharashtra, followed by 18 in Uttar Pradesh and 11 in Karnataka…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Wednesday said the report of the fact-finding committee set up by Calcutta HC on the Murshidabad violence over the Waqf bill was the most damning indictment yet of the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC govt.“The report… has exposed the anti-Hindu brutality of the TMC govt in its full ugly form,” BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu…
NEW DELHI: Doing the unthinkable, a Bihar superintendent of police has filed an affidavit before Supreme Court supporting a Patna high court order granting bail to five of the eight accused convicted of murdering a village mukhiya in 2022.Sashinath Jha, mukhiya of Udapatti village in Samastipur, was killed by eight persons. After investigation by police,…
All-party delegation led by Shrikant Shinde leaves for UAE to amplify India’s message on terrorism, Pakistan’s role (Picture credit: X/@MEAIndia) NEW DELHI: An eight-member all-party delegation led by Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde departed for the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, marking the next phase of India’s international outreach to expose Pakistan’s terror links and…
Dr Krishna Ella executive chairman Bharat Biotech HYDERABAD: Vaccine maker Bharat Biotech on Wednesday said its oral cholera vaccine, Hillchol, successfully completed Phase III clinical trials demonstrating efficacy against both Ogawa and Inaba serotypes.The Hyderabad-based vaccine maker said Hillchol showed an over four-fold rise in vibriocidal antibodies—68.3% for Ogawa and 69.5% for Inaba serotypes. The…
NEW DELHI: For several times in the last few months we have heard the Congress “distance itself from Shashi Tharoor‘s remarks.” But now, in an interesting turn of events, it appears that Shashi Tharoor is distancing himself from the Congress. The gap between Congress and Tharoor, that first appeared on the surface in February this…
Listen here:Excerpts from the interview:Q: Maybe I’ll address Banu first. Why did you choose to write fiction?A: What else can I do? I cannot provide any relief to the aggrieved women who approach me with a lot of worries, sorrows and while I take up their cause, earlier as an activist and further as an…
NEW DELHI: An IndiGo flight, 6E 2142, winging its way atom Delhi to Srinagar on Wednesday evening encountered turbulence due to weather. The Airbus A321 (VT-IMD) had taken off from Delhi at 5 pm. About 45 minutes into the journey, it ran into bad weather and pilots reported the emergency to Srinagar ATC. The plane…
