Washington DC, 11/5: The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that monkeypox (mpox) was no longer a global health emergency, ending a near year-long alert for the viral disease that led to confirmed cases in more tha The organization declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern in July 2022 and backed its…
New Delhi, 11/5: The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Governor is not empowered under the Constitution and the laws to enter the political arena and play a role, however minute, either in inter-party disputes or in intra-party disputes. A five-judge bench presided over by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud came down heavily upon the…
Islamabad, 11/5: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday said the anti-graft agency’s arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan was illegal and ordered his immediate release. “What happened was not justice for Imran khan,” the Pakistan Supreme Court observed. Tuesday by Pakistani Rangers from outside the Islamabad High Court. He was arrested in connection with the…
Manipur, 11/5: Manipur reported violence again on Thursday when a commando of the state police was killed and three others were injured in an ambush conducted by suspected Kuki militants in the Bishnupur district. The incident took place near Tonglaobi village when a vehicle carrying personnel of the 5th Manipur Rifles was entering the village…
New Delhi,11/5: A Rs 1 crore defamation case and a petition seeking an injunction to restrain his autobiography has been filed against Rajya Sabha MP and former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi by Assam Public Works (APW) president Aabhijeet Sharma at a local Court here. Sharma filed the defamation case against Gogoi and…
New Delhi, 11/5: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday successfully carried out the first integrated test on an intermediate configuration of its semicryogenic engine with a 2000-kiloNewton (kN) thrust. ISRO’s Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, along with industry partners in India, is designing and developing the engine which is set to power the booster…
Mumbai, 11/5: Stepping up his attack against the current Maharashtra goverment after the Supreme Court verdict on the political crisis in the state, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said that Eknath Shinde should resign as chief minister like he did. They [now Shinde faction MLAs] betrayed my party and the legacy of…
Thiruvananthapuram,11/5: A day after a 22-year-old doctor was stabbed to death by her patient in a hospital in Kerala, doctors staged protests in front of secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram and demanded justice for Dr Vandana Das. Das was stabbed to death by an accused who was brought by police for medical treatment to a taluk hospital…
Kolkata, 11/5: The deep depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclonic storm — Mocha — overnight and it is likely to make landfall between Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh and Sittwe in Myanmar, officials said on Thursday morning. The cyclone, named Mocha by Yemen — pronounced as ‘Mokha’, is likely to bring heavy…
