Singapore: Singapore is celebrating its first athletic gold win in 49 years at the Asian Games with its Indian-origin sprinter Shanti Pereira winning the women’s 200m final in Hangzhou, China. Pereira clocked 23.03 seconds to finish the race on Monday at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium. This is the first athletics gold medal for the…
Jaipur: The Udaipur-Jaipur Vande Bharat Express averted an accident in Chittorgarh district of Rajasthan on Monday as the loco pilot noticed an iron road and stones placed on its tracks and immediately stopped the train, officials said. A North Western Railway (NWR) official said unidentified miscreants attempted to obstruct the rail route and an FIR was…
New Delhi: Serum Institute of India on Monday said the World Health Organisation (WHO) has approved a malaria vaccine, paving the way for the global roll-out of the world’s second such vaccine. The recommendation is based on pre-clinical and clinical trial data which showed good safety and high efficacy in four countries, at sites with both…
Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his British counterpart Rishi Sunak have extended greetings ahead of the inauguration of an Akshardham Temple in Robbinsville city of New Jersey, said to be the largest Hindu temple outside India in the modern era. “It is an occasion of profound spiritual significance for the vast legion of devotees…
(Dr RK Chadha) The Women’s Reservation Bill, which is called Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam was passed in the Indian Parliament on 21 September 2023 providing 33 percent reservation for women in Lok Sabha and State Assemblies. The bill is being hailed as historic and may likely empower women by giving them a voice in the…
(….Contd) I was married when I was 23. Several matches came, which I did not entertain for some reason or the other. It was Sri K.S. Bhushan Rao Indian Express Agent (Dr. K.L. Rao’s nephew) also Swatantra whom Khasa told to look for a suitable bridegroom for his daughter. The former told me about it. Though…
New Delhi: The Congress on Monday welcomed the Bihar government’s move to release the findings of a caste census and called upon the Centre to immediately conduct a similar exercise at the national level to ensure social justice and provide a firm foundation for social empowerment programmes. Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi said the caste census…
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Monday arrested one of NIA’s most wanted terrorists Mohammad Shahnawaz, accused of having links with an ISIS module, along with his two associates and seized incriminating material including those suspected to be used in IED fabrication, officials said. Shahnawaz was nabbed in Jaitpur in Delhi, while Mohammad Rizwan Ashraf and…
New Delhi: Exposure to natural light may help treat and prevent type 2 diabetes, according to a small study. The research, presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Germany from October 2-6, carried out a range of metabolic tests on a group of people with type…
Patna: The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar on Monday released findings of its much-awaited caste survey, which revealed that OBCs and EBCs constitute a whopping 63 per cent of the state’s total population. According to the data released here by Development Commissioner Vivek Singh, the state’s total population stood at a little over 13.07 crore, out…
