Pune: When booth level officer (BLO) Sunita Parate knocked on the door of a family in Parvati’s Janata Vasahat on Tuesday afternoon, it marked more than just another house visit. Within minutes, the anganwadi worker-turned-BLO had verified the details of all five family members, helped them fill their enumeration forms and submitted them to the…
Lucknow: A surgeon helping abandoned patients reunite with their families, a chest physician who is also a bodybuilder and dancer, an interventional radiologist who unwinds with championship badminton, a trauma surgeon who writes poetry and penned his university’s anthem, and a cardiologist who is also a fiction novelist — doctors in the city are redefining…
Tragedy struck the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Dausa as a private bus veered off the road into a gorge after colliding with a trailer, claiming at least seven lives and injuring over 15. DAUSA: At least seven passengers were killed and over 15 others injured after a private bus travelling from Haridwar to Indore collided with…
J&K imposes odd-even rule in Gulmarg to ease traffic pressure SRINAGAR: The J&K govt Tuesday announced an odd-even traffic system in famous tourist destination Gulmarg to reduce congestion and ease pressure on the hill resort that has a parking capacity for about 1,500 vehicles but has been receiving more than 6,000 vehicles a day.Officials said…
MUMBAI: Commodity inflation driven by the West Asia war has been ‘significant’ in the June quarter and it will take a while for things to come to normalcy, said Nitin Paranjpe, chairman at Hindustan Unilever (HUL), projecting short-term growth to be hit by volatility and challenges. The conflict that dragged on for months disrupted energy…
Memorising lines is one thing. Spending months learning a string instrument, holding your breath underwater for seven minutes, or training like a professional athlete to play a character convincingly is something else entirely. These nine actors did not fake it. They actually learned it. Source link
Serena Williams celebrates winning a point against Maya Joint. (AP Photo) Serena Williams’ long-awaited return to Wimbledon ended in defeat, but the 23-time Grand Slam champion received the kind of ovation reserved for sporting royalty as Centre Court celebrated one of the greatest players in tennis history.Playing her first singles match in nearly four years,…
The day carries a golden sheen, Pisces, though it isn’t without a little mist. The Moon and Jupiter lift your public image, so respect, honour, and social appreciation are very much possible today.People might be kind to you, solicit your opinions or give you greater respect than normal. In the workplace, community environments, or in…
New Delhi: A Delhi court has denied bail to an alleged mastermind accused of operating over 200 shell companies to launder nearly Rs 150 crore and evade taxes, observing that, “tax evasion through the creation of fake firms adversely affect the economy of the country.”Holding the alleged Rs48 crore loss to the govt as a…
Alcohol meant for human consumption remains outside the ambit of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), giving states complete authority to levy and revise taxes. MUMBAI: A sharp rise in liquor sales, coupled with higher excise duties and price revisions by manufacturers, has delivered a windfall to state governments, with some states recording an 82%…
