Ahmedabad: The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (main), Ahmedabad, has directed United India Insurance Company Limited to reimburse Rs 1.2 lakh that it deducted from a policyholder’s Covid-19 hospitalisation claim. The commission held that the insurer had failed to justify the deductions under the terms of the Mediclaim policy.The commission also ordered the insurer to…
PUNE: After forecasting widespread monsoon activity over the next fortnight, India Meteorological Department has indicated that rainfall could weaken in the second half of July, with most parts of the country likely to receive below-normal rainfall if the current extended-range forecasts hold.According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD)’s Extended Range Prediction System (ERPS), the first…
Lucknow: UP govt has set July 10 as the deadline for completing the tender process for all tourism projects approved till March 31, 2026.“All executing agencies have been directed to complete the pending tendering process by July 10, so that the construction begins without delay,” said tourism and culture minister Jaiveer Singh after a departmental…
Indian embassy demands ‘thorough investigation’ from Venezuela after seafarer’s body returned with missing organs The Indian Embassy in Venezuela has sought a thorough investigation into allegations that the organs of Indian sailor Rakesh Chauhan were removed before his mortal remains were repatriated to India.In a statement issued on Thursday (local time), the Embassy of India…
El Niño is forecast to intensify (AP) World Meteorological Organisation (WHO), in a press release on Friday, warned that El Niño has officially developed in the tropical Pacific and is expected to strengthen rapidly over the next few months.According to United Nations’ weather and climate agency, El Niño will intensify into a strong event between…
Actor Shakthi Vasu has chosen to respond to social media trolls positively by focusing on his fitness transformation instead of the criticism surrounding his appearance. The actor recently became the subject of online discussions after a song from his upcoming film Anali drew comments about his physique and look. Rather than reacting negatively, Shakthi has…
An AIIMS doctor, an IIT Madras graduate and GATE AIR 1—all before turning 30, meet Nikhil Sadineni (Photo: LinkedIn) Most students spend years preparing for either medicine or engineering. Very few dare to pursue both. And fewer still manage to excel in each. But Nikhil Sadineni has done exactly that—turning what many would consider an…
Lamine Yamal and Cristiano Ronaldo The FIFA World Cup 2026 has entered its decisive phase, with the 48-team field rapidly shrinking to just 16 nations as the Round of 16 gets underway this weekend. Every knockout match now carries the weight of history, with one team’s dream ending and another moving a step closer to…
Gandhinagar: As part of the seven-day Namo Swachhata Abhiyan launched across 12,000 hospitals and health centres in Gujarat, authorities identified 60,883 unused items lying at hospitals and health centres on the first two days. About 17,000 of these were disposed of, the govt said on Thursday. As many as 1,796 items including furniture, ambulances, govt…
Aboli Thosar and Nikhil Rane represented India at the 47th World Whistling Convention in Japan and won third place in Allied Arts Category Screenshot Pune: When Pune’s Aboli Thosar and Mumbai’s Nikhil Rane stood on the podium at the 47th World Whistling Convention in Kawasaki, Japan, they did more than celebrate a third-place win in…
