The Bar Council of India encountered significant backlash for its initial directive affecting NALSAR law students HYDERABAD: A controversy over Chief Justice of India Surya Kant being invited as chief guest for NALSAR University of Law’s upcoming convocation escalated sharply, with the Bar Council of India first ordering state bar councils to withhold enrolment of…
The Reaper is used to conduct surveillance and targeted strikes, and it can cost between $30 million and $50 million The US military has reportedly lost at least 45 MQ-9 Reaper drones during its war with Iran, representing about 25 per cent of its fleetThe Reaper is used for surveillance and targeted strikes and can…
Census 2027: Centre notifies 40 questions; caste enumeration to take place 1st time since Independence NEW DELHI: The Congress on Friday questioned the Centre’s approach to caste enumeration in the upcoming Census, saying the decision not to provide a pre-prepared list of castes for respondents to choose from raised “serious doubts on intent”. The party…
Australia’s camel population is difficult to count, partly because the animals are scattered across an immense stretch of desert and semi-desert country. Estimates have placed the feral herd anywhere from about 300,000 to one million, depending on the year and the method used to survey it. Their presence is a legacy of a very different…
Former TMC MLA Nirmal Ghosh was attacked outside a West Bengal police station. He was arrested in RG Kar victim’s ‘hurried’ cremation case. NEW DELHI: Former TMC MLA Nirmal Ghosh, arrested in connection with the alleged “hurried cremation” of the RG Kar rape-murder victim, was attacked by a mob outside Khardah Police Station in West…
Surrendered women naxals walk on the ramp during a participation in a Tribal fashion show programme. NEW DELHI: For nine women from Chhattisgarh’s Naxal-affected Bastar region, the stage in Raipur offered a strikingly different kind of experience. Once part of an armed insurgency, they recently walked the ramp in handloom outfits at a National Handloom…
Bar Council of India chairman Manan Kumar Mishra is central to a recent controversy. NEW DELHI: Senior advocate and Rajya Sabha MP Manan Kumar Mishra, who has headed the Bar Council of India (BCI) for more than a decade, has found himself at the centre of a growing controversy after the council’s brief move to…
A view shows apartment complexes from an observation at N Seoul Tower in Seoul, South Korea. Reuters South Korea on Thursday unveiled a package aimed at boosting housing supply and supporting young homebuyers as the government seeks to stabilise a property market where rising prices have become a growing economic and political concern.The Financial Services…
He keeps playing while his face and neck visibly swell: The little-known condition that can appear in wind-instrument players (AI generated image) A video doing the rounds on social media captures one such moment. A man is seen playing a wind instrument at what appears to be a function. He continues performing, but something unusual…
Oracle cut 21,000 jobs last year. Another round is coming this month Oracle is lining up another round of job cuts this month, and the deadline is set by its own calendar. Managers have been asked to draw up lists of employees whose roles are being eliminated, with the company looking to bring payroll down…