WARSAW: A group of Hungarian lawmakers and representatives of NGOs met on Wednesday on a dried-out sandbank of the country’s second river after the Danube to highlight the severe impact of a drought in July and August that damaged key crops. Water levels in the Tisza river dropped sharply after repeated heatwaves which also hit […]
NEW DELHI: A growing number of Indian parents are sending their children to study overseas potentially compromising their financial futures to fund their children’s international education, HSBC’s latest Quality of Life Report 2024 reveals. The Quality of Life report, based on feedback from over 11,000 respondents across 11 global markets, reveals key concerns regarding rising […]
NEW DELHI: NITI Aayog has released a new report that provides a blueprint of a rapid response system in the event of a public health emergency or pandemic. The report titled ‘Future Pandemic Preparedness and Emergency Response – A Framework for Action’ was prepared by an Expert Group constituted by the government think tank. After […]
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told the country’s Paris Paralympic Games champions that they had lived up to the expectations of countrymen who had wished them all success when they left for the Games. In an interaction with the champions, he told them they knew the country wanted them to perform and therefore […]
NEW DELHI: Afghanistan “barely play a Test or two” a year. On top of that, there has been no play on the first four days of their one-off Test against New Zealand at the Greater Noida Sports Complex ground because of persistent rain and poor ground conditions. Such a situation, though, would not have arisen […]
New Delhi: CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury died at AIIMS here on Thursday following a prolonged illness. He was 72. Yechury had been in a critical condition for the last few days and was on respiratory support. The CPI(M) had said earlier that the 72-year-old leader was being treated for an acute respiratory tract infection […]
New Delhi: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Thursday (September 12, 2024) met Russian President Vladimir Putin amid renewed efforts to find a solution to the Ukraine conflict. The meeting took place on the margins of a conclave of national security advisors of the BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) nations in St. Petersburg. During the talks, Mr. […]
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Director General (Operations and Security) Nalin Prabhat, along with Anand Jain, Additional Director General of police, Jammu, visited the Tiger Division for a high-level meeting with the General Officer Commanding (GOC) and senior officers. The visit focused on reviewing and enhancing operational and security strategies in light of upcoming events in […]
Geneva: Roughly 75 per cent of the “disengagement problems” with China are sorted out but the bigger issue has been the increasing militarisation of the frontier, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday on the lingering border row in eastern Ladakh. In an interactive session at a think-tank in this Swiss city, Jaishankar said […]
Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday held the fixed tenure of an arbitral tribunal to pass an award can be extended even after the expiry of term, saying the courts must strive to give “meaningful life” to a law to “avoid cadaveric consequences” leading to “unworkable scenarios”. The top court was dealing with conflicting judgements […]