JOHANNESBURG: When South African infectious disease specialist Lucille Blumberg checked her email on the morning of May 1, while the country was celebrating the Labour Day holiday, an urgent message caught her attention.A UK-based colleague, who monitors diseases in remote British overseas territories in the South Atlantic Ocean, had written about a passenger from a…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar Wednesday underlined India’s strong commitment to safe and unimpeded transit passage of maritime shipping, saying attacks on merchant shipping were completely unacceptable.The minister gave vent to India’s concerns related to merchant shipping disruptions in Strait of Hormuz, while participating in a meeting convened by Japan to discuss supply…
SSC CGL post preference submission last date SSC CGL notification 2026: The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) is expected to release the SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL) notification 2026 soon on the official website, ssc.gov.in. The notification, expected on the official website, will initiate the process for filling multiple Group ‘B’ and Group ‘C’ posts across…
Harmanpreet Kaur (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India captain Harmanpreet Kaur admitted that Amanjot Kaur’s injury has created a big problem for the team ahead of the Women’s T20 World Cup in England, but she remains hopeful the replacements can deliver when needed.Seam-bowling all-rounder Amanjot has been ruled out for four to five months with a…
IGNOU releases ITEP Merit List 2026 for BA BEd, BCom BEd and BSc BEd admissions IGNOU ITEP Merit List 2026: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has released the merit list for admission to the Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP) for the July 2026 session. Candidates who appeared for the entrance examination can check…
Prayers were held over Khamenei’s casket on the second day of the state funeral Huge crowds of mourners gathered in Tehran on Sunday as Iran continued funeral ceremonies for late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, with the capital’s Grand Mosalla complex and surrounding streets packed with people paying their final respects.Prayers were held over Khamenei’s casket…
The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has launched “NPS Sanchay”, a simplified version of the National Pension System (NPS), to expand retirement planning access among workers in India’s informal sector. Introduced under the All Citizen Model and the Multiple Scheme Framework (MSF), the scheme aims to make pension investing easier for first-time and…
Nobody has seen Rep Tom Kean Jr after March 5 but he is not missing and he’s trading and calling his colleagues from an undisclosed location. 57-year-old Tom Kean Jr, the representative of the 7th Congressional district, New Jersey, was last seen on March 5. He has missed around 100 House votes since then, was…
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NEW DELHI: A passenger stepladder was blown into a parked Air India aircraft during a sudden spell of strong winds and rain at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on Sunday evening.The incident took place near Terminal 2, where the stepladder, used for aircraft boarding and deboarding operations, was displaced by strong winds and rolled towards…
