Harish Rana (L) and Aruna Shanbaug (R) NEW DELHI: “To be, or not to be: that is the question,” William Shakespeare’s famous soliloquy aptly captures the tragic dilemma surrounding Harish Rana’s life and death, who has struggled for over a decade in a vegetative condition. Invoking the Shakespearean tragedy of Hamlet, the Supreme Court announced…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that there is “no rationality” in a provision of the Social Security Code 2020, calling it “contentious.” The provision limits maternity leave for adoptive mothers to those who adopt children under three months of age.The top court has declared Section 60(4) of the Code on Social Security,…
The IPS officers were transferred as ordered by the Election Commission of India. NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday ordered the transfer of 19 senior police officers in West Bengal, marking the third consecutive day of such reshuffles in the poll-bound state.The poll body replaced the ADG/IGPs of the south and…
NEW DELHI: Movie star Rajnikanth on Tuseday expressed “gratitude to everyone” who condemned a TVK leader’s “slanderous remarks” claiming that the actor didn’t join politics as the ruling DMK family “threatened” him when he tried to enter politics.Thanking the film fraternity, his friends and fans, the actor said: “Time doesn’t speak, but it waits and…
Video of LPG carrier Nanda Devi (Video/X@ANI) NEW DELHI: Nanda Devi LPG tanker on Tuesday arrived at Vadinar (Jamnagar) port in Gujarat just a day after Shivalik reached India.The tanker, carrying 46,500 metric tonnes of LPG is set to begin a ship-to-ship (STS) transfer at the harbour, with the cargo expected to be moved to…
IT’S TIME TO TAKE CONTROLFrom scrolling addiction to memory problems, science reveals what over four hours of daily screen time does to your brain and what you can do about it.Think you’re just bad at focusing? Blame your brain’s built-in superpower — and your smartphone.Your brain isn’t a computer with fixed programming. It’s more like…
NEW DELHI: Amid lobbying by car companies, govt may end up deferring the implementation of Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency norms (CAFE 3.0) beyond April 2027. The PM’s Office has held two meetings during the last three weeks and more deliberations on the issue are planned to work out a formula that is acceptable to industry…
NEW DELHI: As the world grapples with the Strait of Hormuz crisis, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday drew parallels with the 1956 Suez Canal crisis, highlighting how India’s then-UN envoy, VK Krishna Menon, played a central role in the diplomatic efforts to resolve it.Menon later served as India’s defence minister but resigned after the…
India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Parvathaneni Harish (ANI file photo) NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday, at the United Nations, denounced Pakistani strikes on neighbouring Afghanistan during the month of Ramadan while strongly responding to Islamabad’s false allegations against India. The country’s permanent representative also flagged at the UN the rising trend and dangers of…
Udhayanidhi Stalin (File photo) NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Monday said the Dravidian ideology practised by his party, the DMK, and the principles of Islam are “fundamentally the same”, as both teach “equality, love, and generosity”.“The religion that teaches equality, love, and generosity is our Islam. The principles of Dravidian…