AIMIM chief Owaisi opposes Shah’s 2029 UCC deadline, says BJP allies must speak up NEW DELHI: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday hit back at Union home minister Amit Shah’s announcement that BJP-led NDA governments in 21 states would implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) before 2029, questioning whether the BJP’s allies had an independent…
Former India cricketer Madan Lal reacted after the Indian women’s cricket team did not accept the Asia Cup trophy from Asian Cricket Council (ACC) chairman Mohsin Naqvi after winning the title on Sunday.Harmanpreet Kaur-led India defeated Sri Lanka by 72 runs to win a record-extending eighth Women’s Asia Cup title. However, the Indian players did…
Macron pushes EU-wide social media ban. French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday reiterated his commitment to protecting children online and called on the European Union to quickly harmonise a ban on social media use for children under 15.“From the very first day, I made a commitment: to protect our children online. We will see it…
People collect water from a glacier at Everest base camp, Nepal (Reuters) The Himalayas are approaching a critical tipping point as accelerating glacier loss threatens to reshape water availability, increase the risk of floods and landslides, and put millions of livelihoods and vital economic infrastructure across south asia at risk, a new study has warned.The…
NEW DELHI: Swatantra Bhardwaj told a Delhi court on Monday that his arrest was politically motivated and claimed that it was the complainant who attacked him during the incident at Jantar Mantar in July, Bar and Bench reported.Bhardwaj’s counsel Umesh Sharma made the submission while seeking bail for Bhardwaj, who is accused of assaulting the…
Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts after defeating Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands in their third round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (AP) Last time none of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic were in the top 10 of the ATP rankings, George W…
The new home has also given him a quieter place to continue playing music In January 2024, homeless man Rhys Wynne-Jones walked into St. Mary’s Church in Penzance, England, on a freezing night and asked if he could play its piano. His performance of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” was recorded by a volunteer and posted on…
Maharashtra govt aims to table UCC bill during assembly winter session The Maharashtra government plans to table its Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill during the winter session of the state assembly in Nagpur, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Monday. Fadnavis said the government will move ahead with the proposed legislation once the seven-member panel…
Pic credit: Instagram/ Carribie Damien Smith, a passionate South Australian surfer, and his wife, Gretchen Scinta, moved to the western coast of Yorke Peninsula to catch the waves. What they really caught was something even more precious: fresh water that’s worth bottling. Soon, the land turned them into fine-water producers, with their bottled water earning…
Image: Left/Ninia guytudori/By:Alejandro Arteaga/Right/Alejandro Arteaga/By:Kate Berry / Australia Zoo Alejandro Arteaga went into the cloud forests of Ecuador with a very specific mission, he was searching for reptiles to document for a book on the country’s extraordinary herpetological diversity. Instead, one of his field trips produced something far more significant, a snake that science had…