The MEA criticized Pakistan’s harsh crackdown on protesters in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. (PTI images) NEW DELHI: India on Friday slammed Pakistan of making an open admission of state-sponsored terrorism after a senior aide to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif acknowledged that Islamabad had trained and armed Mujahideen who have now turned against the Pakistani state….
Harsh Singh, in blue, competes against Australia’s Antun Neto Pedro Carlos during a men’s 60kg semifinal judo match at the 23rd Commonwealth Games, in Glasgow, Scotland. India’s judo team assured the country of at least three silver medals at the Commonwealth Games after Asmita Dey, Harsh Singh and Yamini Mourya reached the finals of their…
Representative Image of a 3,400-year-old Bronze Age log boat discovered along the River Trent (Image credit: Derby Museums) A new exhibition opening at the University of Nottingham Museum is bringing together decades of archaeological work along the River Trent, one of Britain’s most extensively studied river valleys. Prehistoric Lives in the Trent Valley, curated by…
Lake Allos (French Alps), the largest natural high-altitude lake in Europe and one of the two study sites for this research. Credit: Hervé Rogissart In 1924, Arctic charr from Lake Geneva were introduced into Lake Allos. A hundred years later, scientists found that their descendants had developed different metabolic responses, even when raised under the…
Music composer Jatin Pandit has voiced his disappointment over the recreated version of Aankhon Se Tune 2.0 from Raghav Juyal‘s Bhai Tera Star Hai, saying the remix changes the essence of the original song from the 1998 film Ghulam. While he acknowledged the recreated track’s massive popularity, Pandit said its faster arrangement, dance-oriented treatment and…
Spain and Portugal could face missing their own 2030 World Cup as FIFA-UEFA battle escalates. The escalating dispute between FIFA and UEFA over Gianni Infantino’s controversial World Cup investment proposal is no longer just a governance battle. If FIFA presses ahead with the plan and UEFA follows through on its boycott threat, an unprecedented scenario…
When time is running short, our first instinct is usually to rush. We cut corners, skip important steps and look for the quickest route to our destination. Yet haste often leads to mistakes that take far longer to fix than the time we thought we were saving. The Japanese proverb, “If in a hurry, take…
Actress and former medical student Manushi Chhillar recently reflected on the emotional strain of having to retake her medical entrance examination after the 2015 paper leak. She has spoken about it at length days after the recent protests against the NEET paper leak by students. Manushi shared how the unexpected setback tested her resilience and…
Two more deaths in Sivasagar pushed Assam’s flood toll to 80 on Friday, even as more than 2.12 lakh people across eight districts continued to grapple with the deluge.The latest figures mark an improvement from the previous day’s situation, when the flood toll stood at 78, over 3 lakh people across seven districts were affected,…
Immigration experts advise visa holders to cancel domestic travel plans amid what they called an alarming rise in the number of airport arrests. Immigration experts warned against international travel for visa holders for the time being, as several instances of foreigners denied re-entry were reported. But now, the experts are urging people to exercise caution…