LONDON: With Labour losing control of 36 councils and 1,436 councillors in the local polls and finishing second with Reform UK in the Scottish parliament, embattled PM Keir Starmer brought back former Labour PM Gordon Brown and appointed him as his “special envoy on global finance and cooperation” to “work with our international allies to…
Lucknow: Deputy chief minister Keshav Maurya on Saturday directed officials to organise large-scale community yoga sessions and cleanliness drives at all Amrit Sarovar sites across the state on International Yoga Day on June 21.Maurya said the programmes should be conducted with extensive public participation to promote health, hygiene, environmental conservation and community engagement in rural…
May opens with you in your element, Gemini. Words come easily, people listen, and your name travels ahead of you like a summer breeze carrying fragrance from a flowering neem. The prediction trend is clear, the first week establishes your reputation as a strong consultant, advisor, fixer, the one who can see options others miss….
Lucknow: Story of Sarah Moin’s success in the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) is not one of just her determination but also of the support she received from advocate Amar Jain, blind by birth, dedicated to fighting for accessibility and disability rights.Born to jeweller Anil Jain and homemaker Anita Jain, Amar studied at a blind…
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi has asked its toll tax department to immediately implement the revised environment compensation charges (ECC) following a recent order of Supreme Court.The enhanced rates, which are for all commercial vehicles entering Delhi, are part of an ongoing effort to discourage polluting commercial vehicles from entering Delhi.Under the the revised…
Young footballers at Rander Sultaniya Gymkhana ground Football was still a young sport on the global stage when the first FIFA World Cup was held in 1930. Yet a small trading town on the banks of Tapi took to the game so strongly that barely 10 years later, it launched an annual tournament of its…
India Women’s captain Harmanpreet Kaur (PTI Photo/R Senthilkumar) ( India captain Harmanpreet Kaur believes the one-off women’s Test against England at Lord’s is a huge opportunity for her team to bounce back after their disappointing T20 World Cup campaign. She said a victory at the iconic venue would boost the team’s confidence and become a…
Jane Goodall (Image: Wikipedia) Some quotes feel unusual because they move against instinct. The line often attributed to Jane Goodall is one of them.When people encounter behaviour they strongly disagree with, the natural reaction is often criticism. Sometimes it is anger. Sometimes it is avoidance. In many situations, people simply stop talking to one another…
India may have enough fuel in its tanks for now but rising global crude prices combined with unchanged domestic rates are pointing towards a pressing question: How likely are petrol and diesel price hikes?The government has repeatedly assured citizens that there is no fuel shortage or rationing plan despite global energy market disruptions caused by…
Photo credit: X/@Space_Station A strong geomagnetic storm is expected to impact Earth on June 8, renewing interest in one of nature’s most spectacular phenomena, Aurora. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued a G3 (Strong) geomagnetic storm watch following the eruption of a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) from the Sun.According to NOAA…
