India on Thursday voiced strong concerns over the crisis in West Asia, warning that continued tensions threaten global energy supplies, maritime stability and economic security, as external affairs minister S Jaishankar urged BRICS nations to find “practical ways” to deal with geopolitical upheavals and “unilateral coercive” sanctions.Addressing the opening day of a two-day BRICS conclave,…
NEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency on Friday announced that the re-examination for NEET (UG) 2026 will be held on June 21, Sunday.The decision comes days after the agency cancelled the NEET-UG exam conducted on May 3 following allegations of irregularities, impacting lakhs of medical aspirants across the countryEarlier, the government also ordered a comprehensive…
Representative image (AI-generated) “What happens when a species disappears from the wild and we realise its importance only after it is gone?”In 2026, India stands at a striking crossroads in its wildlife story. On one side are remarkable conservation success stories showing rising number of tigers, the return of Asiatic lions in Gujarat’s Gir and…
NEW DELHI: While Brics foreign ministers and leaders of delegations jointly called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov got an exclusive meeting with the PM. Iran’s foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi separately met NSA Ajit Doval.According to an Indian readout, Lavrov briefed Modi on the progress achieved in bilateral cooperation since…
NEW DELHI: National Medical Commission has directed all medical colleges across the country to submit detailed annual disclosure reports by May 30 for renewal of MBBS seats for the 2026-27 academic session, warning that no extension will be granted beyond the deadline.In a notice issued by the Under-Graduate Medical Education Board, the NMC said all…
NEW DELHI: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday conducted searches at seven locations across Mumbai, Gurugram and Bengaluru in connection with a case registered against Reliance Communications Ltd (RCom), one of the companies under the Anil Ambani-led Reliance ADA Group.The searches were carried out at the residential premises of the then chief executive officer…
NEW DELHI: The death toll in the explosion at a firecracker factory in Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas district has risen to five after two more injured workers died during treatment, officials said on Thursday. Another 23 people are still undergoing treatment at hospitals in Dewas and Indore.Dewas Additional District Magistrate Sanjeev Jain said the two workers,…
NEW DELHI: Invoking spirituality in the multi-billion-dollar property dispute over late industrialist Sunjay Kapur’s estate, Supreme Court on Thursday reminded his mother and his wife of the transience of life and said it was always better to resolve issues amicably than fight endlessly.The court-directed mediation process hit an obstacle before it started, with Kapur’s mother,…
NEW DELHI: DG Shipping, the maritime regulator, on Thursday prohibited 366 foreign-flagged vessels from engaging Indian seafarers as they are accused of abandoning sailors – through non-payment of wages, denial of compensation in death or missing cases, subjecting crew members to undue hardships and lack of assistance in repatriation of Indian seafarers. This is a…
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: CBI has significantly widened its NEET-UG-2026 paper leak probe, with investigators now focused on a potential “insider role” even as one more suspect was arrested from Pune and a retired chemistry professor detained in Latur.As the total arrests went up to seven, sources said the investigators were trying to ascertain if the breach…
