Mumbai: Maharashtra Government on Monday declared desi (indigenous) cows as ‘Rajyamata-Gomata’ considering factors like their significance since Vedic period, an official notification said. The other factors include the importance of indigenous cow milk in human nutrition, ayurvedic and panchgavya treatment and use of cow manure in organic farming, the government resolution, issued by the state…
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy will inaugurate a three-day Global South Conference on Infection Prevention, Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship (G-SPARC)-2024 here on October 3. An action plan on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by the state government will be released during the conference, Dr Ranga Reddy Burri, president, Infection Control Academy and R Govind Hari,…
Aizawl: Indra Sena Reddy Nallu on Monday took oath as the Governor of Mizoram. Gauhati High Court judge Justice Nelson Sailo administered the oath of office to Nallu at the Raj Bhavan here. Nallu who is the governor of Tripura will be the holding additional charge of Mizoram during the absence of the incumbent Mizoram…
New Delhi: Effects of COVID-19 lockdowns on Earth may have reached the Moon, as lunar temperatures were found to have abnormally dipped during April-May 2020, according to a study. Maximum temperatures on the Earth’s natural satellite fell in this period, while nights were found to be cooler by nearly 8-10 degrees Celsius. The Moon could…
New Delhi: Observing that at least the Gods should be kept away from politics, the Supreme Court on Monday sought to know what was the proof that contaminated ghee was used in making Tirupati laddus. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan also asked why was there a need to make…
Kanpur: Ravindra Jadeja on Monday became the seventh Indian to take 300 Test wickets when he dismissed Khaled Mahmud in the second game against Bangladesh here. Jadeja had Mahmud caught and bowled to bring an end to Bangladesh’s first innings on day four. Bangladesh were bowled out for 233 shortly after lunch. The other Indian…
Chennai: In a veiled attack targeting the ruling DMK over the elevation of Udhayanidhi Stalin as Deputy Chief Minister, Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai has alleged that the ‘sun shines for the privileged few.’ In a post on ‘X’, Annamalai said: “The Sun shines for the privileged few & an eclipse for the rest…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday took strong note of former CJI Ranjan Gogoi being made a party to a PIL and seeking of an in-house inquiry against him for dismissing a plea earlier related to a service dispute. “How can you file a PIL with a judge as a respondent? There has to…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday termed Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a public meeting in Jammu and Kashmir as “absolutely distasteful and disgraceful”. Shah said that Kharge unnecessarily dragged the prime minister into his personal health matters by saying that he would die only after…
Beijing: The manufacturing sector in China fell into contraction territory in September, the latest survey from Caixin revealed on Monday with a manufacturing PMI score of 49.3. That’s down from 50.4 in August, and it slips beneath the boom-or-bust line of 50 that separates expansion from contraction. Incoming new orders for Chinese manufactured goods declined…
