Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she has the highest regard for the judiciary but could not accept the Supreme Court’s verdict invalidating the appointments of school teachers. The SC invalidated the appointment of 25,753 teachers and other staff of state-run and state-aided schools. While I have the highest respect for…
US, 5/11:In a big development, trial of Pfizer Inc’s experimental antiviral pill for Covid-19 was stopped early after the drug was shown to cut by 89% the chances of hospitalization or death for adults at risk of developing severe disease, the company said on Friday. The results appear to surpass those seen with Merck…
Belagavi, 28/4: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah lost his cool and vent his anger at a top cop after woman BJP worker attempted to obstruct his speech during the ‘Samvidhan Bachao Rally’ organised against increase in prices of petrol, diesel, LPG and essential commodities at CPEd ground. The lady raising slogans against the Congress and waved…
Hangzhou: The Indian Women’s Hockey team couldn’t have begun their Women’s Asia Cup 2025 journey on a brighter note as they defeated Thailand with a commanding scoreline of 11-0 in their Pool B fixture. Mumtaz Khan (7′, 49′), Udita (30′, 52′) and Beauty Dung Dung (45′, 54′) scored two goals apiece for India while Sangita…
Paradeep : The event is led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) since its inception in 1973. This year marked the 50th anniversary of World Environment Day. The theme for this year was focused on “Solutions to Plastic Pollution”, using the hashtag and slogan #BeatPlasticPollution. The day was celebrated in IFFCO Paradeep Unit with…
Los Angeles: Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, started erupting again in Hawaii’s Big Island, the US Geological Survey (USGS) Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said. Elevated earthquake activity beneath the volcano’s summit began at approximately 2:00 a.m. local time on Monday. By 2:30 a.m. local time, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory observed eruptive activity…
Bhubaneswar: A meeting was held under the chairmanship of Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Empowerment, KV Singh Deo, to discuss the opening of cold storage facilities in the State. The cold storage service providers presented their services, technologies, and cost estimates in the meeting. The Agriculture Department has accelerated efforts to establish…
New Delhi, 13/4: Indian aviation regulator DGCA has barred 90 SpiceJet pilots from operating the Boeing 737 Max aircraft after finding them not properly trained. “For the moment, we have barred these pilots from flying the Max and they have to retrain successfully for flying the aircraft,” DGCA chief Arun Kumar said in…
Kabul, 21/9: After the occupation of Afghanistan, the Taliban has announced ministers for the second time. The list of some deputy ministers has been released on Tuesday. The Taliban, which has talked about giving rights to women, has not included any woman this time too. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid presented the list of new names…
New Delhi, 2/10:Prime Minister Narendra Modi government of the Center is going to give good news to the government employees in the festive season. Actually, the government is increasing the house rent allowance (HRA) of central employees by 3 percent. The government has not even given the arrears of dearness allowance withheld for one and…
