BHOPAL: A sex racket allegedly luring unsuspecting men into a maze of blackmail, extortion and false rape threats has taken a darker turn in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhind, where police found that one of two women arrested in the case has been undergoing treatment for HIV the past 3 years.The racket was busted nearly 3 weeks…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met US President Donald Trump for the first time in 16 months at the G7 in France, and also had formal bilateral meetings with Canadian PM Mark Carney, UK PM Keir Starmer and UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.Modi and Trump participated in an outreach session sitting next to each…
NEW DELHI: Question papers of several subjects in Ignou’s ongoing June-July 2026 term-end exams were allegedly on sale on Telegram, prompting university headquarters to formally alert regional centres across the country about touts selling papers for Rs 199, though no paper has been cancelled so far, TOI has learned. The university said it found no…
Buying cough syrup without a doctor’s prescription may no longer be possible after the Centre withdrew a decades-old exemption that allowed certain syrup formulations to be sold under relaxed regulatory conditions.The change comes months after contaminated cough syrups linked to child deaths in MP triggered a WHO alert. The health ministry has amended the Drugs…
NEW DELHI: El Nino – a climatic phenomenon associated with weak monsoon in India – may pose a risk for farming operations this year, but what provides hope is that the country could effectively manage its impact in 2023 when India reported ‘below normal’ rainfall due to strong El Nino. The year 2015, which saw…
New Delhi: A Delhi court Tuesday granted interim bail to NEET-UG 2026 paper leak accused Yash Yadav to enable him to appear for the re-examination scheduled on June 21 and attend his sister’s wedding.Special judge Vishal Gogne of Rouse Avenue Courts observed that Yadav’s “rights as a student could not be defeated by denial of…
The world suffers from a shortage of trust, not resources, and mutual trust is the most important strategic asset today, said PM Narendra Modi addressing an outreach session at G7 in France. Seated next to US President Donald Trump in the meeting, he said it’s important that sea lanes are kept safe and seafarers are…
NEW DELHI: Around 392 million children in India – nearly 92% of all children within the 0-18 age group are exposed to extreme heat, while a further 89 million children are exposed to heatwaves, according to a new UN global report that raises concern over growing vulnerability of infants and young children amid increasing frequency,…
When people first said that “doctors are just a tap away”, the phrase typically referred to the growing ease of booking appointments or consulting specialists remotely. Today, however, that idea has taken on an entirely new meaning as artificial intelligence becomes embedded in everyday life.For many people, typing symptoms into a chatbot before consulting a…
Representative image (IANS) JAMMU: Four Army personnel, including a Junior Commissioned Officer and three jawans, were injured in an accidental landmine blast while patrolling near the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera sector in J&K’s Rajouri district Tuesday.“The explosion was caused by the sudden activation of a landmine during an area domination exercise in the…