New update on Nolan Wells.(Image via Ocean Springs School District) Nolan Wells, the 18 year old Mississippi teen who was a wide receiver for Southwest Mississippi Community College, was found dead in the water off the northwestern tip of Horn Island on 6th July. The tragic death has sparked chaos among communities as many reports…
File photo: Delhi high court NEW DELHI: Delhi high court on Wednesday refused to stay the HPV (human papillomavirus) immunisation campaign but asked the Centre, Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation, and Indian Council of Medical Research to file separate replies in four weeks on the “justification for introducing the vaccine”.It was hearing a PIL that…
According to the government, traffickers were exploiting porous stretches of the Indo-Myanmar border, forest routes and hilly terrain NEW DELHI: Drug syndicates active in the northeast are shifting towards synthetic drugs and increasingly using social media and encrypted communication apps to coordinate cross-border smuggling, government informed Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.In a written reply, junior home…
NEW DELHI: On a day the last ‘active’ CPI(Maoist) politburo member, Misir Besra, was neutralised, Union home ministry informed Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that the count of Left-wing extremism-affected districts in the country had fallen to ‘zero’ in March 2026 from 126 prior to April 2018.In written reply to a question, MoS for home Nityanand…
There are certain words we use so often that we never stop to question them. Zebra crossing is one of them. Every day, millions of people walk across those bold white stripes without wondering why a road marking is named after an African animal. It’s such a common phrase that it feels completely natural. But…
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter criticises World Cup investment plan as fans accuse him of hypocrisy/ Image: AP Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has strongly criticised FIFA’s proposal to sell a minority stake in a new company that would manage the commercial rights to the World Cup and other major tournaments, arguing that football’s biggest…
The directory lists medical schools recognisedby the local govt or the ministry concerned, globally Thousands of students who have completed MBBS are unable to appear for any foreign licensing examination as the colleges they have graduated from have not initiated the process for an “ECFMG sponsor note” in the World Directory of Medical Schools. This…
Electronics Development Fund (representative image) NEW DELHI: Karnataka has emerged as the biggest beneficiary of the central govt’s Electronics Development Fund (EDF), accounting for 90 of the 128 companies backed under the scheme and nearly two-thirds of the total investment made by its associated venture funds.The eight “daughter funds” supported by EDF have invested Rs…
In 1997, a young artist stood in a studio in Trinidad recording vocals for what would become one of the most famous posthumous albums in music history. He was twenty-four years old, already a giant figure in hip-hop, and balancing the pressure of massive fame alongside real danger in his industry. During these sessions, Christopher…
File photo: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and Union home minister Amit Shah NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha on Wednesday plunged into bedlam after leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi blamed home minister Amit Shah for police’s alleged excesses against protesters, including firing, riling up treasury benches as Union minister Kiren Rijiju demanded that he either furnish proof…