CJP protesters detained during a demonstration at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear two separate pleas on Tuesday concerning the October 10 and 11 protests in Delhi, including allegations of attacks on lawyers and protesters and disruptions to the functioning of courts.A bench comprising Chief Justice…
Millions of insecticide-treated mosquito nets distributed across Africa to prevent malaria are being repurposed as fishing gear, raising concerns about declining fish populations, damage to aquatic habitats and the unintended consequences of humanitarian aid. The issue, highlighted in reporting by the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) and National Geographic, illustrates how equipment designed…
In Bronze Age communities of present-day Serbia, boys and girls did not have the same burial treatments as adult men and women. Even children who died at a young age received different burial treatment, with rules that distinguished males from females, with the direction of their heads and position of their bodies following different traditions….
Brooklyn store posts their clarification over Kelly Clarkson’s post about being treated like Julia Roberts from ‘Pretty Woman’. (Instagram) Following Kelly Clarkson’s claims of being treated unfairly like Julia Roberts’ character in ‘Pretty Woman,’ New York City is finally clarifying its side on social media amid the ongoing backlash. Over the weekend, the powerhouse vocalist…
Video: Harsh Goenka reacts to potatoes roasted in hot sand; X users recall childhood memories A video of a traditional potato dish has caught the attention of industrialist Harsh Goenka, sparking a conversation about Indian food on social media. While some users discussed the unusual cooking technique, others recommended regional delicacies and shared memories of…
Shares of Raymond Ltd. rose from the day’s lows on Monday, October 12, after announcing that its arm is setting up an additional brownfield manufacturing facility near its existing manufacturing facility in Andhra Pradesh to meet growing customer demand and support incremental volumes during the current financial year. In an exchange filing, the company said…
Gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) attracted inflows of ₹4,451 crore in September, up 71.4% from ₹2,597 crore in August, according to data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI). The September inflow was the strongest monthly reading in the current cycle, according to Nitin Agrawal, CEO of Mutual Funds at InCred Money. Gold ETFs’…
Image Credit: TOI/ Anjali Singh. “A Class 12 student was unable to read a line in English or write a simple leave application; Some Class 8 students could not read simple passages in Hindi and English or solve basic addition problems.“NEW DELHI/ GURGAON: At one government primary school in Haryana’s Farrukhnagar, a teacher has to…
Jantar Mantar no longer protest site NEW DELHI: The ministry of home affairs (MHA) on Monday de-notified Jantar Mantar as a designated venue for protests and demonstrations, listing three new other venues.In a notice issued by Delhi Police commissioner Anurag Kumar, the police said the ministry of home affairs had constituted a committee to examine…
PC: Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher visited the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Kenya, where they spent time with orphaned elephants at the Nairobi Nursery and older animals at Ithumba. The Trust’s account described the actors as captivated by the project and the individual stories of the elephants they encountered. Their visit…
