Indian hockey team players in new saffron jersey Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and former Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday criticised the decision to change the Indian hockey team’s jersey colour from its traditional blue to saffron, saying it had hurt the emotions of sports fans.The Indian men’s and women’s hockey teams will…
Ahmedabad: The city has been baking under relentless heat, but a closer look shows the burden isn’t evenly shared. Over the past fortnight, the eastern parts of the city have been around two degrees hotter than the western side, according to an analysis by city-based spacetech startup SatLeo Labs, which provides ambient heat forecasts to…
A content creator moved HC alleging that genuine creators such as him were denied access to the copyright tool NEW DELHI: Delhi high court Wednesday asked Meta to explain the criteria it follows to grant users access to its copyright management tool, Rights Manager, for Facebook and Instagram.A content creator moved HC alleging that genuine…
Emma Meline (Image Credit: GoFundMe) A Utah family’s difficult medical journey took an emotional turn when young Emma Meline was diagnosed with severe aplastic anemia just days before Christmas, and about two months later, the family learned that her 2-year-old sister was a perfect bone marrow match. According to a GoFundMe fundraiser organised by Emma’s…
Hyderabad: Continuing the rollout of its flagship Rythu Bharosa investment support scheme, the state govt released ₹1,590.02 crore to 10.68 lakh farmers owning between two and three acres of agricultural land, taking the total disbursal under the programme to over ₹4,000 crore in two phases.Agriculture minister Tummala Nageswara Rao said the financial assistance was directly…
Amritsar: A proposal to mandate the national song has sparked a fierce theological debate in Punjab, with Sikh hardliners claiming it violates their faith’s monotheism while the BJP defends it as a symbol of shared patriotism.Iman Singh Mann, working president of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar), petitioned the Akal Takht secretariat on Monday to intervene…
In a significant relief for Gautam Adani, the US Justice Department has withdrawn criminal charges and closed the securities and wire fraud against the billionaire businessman, according to a court filing cited by PTI.“The Department of Justice has reviewed this case and has decided, in its prosecutorial discretion, not to devote further resources to these…
US President Donald Trump has claimed that Washington has the Strait of Hormuz under “totally control” and described the ongoing naval blockade as a “tremendous success.” However, a very large crude carrier (VLCC) operated by Iran’s National Iranian Tanker Company has reportedly evaded the US Navy and reached the Asia-Pacific, carrying over 1.9 million barrels…
Twenty-one lives were tragically lost in a Delhi B&B fire, including twelve foreign nationals. NEW DELHI: Twenty-one people are dead. Thirteen of them were foreign nationals who had come to India seeking medical care, not a grave. And as the smoke clears over the charred shell of Flourish Stay B&B in Hauz Rani, a familiar…
New Delhi: The absence of anaemia estimates from the newly released National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-6 Fact Sheets has sparked questions among public health experts, with the government saying the indicator was excluded because of concerns over the blood-testing method used in previous survey rounds.Health Ministry officials said haemoglobin testing was not carried out in…
