NEW DELHI: With India gearing up to submit its updated climate action pledge ahead of the UN climate summit (COP30) next month, the Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav on Saturday headed to Brazil for a pre-COP meeting, scheduled on Oct 13-14in Brasilia, to put forward the country’s expectation from the main annual conference next month.Besides…
NEW DELHI: Former chief justice of India Sanjiv Khanna said on Saturday that every instance of failure to act in matters that have financial implications cannot be termed a white-collar crime.He said this while speaking at the “National Conference on White Collar Crime”, organised by the Terapanth Professional Forum.“White-collar crime is a cliche which we…
NEW DELHI: With the campaign for Bihar elections gathering pace, PM Modi on Saturday launched two mega central schemes with a total outlay of Rs 35,440 crore to transform 100 low-performing agri-districts and increase production of pulses to reduce imports, urging farmers to focus on both selfreliance and exports.Addressing a gathering of farmers and farm…
BHOPAL: After the death of 23 children in Madhya Pradesh, including 20 from Chhindwara, following the consumption of Coldrif, a cough syrup laced with the killer chemical diethylene glycol (DEG), Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) Friday made it mandatory to test for both DEG and ethylene glycol (EG) in all raw materials and finished…
No role in Taliban presser that kept women out NEW DELHI: Amid a growing controversy over absence of women journalists from a press meet of visiting Afghan foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Friday, Taliban head of political office Suhail Shaheen on Saturday denied allegations that women scribes were deliberately kept out. “It was done…
NEW DELHI: Notorious fugitive gangster Rashid Cablewala, who has been linked to several murders in Delhi, was detained in Azerbaijan on arriving from Istanbul, sources confirmed, with Indian intelligence agencies now gearing up to bring him back, reports Rajshekhar Jha.It is unclear whether he was imprisoned there or kept under surveillance post-bond. Cablewala, who is…
NEW DELHI: Chief Justice B R Gavai on Saturday said despite constitutional guarantees, many girls continue to be tragically denied their fundamental rights and even basic necessities for survival and face harmful practices like female genital mutilation (FGM). Interestingly, a PIL challenging the validity of FGM, practised among certain Muslims, is pending before a ninejudge…
BJP on Saturday upped the ante against Mamata Banerjee led Bengal government after a medical student was allegedly gangraped in Paschim Bardhaman district. BJP accused government of turning the state into a nightmare for women’s safety through its deliberate policy of appeasement. Union minister Sukanta Majumdar posted on X, “Mamata has turned Bengal into a…
SHIMLA: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Upendra Dwivedi Saturday said the Indian armed forces upheld the principles of “dharma yuddh” – war of righteousness – during Operation Sindoor by targeting only terrorist hideouts and consciously avoiding civilian and conventional military sites.Addressing the centenary celebrations of Rashtriya Military School (RMS), Chail, in Himachal ‘s Solan,…
NEW DELHI: Learning from the success of the Swachh Bharat Mission, the biggest ever behaviour change campaign, ministries and central departments have been asked to consider launching a campaign to improve civic sense and public behaviour. The goal is to instil a sense of ownership among people regarding public assets, transport infrastructure and public spaces.Sources…
