A day after the Vikas Nagar fire incident, a Congress delegation met the victims Lucknow: The Congress on Thursday alleged serious lapses in emergency response and relief efforts following a fire in a slum cluster in Khurramnagar, claiming that fire services reached the spot nearly three hours after the blaze broke out.A party delegation led…
NEW DELHI: Pakistan have named a 16-member squad for their upcoming Test series against Bangladesh. Captain Shan Masood will lead a revamped side in the ongoing ICC World Test Championship cycle.Pakistan currently sit fifth on the WTC table with a 50 percent points tally and will look to climb higher against Bangladesh, who are placed…
Panaji: An Odisha man working aboard a fishing trawler suffered a medical emergency, triggering a late-night rescue effort around 200 nautical miles from Goa’s shore.The Indian Coast Guard rescued the fisherman from the Goan fishing vessel IFB Benny and rushed him to GMC, Bambolim, for treatment. The evacuation was conducted by the crew of ICGS…
Ahmedabad: On April 26, 3 lakh voters will cast their votes to elect councillors. Voting was earlier scheduled for 192 seats across 48 wards in the city, but two seats reserved for women in Vasna and Thaltej witnessed walkovers, leaving 190 seats. In the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) polls, voters cast four votes using EVMs,…
At Govt Primary School, Jai Hind Ki Dhani in Farrukhnagar, a teacher is seen teaching students of Grades 1, 2 and 3 simultaneously According to the current norms, the actual allocation of teachers is based on overall student strength rather than individual class requirements In a primary school in Farrukhnagar, a teacher was seen managing…
The hospital precinct carries a Grade II-A heritage tag MUMBAI: When municipal commissioner Ashwini Bhide visited the civic-run KEM Hospital last week, civic officials revived an old, ambitious pitch: a 42-storey hospital tower with a helipad in the sprawling Parel campus. The proposal, still on the drawing board, hinges on a crucial constraint – the…
Quote of the day by Barack Obama No matter how much time goes by, some quotes still mean something. This one by Barack Obama is one of them. It seems easy to understand at first. But if you read it carefully, it makes you think about the world and the problems people face every day…
Apple‘s Find My app has cost the city of Denver, US $3.76 million in compensation and damages. In 2022, the city’s police wrongly raided and ransacked an elderly woman’s home looking for a stolen truck and guns. According to a report by CNN, Denver police were seeking to recover a stolen truck loaded with guns,…
NEW DELHI: With a fresh round of trade negotiations between India and the US beginning in Washington, the Coalition for a GM-Free India — a network of farmers and civil society organisations — on Monday wrote to the central govt, urging it not to allow imports of genetically modified (GM) cotton seed oil, animal feed…
China’s export growth slowed sharply in March, with a year-on-year rise of just 2.5% as the Middle East war continues to cast a shadow over global demand and energy markets. The latest customs figures not only fell below expectations but also marked a sharp slowdown from the 21.8% growth seen in the first two months…
