NEW DELHI: India’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki will raise prices across its vehicle line up by up to Rs 30,000 from next month, citing elevated inflationary pressures and a persistently adverse cost environment. Some of the other car makers indicated that they are also reviewing prices, while some have already raised it.In a regulatory filing…
Japan’s PM Sanae Takaichi Guwahati: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are likely to visit Assam for a summit from July 1 to July 3, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday.Japanese PM’s visit bears significance as violent protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in Dec 2019 forced the cancellation of…
Dame Parveen Kumar, a renowned gastroenterologist, medical educator and advocate for women in healthcare, has been awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE), one of the United Kingdom’s highest royal honours, in King Charles III’s 2026 Birthday Honours list.The GBE is the highest rank within the Most Excellent Order of…
Hyderabad: Roads and buildings minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy on Friday said the construction of the new high court building, judges’ residential quarters and Osmania General Hospital construction should be completed and the projects kept ready for inauguration by Dec 2027. Reviewing the progress of various HAM and CRF roads and hospital buildings, the minister said…
Chandigarh: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers on Saturday protested against Rajya Sabha MPs Harbhajan Singh, Ashok Mittal and Rajinder Gupta for quitting the party to join the BJP, spray-painting “gadar” (traitor) on the outer walls of their residences and burning their effigies. Protesters also raised slogans of “Punjab de gadar”.It was not yet clear whether…
Pune: Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange on Thursday reiterated that he would go on an indefinite hunger strike in Antarwali Sarati village from Saturday, even as chairman of the cabinet sub-committee formed to oversee the issue Radhakrisha Vikhe Patil said he would meet the activist on Friday to convince him to not start an agitation…
Deep-water expeditions in the Coral Sea continue to reveal how little of the ocean’s biodiversity has actually been documented. Areas that appear visually empty on sonar scans often contain dense biological communities once remotely operated vehicles descend to the seafloor. In several recent surveys, scientists working across reefs, seamounts and steep underwater slopes encountered species…
Former President Jimmy Carter was awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. One of the most memorable statements by former US president Jimmy Carter was on his faith as he penned in his 1997 book ‘Sources of Strength: Meditations on Scripture for a Living Faith’ — “We should live our lives as though Christ were coming…
New Delhi: A Supreme Court-appointed monitoring committee has urged the apex court to order a fresh crackdown on non-conforming commercial activities operating from unsafe buildings across Delhi.In a report submitted to the court recently, the committee has sought an end to the policy allowing mixed-use and commercial activities in residential buildings under the Delhi Development…
A remarkable Neolithic village, Skara Brae, was unearthed by a storm in 1850. This ancient settlement, older than the Pyramids of Giza, offers a unique glimpse into early human life. Some of the greatest discoveries start not in libraries or laboratories but in the atmosphere. It was during the winter of 1850 when a huge…
