“Biggest insult for…”: Kamran Akmal slams Pakistan after USA upset
New Delhi: Former cricketer Kamran Akmal lambasted the Pakistan team and labelled it as the “biggest insult” for the team after their unprecedented defeat against the USA in the ongoing T20 World Cup. At the Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas, Pakistan were stunned by the co-hosts USA in a thrilling nail-biting clash, settled in the Super […]
Vigourous physical activity could lower risk of dementia among people with high BP: Study
New Delhi: Physical activity could help older people with high blood pressure lower their risk of dementia, a new research has found. Previous studies have found that people with high blood pressure, or hypertension, are at an increased risk of cognitive impairment, including dementia, in which an individual’s memory and thinking abilities are affected, severely […]
Over 1,400 Delhi govt school students qualified NEET-UG this year, says Atishi
New Delhi: More than 1,400 students from Delhi government schools have qualified the NEET-UG this year, Education Minister Atishi said on Friday. The results for the medical entrance exam National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) were announced by the National Testing Agency on Tuesday. Atishi said at a press conference that 1,414 students from Delhi government schools […]
4 Indian students die in Russia’s Veliky Novgorod
New Delhi: Four Indian students, who were studying at a university in Russia’s Veliky Novgorod region, drowned in the Volkhov river, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday. A fifth Indian student was saved from drowning and is currently receiving medical attention, it said, adding two students are missing and search for them […]
Prime Minister Modi attends meeting of NDA in Parliament
New Delhi: Days after Lok Sabha results were announced, a meeting of the newly elected MPs was held on Friday at Parliament, in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi was present. The meeting held at the Samvidhan Sadan of the Parliament building, the Prime Minister was welcomed with chants of ‘Modi Modi’. As he arrived to […]
68% of candidates in J&K polled fewer than NOTA votes
Srinagar: Sixty-eight per cent of the total 100 candidates in the fray on Jammu and Kashmir’s five Lok Sabha seats polled fewer than None Of The Above (NOTA) votes, according to Election Commission data. Cumulately, 34,788 voters pressed the NOTA button in the five seats, showing their rejection of the candidates fielded by parties. The […]
RBI revises GDP growth for FY25 to 7.2 pc, inflation target remains at 4.5pc
Mumbai (Maharashtra): The RBI has revised the GDP forecast for the current FY 24-25 to 7.2 per cent from 7 per cent earlier, and the CPI inflation is projected at 4.5 per cent. Announcing the policy rates and GDP forecasts on Friday, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said, “The real GDP growth for the current financial […]
Love the fact I am still around: actor Mona Singh on her 20-year journey
New Delhi: One can’t change the past, only celebrate it because of their choices and actor Mona Singh says she is just grateful for her career of 20 years, a journey she started with the superhit TV show “Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin”, for giving her “these beautiful glory days”. That three of her web series […]
Balance regional aspirations, national interests: TDP chief Naidu
New Delhi: Key BJP allies — TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu and Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar — on Friday endorsed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the leader of the National Democratic Alliance with a message to balance regional aspirations and national interests. Speaking at the NDA Parliamentary Party meeting here, BJP […]
Boeing Starliner’s Sunita Williams and fellow astronaut overcome new issues; enter ISS
Houston: NASA’s Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams and her colleague Butch Wilmore have successfully docked Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) after overcoming new issues that cropped up en route to the orbiting laboratory. Williams, 58, flew to space for the third time on Wednesday along with Wilmore, scripting history as the first […]
