Harmanpreet Kaur Bhullar with President Murmu NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Monday presented 66 Padma awards at the first civil investiture ceremony for 2026 held at the Ganatantra Mandap of the Rashtrapati Bhavan.The awards were presented in the presence of Vice President C P Radhakrishnan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit…
Congress Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging the Centre to issue a white paper on question paper leaks and other irregularities in examinations conducted by the National Testing Agency over the last eight years.Singh said several students had approached him with concerns over the handling of exam-related controversies…
Brazilian triathlete Mara Flavia Araujo’s final Instagram post resurfaces after Ironman Texas swim tragedy leaves fans heartbroken (Image via Getty) The sports world woke up to heartbreaking news after Brazilian triathlete Mara Flavia Araujo lost her life during a race in the United States. She went missing during the swimming leg of the Ironman Texas…
AHMEDABAD: In an undercover operation in the US by the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC), a US-based tech professional of Gujarati origin has been arrested in Florida for allegedly attempting to exploit minors.The accused, Siddharth Sunil Kumar Patel, 41, a resident of Frisco, Texas, was taken into custody on May 14. According to a Lake…
NEW DELHI: The government has formally opened the door for exchange-based coal trading in India by notifying the Coal Exchange Rules 2026, laying down a regulatory framework for setting up and operating coal exchanges aimed at bringing greater transparency, competition and market-based price discovery to the coal sector.The rules provide for the establishment of regulated…
LUCKNOW: The Allahabad high court on Tuesday held that a second maternity leave cannot be denied merely because it is sought within two years of the first, observing that statutory rights under the law override provisions of the financial handbook. The order was passed by Justice Karunesh Singh Pawar of the high court’s Lucknow bench…
Praful Hinge, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Rajasthan Royals batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi said he wanted to answer his critics with his bat after his poor outing against Sunrisers Hyderabad pacer Praful Hinge in their earlier IPL meeting.On his IPL debut, Hinge had taken four wickets and dismissed Sooryavanshi for a duck. The young batter failed to handle a…
SRINAGAR: Lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena announced Saturday fresh talks between Ladakhi functionaries and Union home ministry on May 22, as home minister Amit Shah prepares for a two-day visit to Leh from April 30, his first since last year’s unrest over demands for statehood and Sixth Schedule safeguards.Saxena said a sub-committee for political dialogue…
It all started with Labour’s crushing setback in local elections across England, Scotland and Wales last week. The results sent shockwaves through the party and sparked an open rebellion against Prime Minister Keir Starmer, with more than 80 Labour MPs either publicly or privately demanding that he resign or announce a timetable for his departure.The…
In the district of Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu, India, a very interesting geological discovery has been made as a result of heavy rains that caused substantial soil erosion, exposing an ancient fossil bed that is around 12,000 years old. The Union Minister for the Environment, Bhupender Yadav, confirmed that this site is from the Holocene…