More than 18,000 medical seats vacant five months after NEET-PG results, cut-off lowered

New Delhi, 14/1: Five months after the results of NEET-PG were announced, more than 18,000 post graduate medical seats remain vacant, forcing the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences to lower the qualifying norms further and allowing a section of students with negative cut-off scores to become eligible. According to the NBEMS notification, the…

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Singer Zubeen Garg was drunk, had declined life jacket: Coroner’s court told in Singapore

Singapore, 14/1: Popular Indian singer-songwriter Zubeen Garg was “severely intoxicated” and had drowned off Lazarus Island after declining a life jacket last September, a coroner’s court in Singapore was told on Wednesday. Garg, 52, was with a yacht party on September 19, 2025, when he died of drowning a day before he was slated to…

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Crane falls on passenger train in Thailand’s northeast, at least 12 killed

Thailand, 14/1:A train traveling from Thailand’s ‌capital to the ⁠country’s northeast ‌was derailed on Wednesday after a construction crane fell on top of one of its carriages, ​killing at least 12 people and injuring at least 30, police ‌said. The ‌accident took place on Wednesday morning in ⁠the Sikhio district of Nakhon Ratchasima province, 230…

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Blinkit drops ‘10-minute delivery’ claim after Labour Ministry intervention over gig worker safety

New Delhi, 13/1: Intervention by the Union Labour and Employment Ministry has prompted quick-commerce firm Blinkit to drop its ’10-minute’ delivery claim from all platforms, amid growing criticism and concerns over gig workers’ welfare. Government sources said other aggregators are expected to follow Blinkit’s path in the coming days following Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya holding…

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‘For every dog bite death, we will likely fix heavy compensation by state’: Supreme Court

New Delhi, 13/1: The Supreme Court continued to hear the stray dogs case on Tuesday with one of the judges saying that they will likely impose heavy compensation to be paid by state for every every dog bite, death or injury caused to children or elderly. LiveLaw reported that a bench comprised Justices Vikram Nath,…

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