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BENGALURU: Twelve Indian startups and research institutions have been selected for funding and mentoring under a joint India-UK programme to develop technologies aimed at tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the environment, an increasingly recognised public health challenge.The winners were announced under the 2025-26 call of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms’ (C-CAMP) programme on…

Bengaluru daycare abuse case: FIR filed against five caregivers over alleged mistreatment of toddlers. Russia imports Indian gasoline as Ukrainian strikes trigger fuel shortages and rising prices. France-US climate row erupts after Paris official blames America’s AC culture for warming. Tamil Nadu TVK and DMK trade horse-trading allegations amid MLA poaching claims. Seven IPL teams…

NEW DELHI: A private security agency, six of whose recruits are among the eight people arrested in the Ayodhya Ram Temple donation “theft” case, on Wednesday denied any involvement in the alleged embezzlement of offerings, saying it had deployed personnel for the State Bank of India (SBI) at the bank’s request.The clarification came amid the…

Over 100 prominent personalities from India and Pakistan have appealed to PM Modi and Shehbaz Sharif to revive bilateral dialogue. NEW DELHI: More than 100 prominent personalities from India and Pakistan, including former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, have jointly appealed to Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Shehbaz Sharif to…

India Pakistan share prisoner exchange lists India and Pakistan exchanged lists of civil prisoners and fishermen in each other’s custody on Wednesday, a biannual exercise carried out under the provisions of the Agreement on Consular Access signed between the two countries in 2008.The exchange took place simultaneously through diplomatic channels in New Delhi and Islamabad,…

Abhishek Banerjee (File photo) NEW DELHI: A West Bengal BJP leader on Wednesday lodged a police complaint against Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and several others, alleging large-scale irregularities in the implementation of the “Sebaashray” programme.The initiative is Abhishek Banerjee’s flagship healthcare outreach scheme in South 24 Parganas district, which includes his…

CBI (Representative image) NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday arrested an IPS officer in connection with an alleged Rs 3 crore bribery case linked to its probe into a fake drug manufacturing racket in Puducherry.Deepak Gahlawat, a 2012-batch Haryana-cadre IPS officer, was serving as the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security’s (BCAS)…

Police have so far arrested four accused NEW DELHI: Maharashtra BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar on Wednesday claimed that state school education minister Dada Bhuse was “unaware” that the question papers of the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET), which was postponed following an alleged paper leak, had been printed in Agra.Mungantiwar said Bhuse, who belongs to the…

Mahua Moitra alleged that BJP workers threw eggs and vegetables at her office. NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Mohua Moitra on Wednesday accused Bharatiya Janata Party workers of attacking her by pelting eggs and vegetables at her office in Krishnanagar.In a post on X, Moitra shared a video in which a large crowd was seen…

The Estate Officer has directed the Delhi Gymkhana Club to submit its reply by July 7. NEW DELHI: The central government has stepped up its efforts to evict the Delhi Gymkhana Club from its 27.3-acre premises at Safdarjung Road in New Delhi, saying the land is needed for defence infrastructure, public security, governance infrastructure and…