On the International Day of Older Persons, we must look beyond longevity and ask a more important question: How are our older people living?Oct 1 is observed as the International Day of Older Persons, a day that gives us an opportunity not merely to celebrate longevity, but to reflect on what it means to grow…
Jaisalmer: Chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma Wednesday announced a drought-relief package for Barmer and Jaisalmer, extending emergency drinking-water arrangements and tanker-based water supply in the affected areas till Dec 31.Addressing a public meeting at Bachhdau in Barmer, Sharma said the decision was taken in view of deficient rainfall and resulting problems faced by farmers, livestock…
(@IsraelMFA/X) ‘Despite being severely injured, he managed to unlock the cockpit door – allowing Israeli passengers and the Emirati crew to intervene and save all the passengers’ said Israel’s foreign ministry NEW DELHI: A Mumbaikar who completed his pilot training in Gurgaon, Captain Smit Machchhar, has emerged as the hero who helped save the lives…
Before dying from stage four ovarian cancer at age 38, New York mother Casey McIntyre arranged a final message that turned her personal loss into financial relief for tens of thousands of strangers across the United States. By December 2024, the viral memorial campaign created in her honor had raised millions of dollars. The money…
Days after the trailer of Nitesh Tiwari’s ‘Ramayana’ was unveiled in India, veteran actor Mukesh Khanna has questioned the way Lord Rama has been portrayed in the upcoming epic. He particularly criticised the action sequences and extensive use of visual effects, arguing that the character should retain the dignity associated with ‘Maryada Purushottam’.In a recent…
General:Nothing flashy, but the day has a steady hand. The Moon supports balance, and Saturn keeps things practical, so life moves in a measured way, with no wild highs and no dramatic falls.Income and spending may match each other almost exactly. That’s not a bad thing. It means the boat stays level. If you’ve been…
New Delhi: The city recorded the lowest average air quality index (AQI) this Sept in five years. The monthly average AQI this Sept was 102 against 105 in 2025 and 2024, 108 in 2023 and 104 in 2022.“The period (Jan-Sept) in 2026 witnessed the highest number of days with daily average AQI less than 200…
The Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation’s health department said the accused doctor practises electro-homeopathy and is not registered with the Maharashtra Medical Council Vasai: An eight-year-old girl died a day after she was allegedly given injections at a clinic in Vasai (E), prompting her parents to claim the treatment caused her death and police filed an FIR…
Mangaluru: One contract worker was charred to death and 12 others sustained injuries following a fire and a blast at a processing unit of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL), 20km from here, around Wednesday noon.The explosion around 12.20pm sent out a loud boom that was heard in areas 10-12km away, with thick black smoke…
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has invited bids to supply cloth bags to 105 vending machines across 17 districts under a one-year contract valued at ₹67 lakh.As a continuation of the state govt’s ‘Meendum Manjappai’ scheme launched in 2021 to enforce the blanket ban on single-use plastics, the bags will be supplied…
