People uprooted by the war in Lebanon began returning to devastated towns and neighbourhoods Friday, with many finding their homes destroyed or uninhabitable and hesitant to stay for fear a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel could unravel.US President Trump said on Friday that the US had banned Israel from further bombing in Lebanon, a day…
NEW DELHI: Opposition members in the Lok Sabha questioned on Friday govt’s decision to move a bill to amend the 2023 women’s quota law before bringing the principal Act into force and sought a clarification from law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal over the procedural lapse.Congress MP K C Venugopal pointed out the law ministry’s notification…
A Derbyshire farmer takes action as influencers and tourists keep filming his Highland cows/Image: BBC A UK farmer plans to breed his highland cows to be “less photogenic” amid growing concerns over tourists and influencers getting too close to them. Alex Birch, a cattle farmer from Derbyshire, said the decision came after repeated incidents of…
Nishikant Dubey (ANI image) NEW DELHI: After Rahul Gandhi concluded his speech in Lok Sabha on Friday ‘posing a puzzle’ for MPs to consider “what happened on April 16”, BJP’s Nishikant Dubey got up to counter the Congress neta saying it is April 17 that is significant.Gandhi had already left the Parliament by then despite…
UAE traffic rules every driver must know to avoid licence suspension or cancellation / Image: File The UAE’s Federal Decree-Law No. 14 of 2024 on Traffic Regulation, enforced by the Ministry of Interior and local traffic authorities, lays down clear legal rules for suspending, cancelling, or denying the renewal of a driving licence. The law…
NEW DELHI: ‘Magician, garden and grandmom’ — Rahul Gandhi on Friday left Lok Sabha reeling with his storytelling on how his grandmother took him to their garden to remove his fear of darkness and about a magician losing his tricks after a failed act.In a banter during a debate on the bills related to women’s…
NEW DELHI: Flight operations resumed at Pune airport after the repair work was completed on “war footing” following an incident involving Indian Air Force aircraft.In a social media post on X, Union minister of state for civil aviation Murlidhar Mohol said that runway repair work at Pune airport had been completed and the air traffic…
PC: Discovering Anttarctica What makes the Antarctic continent different from all other continents on our planet is that no permanent settlements or people are living there. All other continents are populated by permanent residents, whereas no permanent settlement has formed on Antarctica at all times. The people there only come temporarily for work purposes, mostly…
NEW DELHI: NDA allies offered full support to the three bills during the Lok Sabha debate on Friday.Southern ally TDP’s floor leader Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu said his party would back the bills to pave way for delimitation and women’s reservation, based on the “guarantee” given by home minister Amit Shah and PM Modi.He referred…
NEW DELHI: After notifying April 16, 2026, as the date from which the Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023 — providing one-third seats in the House of the People and legislative assemblies of all states and UT of Delhi to be reserved for women — shall come into effect, the govt Friday notified…