Bengaluru: With little over a month left in the kharif window, Karnataka has managed to sow just 36.5 lakh hectares against a targeted 84.1 lakh hectares — a coverage of only 43% — agriculture department data for up to July 3 shows.The season’s uneven start, widely attributed to patchy and delayed monsoon across the state’s…
For centuries, the death of Cleopatra has been wrapped in mystery, drama, and legend. Most people know the famous version of the story. The last queen of Egypt reportedly allowed a deadly snake to bite her inside her royal chamber after the fall of her kingdom to Rome. It is one of history’s most repeated…
Kolkata: Patients across age groups have been showing symptoms of ‘shock to the respiratory defence system’ this monsoon, a condition triggered by frequent changes in ambient temperature due to the fickle weather and long periods in air-conditioned rooms. These have combined to weaken the immune system of a significant number of Kolkatans, say physicians.As a…
China has stripped six senior military officers, former financial regulator Li Yunze and recently investigated former Politburo member Ma Xingrui of their positions as lawmakers in the National People’s Congress (NPC), in the latest sign that President Xi Jinping’s sweeping anti-corruption campaign continues to target the country’s political and military establishment.According to a notice issued…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only BENGALURU: A 22-year-old woman was found dead and her boyfriend was found unconscious inside her rented house on Magadi Main Road in Bengaluru’s Byadarahalli area on Friday. The deceased, identified as S Bhavani, worked as a billing assistant at a mobile showroom nearby. Her father Srinivas approached the Byadarahalli…
Adam Hall jailed for life after deliberately infecting seven victims with HIV/Image: BBC A man in the UK has been given a life sentence after he was found guilty of infecting several young men and teenage boys with HIV, in what the court described as a deliberate and harmful pattern of abuse.Adam Hall, 43, was…
Jaipur: Poor weather conditions in Delhi NCR forced 11 flights to divert to Jaipur from 11 pm Sunday till early Monday morning. A Jaipur-bound flight from Bengaluru, IX 1526, was diverted to Bhopal Sunday night. A Jaipur-Delhi flight, 6E 2376, was diverted to Lucknow Sunday night. Passengers expressed frustration over being confined to aircraft for…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez asks the Internet not to be weird about it as she takes an injection as part of her egg freezing process. Democrat leader Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced that she opted to freeze her eggs as she decides her next political move, including the 2028 presidential election. “This is a choice that I am making…
Image generated by Playground AI LAKHIMPUR KHERI: At least eight people were killed and two others critically injured after a van collided head-on with a truck on the Sisaiya-Lakhimpur national highway on Monday, police said. The accident occurred between Unchgaon and Bharehta villages while the van was travelling from Lakhimpur to Sisaiya, according to news…
The Cauvery Water Regulation Committee has directed Karnataka to release water BENGALURU: The Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) on Tuesday directed Karnataka to release 12,000 cusecs of Cauvery water per day to Tamil Nadu for the next 15 days, amid a fresh dispute between the two states over sharing of the river water.The direction was…
