NEW DELHI: As many as 273 prisoners, of which 107 were in Maharashtra alone, have benefited from the Union home ministry’s ‘support to poor prisoners’ scheme meant to provide financial aid to undertrial prisoners who are unable to secure bail due to financial constraints and convicts who remain in jail due to non-payment of court-imposed…
Uttarakhand has opened 83 mountain peaks in the Garhwal and Kumaon Himalayan regions for mountaineering expeditions, expanding access to several high-altitude summits that were earlier restricted. The move has been implemented by the Uttarakhand Tourism Development Council in coordination with the Forest Department.The peaks range between 5,700 metres and 7,756 metres in height and include…
NEW DELHI: A study comparing homoeopathy with conventional primary care in infants has been retracted by the European Journal of Pediatrics, citing serious flaws in the study design.In a retraction note, the journal’s editor said concerns were raised after publication about the methodology of the randomised controlled trial, particularly the absence of blinding and placebo…
NEW DELHI: TDP MP Krishna Prasad Tenneti, who was presiding over the Lok Sabha proceedings on Tuesday when some opposition MPs threw papers at him, said that someone from the opposition called him “yaar” (friend/buddy) and, when he objected, a few MPs charged at him and began tearing and throwing papers.The MPs, including seven from…
NEW DELHI: Bihar, Assam and Chhattisgarh are among the frontrunners in the installation of smart electricity meters that provide consumers with near real-time consumption data through mobile applications, along with the convenience of recharge and historical usage graphs for optimisation.According to data tabled by minister of state for power Shripad Naik in Rajya Sabha on…
PUNE: Pune Police’s economic offences wing (EOW) has filed an 1,886-page chargesheet relating to the 40-acre Mundhwa land deal, saying arrested power of attorney (PoA)-holder Sheetal Kisanchand Tejwani (44) executed the sale deed with Amadea Enterprises LLP despite knowing the plot was owned by state govt. Late Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar’s son Parth is…
NEW DELHI: Air India has launched a fleet-wide inspection of fuel control switches on its Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft after a malfunction was reported on a flight from London Heathrow to Bengaluru.The move follows an incident earlier this week in which a pilot flagged a defect in the fuel control switch of a Boeing 787-8…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued stern warning to WhatsApp and its parent company Meta Platforms against sharing users’ private data for targeted advertising, warning that citizens’ right to privacy could not be compromised for the business interests of a multinational corporation. A three-judge bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant said it…
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Tuesday urged the Centre to “take the Parliament and the entire country into confidence” over details of the India-US trade agreement after US President Donald Trump publicly announced and outlined its key components. Adding Indians have the right to know the full terms of the pact.In a post on X,…
