Elizabeth Fry (Image: Wikipedia) A prison cell is a strange place to find a social reformer.Yet that is exactly where Elizabeth Fry spent much of her time during the early nineteenth century. While many of her contemporaries viewed prisons as places where offenders simply received the consequences of their actions, Fry saw something else. She…
India’s equity market has been “over-punished” for lacking a direct artificial intelligence (AI) play and for its exposure to rising oil prices, according to BlackRock, which said record foreign outflows and a tougher macroeconomic environment have not undermined the country’s medium- to long-term investment prospects.Natasha Sarkaria, EMEA investment strategy lead of wealth at BlackRock, was…
The teaser of Alpha, starring Alia Bhatt and Sharvari, was unveiled on Wednesday and quickly became a talking point on social media. While many fans praised the action-packed glimpse into YRF’s first female-led spy thriller, others accused the makers of borrowing scenes and ideas from international films, including the French classic La Femme Nikita and…
India’s women shone at the Australian Open Super 500 badminton tournament on Wednesday, with PV Sindhu leading the charge and teenager Tanvi Sharma registering a notable win to reach the second round.Sindhu, Tanvi Sharma, Malvika Bansod, Isharani Baruah and Tanya Hemanth all advanced to the women’s singles round of 16. However, it was a disappointing…
New Delhi: Delhi Police has filed a chargesheet in connection with the security breach at the Delhi Assembly that was reported on April 6.The accused, identified as Sarabjit Singh (37), a resident of Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh, was arrested in the case. According to the chargesheet, the incident took place around 2.10 pm when a…
BJP MLA Sanjay Kelkar, Metro officials and local industrialists during a site inspection of the proposed Integral Ring Metro alignment in Upvan on Wednesday Thane: The Rs 12,000-crore Thane Integral Ring Metro Rail Project has encountered fresh opposition, this time with industrialists from the Upvan Industrial Estate, who have objected to its proposed alignment, claiming…
Representative image generated using AI CHIKKAMAGALURU: A 55-year-old woman was found dead at her residence in Chikkamagaluru on Wednesday after she shot herself with a licensed revolver owned by her, police said.The deceased, identified as Suma, was a homemaker and lived in Halenahalli Layout in the town.According to police, the incident took place when she…
Tamil Nadu’s food system relies a lot on a workforce that rarely gets noticed. Bees. The primary pollinators of crops such as mango, coconut, sunflower and cotton, without them yields could reduce by 40%, or in some cases, 90%. Yet across the state, from Kanyakumari, the honey capital of India, to the Nilgiris, these pollinators…
Hyderabad: To improve waste management, G Srijana, commissioner, Cyberabad Municipal Corporation (CMC), ordered the effective implementation of four-way waste segregation, covering dry waste, wet waste, sanitary waste and special care waste. She also ordered the strict enforcement of the ‘No bin – no trade’ policy and called for greater accountability in waste disposal practices.During the…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only GURGAON: A female doctor was allegedly harassed, abused, threatened, and her car was damaged by two men during an incident in Gurgaon’s South City-II area on Tuesday evening. Police have arrested one person in connection with the case and are making efforts to trace the second accused. The incident…
