Ahmedabad: The share of Gujarat’s children who are stunted — too short for their age, a marker of long-term nutritional deprivation — has fallen from 39.0% to 35.3% between the last two national health surveys.The share of “wasted” children or those dangerously thin for their height dropped more sharply, from 25.1% to 20.2%. Even the…
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Wednesday met Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi and leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi at Sonia’s 10 Janpath residence in the national capital.Two Congress legislators were recently inducted into the Vijay-led council of ministers. With the move, the party became part…
Times news networkPanaji/Colva: Dailon Carvalho from Ambaulim, Quepem, died life after collapsing on the field of play during an inter-village football match at Dando ground, Benaulim, on Tuesday.The 26-year-old was representing his village club, United Boys of Ambaulim, as they took on Guardian Angel SC in the quarterfinals of Cana Benaulim Soccer.“Dailon collapsed towards the…
Screen-sharing is now one of the few techniques most commonly exploited by fraudsters, said cyber cell officials Margao: Aruna Fernandes from Velim just wanted to pay her gas bill. A stranger called on WhatsApp, sent her an app, and asked her to install it. She did. Within minutes, Rs 2.2 lakh was gone — drained…
Howrah: A gold jewellery shop owner was robbed of his bag containing gold and silver ornaments worth several lakh rupees on Saturday night at Ranihati Puratan bazaar in Howrah. A youth and a jewellery trader have been detained for questioning, said police. The bag, according to the complaint, had 7 kg to 8 kg of…
Chennai: Two school boys, aged 10 and 9 years, who had come to their grandmother’s house in Irumbedu village in Kancheepuram, drowned in a pond where they had gone fishing on Thursday evening.T Saran, 10, from Navalur near Somangalam, was a Class V student at a local school. He had been staying at his grandmother’s…
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Jaipur/Ajmer: Rajasthan secured 11th position among 22 CBSE regions in the Class 12 board examination results declared Wednesday afternoon, recording an overall pass percentage of 86.78 across science, commerce and humanities streams.The Trivandrum region topped the national list once again, while Prayagraj region remained at the bottom. Ahmedabad and Pune, which were earlier part of…
ACP Vikram Nehra holds meeting Times News NetworkPanchkula: Police on Tuesday held a meeting with club and restaurant operators to strengthen law and order and ensure a safe and disciplined environment at nightlife establishments across the city. During the meeting, the police officials issued strict warnings regarding hooliganism, hookah service, loud music, drug-related activities and…
New Delhi: India’s peak power demand reached an all-time high of 252 GW on April 24, as temperatures soared across the country, pushing electricity consumption to a record level, reports Atul Mathur.According to data from Grid Controller of India, electricity demand touched 252.1 GW at 3.28 pm on Friday, up from 240.1 GW recorded on…
