Japan PM Sanae Takaichi arrives in Delhi for official India visit NEW DELHI: Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday on a three-day official visit to India and was received at the airport by union minister Jitendra Singh.Takaichi is scheduled to hold formal talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday…
Raj Thackeray (File photo) NEW DELHI: Accusing the BJP of “engineering” political defections across the country, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Wednesday warned the saffron party that it would eventually face the “consequences” of the “precedents” it was setting.The MNS chief’s remarks came at a time when Shiv Sena (UBT), led by…
Image of Eucalyptus trees. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons What was once seen as a smart way to boost Spain’s timber industry is now raising difficult environmental questions.Vast areas of eucalyptus plantations have been a characteristic part of the northwestern region of Spain for years now. Widely cultivated in Spain since the 1940s to meet demand…
Five women daycare staff at an IT company campus in Bengaluru face an FIR for allegedly abusing toddlers BENGALURU: Shocking videos allegedly showing toddlers being physically abused at a daycare centre inside an IT company Capegemini’s HAL campus in Bengaluru have led to the registration of an FIR against five women caregivers, with police launching…
NEW DELHI: A 24-year-old graphic designer from Maharashtra’s Beed district has been held “captive” in Myanmar for nearly a month and forced to work 16-18 hours a day in cyber fraud operations, police said on Wednesday.The Beed cyber police have registered a First Information Report (FIR) against unidentified agents and individuals based on a complaint…
Forest & Environment Department, Sikkim Govt, and WWF-India NEW DELHI: In what represents only the second photographic record of Eurasian lynx — a medium-sized wild cat distinguished by its characteristic ear tufts and short tail — in the entire eastern Himalayan region, the species was photographed by a camera trap deployed at 5,250 metres on…
New economic analysis could put to bed the inter-generational argument about house prices and mortgage pressure, which plays out constantly at family gatherings and in internet comment sections. The double-digit rates on home loans in Australia in the late 1980s and early 90s are often held aloft as the ultimate experience of extreme financial pain….
The faction, led by expelled MLA Ritabrata Banerjee, had sought an audience with the Commission earlier. NEW DELHI: The power struggle within the Trinamool Congress is set to reach the Election Commission of India on Thursday, with the party’s “rebel but majority” faction set to appear before the poll panel’s full bench to stake its…
BENGALURU: Twelve Indian startups and research institutions have been selected for funding and mentoring under a joint India-UK programme to develop technologies aimed at tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the environment, an increasingly recognised public health challenge.The winners were announced under the 2025-26 call of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms’ (C-CAMP) programme on…
‘BJP betrayed both Ram & Constitution’: Akhilesh Yadav attacks BJP over Ayodhya row NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday attacked BJP, accusing it of betraying both Lord Ram and the Constitution, while taking a sarcastic swipe at those allegedly involved in the Ayodhya Temple embezzlement case.Addressing a press conference at the party…