Guwahati: Congress MLAs will boycott Himanta Biswa Sarma’s swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday at the Veterinary College Ground in Khanapara, where around one lakh people are expected.Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi told reporters in Guwahati on Monday that Congress legislators would not attend the event, describing such ceremonies as “an election stage” for BJP. Congress secured…
Candlelight tribute to Florence Nightingale at SMS hospital Monday Jaipur: On the eve of International Nurses Day (May 12), nurses commemorated the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale, founder of modern nursing, at SMS Hospital by paying a candlelight tribute to her.Rajasthan Nurses Association Jaipur district president Baldev Singh Chaudhary said nurses, faculty members and students…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake a six-day visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway and Italy beginning Friday to further deepen India’s bilateral ties amid the ongoing geopolitical upheavals.PM Modi’s first destination will be the UAE, where he will meet President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan with…
Archaeologists have discovered an extensive prehistoric ritual landscape in Northwest Arabia. This site features massive rectangular stone structures called ‘mustatils.’ These monuments are around 7,000 years old, from the Late Neolithic period, and they were built long before the Pyramids of Giza or Stonehenge. Recent digs funded by the Royal Commission for AlUla show that…
Jewellery industry body All India Jewellers & Goldsmith Federation (AIJGF) on Monday urged the government to focus on domestic gold mobilisation and recycling instead of discouraging gold purchases, warning that any sharp fall in demand could hurt livelihoods linked to the sector, PTI reported.The federation’s comments came a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed…
Veteran actor Martin Short shares profound wisdom on navigating life’s inevitable hardships. He emphasizes that while tragedy strikes, the sun rises, urging us to carry on, maintain perspective, and learn from setbacks. Short’s own experiences with profound personal losses underscore his message that true character is forged not just by survival, but by the wisdom…
“There is a ‘guess paper’ containing approximately 410 questions, out of which around 120 appeared in the Chemistry section, and we are investigating possible cheating or criminal activity based on this,” said Vishal Bansal, Additional Director General (ADG), Rajasthan Police Special Operations Group (SOG). NEET paper leak 2026: NEET UG 2026, the national medical entrance…
Vinesh Phogat (Image credit: PTI) GONDA: What was expected to be a routine domestic ranking-series wrestling tournament in Uttar Pradesh’s Gonda district turned into one of the most politically and emotionally charged episodes Indian wrestling has witnessed in recent years. The reason stood outside the Nandini Nagar Mahavidyalaya indoor hall on Monday afternoon — three-time…
A buried glacier hidden beneath the Canadian Arctic is giving scientists a rare glimpse into Earth’s distant climatic past. Researchers studying permafrost on Bylot Island in Nunavut discovered ancient glacier ice believed to be at least 770,000 years old, making it one of the oldest known glacier remnants preserved in Arctic permafrost outside Greenland and…
Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan Mumbai: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday urged institutions such as the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) to take the lead in researching the social consequences of artificial intelligence, saying technology must be guided by human values and ethical understanding.Addressing a global colloquium organised by TISS to mark…
