Union minister Kiren Rijiju announces special session of Parliament NEW DELHI: Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday announced that Parliament will convene a three-day special session from August 16 to 18 to consider the Women’s Reservation and Delimitation Bills.He clarified that the special sitting will be separate from the ongoing Monsoon Session, which commenced on…
Life-size dolls seated in a classroom PC: Fritz Schumann High in the mountains of Shikoku, in Japan’s Tokushima Prefecture, sits Nagoro, a village that once had over 300 residents and now has fewer than 30. What makes Nagoro unusual is not simply its decline, a familiar story across rural Japan, but what one resident chose…
File photo: BJP MP Sambit Patra addresses a press conference in New Delhi NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday hit back at Congress leader and leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over his allegations of police excesses during the July 20 ‘Sansad Chalo’ student protest, accusing him of spreading a “false…
Representative Image of lush urban greenery shading a busy street in Singapore (AI-generated image) As cities across the tropics search for ways to cope with rising temperatures, Singapore has increasingly turned to a familiar, low-tech solution: trees. A specific figure keeps surfacing in planning documents and public discussion: the claim that shading a street with…
Over 3,000 cases of deadly fungus Candida auris reported in US. More than 3,100 cases of Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungus that can cause life-threatening infections, have been reported across 23 states in the United States so far this year, according to the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).The…
IMA Headquarters termed the government’s August 3 Government Resolution (GR) “illegal”. NEW DELHI: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has threatened a nationwide strike if the Maharashtra government does not withdraw its recent decision permitting registration of BHMS graduates (Homepathy) who have completed the Certificate Course in Modern Pharmacology (CCMP) with the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC).In…
A political row has erupted in the UK after Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch defended the party’s decision to field former neo-Nazi Joshua Bonehill-Paine as a local election candidate, despite his past convictions for antisemitic abuse targeting former Labour MP Luciana Berger.Former MP says public office should have a higher barLuciana Berger, who was subjected to…
My husband dreamed of city living — I didn’t. – Stacy Brooks Raised in the deep forests of northern Minnesota, surrounded by deer and bears, Stacy Brooks never imagined she would enjoy living in a modern high-rise building. But after agreeing to spend one year living in the city to fulfil her husband’s long-time dream…
File photo: Members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) NEW DELHI: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Wednesday said its volunteers, along with affiliated organisations, have been carrying out rescue and relief operations in flood-hit parts of eastern Assam, claiming to have assisted more than 40,000 affected families across three districts.1,912 volunteers have been engaged…
NEW DELHI: Will the Congress crack the whip against dissidents in Punjab? With differences between state president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring and former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi becoming an embarrassing public spectacle, the Congress has sent out a strong message to disgruntled leaders in Punjab, warning of action against “sleeper cells” within its own…