- Tuesday, April 22, 2025
WORLD AIDS Day is observed every year on December 1. It is devoted towards educating people about HIV/AIDS and remembering those who fell prey to the dreaded disease. This concept is the brainchild of two World Health Organisation officials James W Bunn and Thomas Netter and the first World AIDS…
THE NEW Mahayuti government in Maharashtra will be sworn in at Azad Maidan here on the evening of December 5 in prime minister Narendra Modi's presence , the state BJP announced on Saturday. While there was no announcement yet on who would be the chief minister, BJP sources said Devendra…
SEVERAL Samajwadi Party lawmakers were stopped from entering the violence-hit Sambhal district, as the administration on Saturday extended the ban on the entry of outsiders to till December 10. The earlier prohibition on outsiders' entry was to expire on Saturday. The Samajwadi Party's Muzaffarnagar MP Harendra Malik was stopped from…
A HOSPITAL in north Kolkata's Manicktala area said it would not treat patients from Bangladesh amid protests over the alleged atrocities on minority Hindus in the neighbouring country. An official of the JN Ray Hospital on Friday said the decision was forced by insults meted out to the Indian flag…
TAMANNAH BHATIA, who began her acting career at age 15, shared her respect for performers with long careers, emphasising that lasting in the industry requires not just relevance but memorability. In an interview with PTI, Bhatia expressed admiration for co-star Jimmy Shergill, noting the effort it takes to sustain an…
TWO-TIME Olympic medallist PV Sindhu cruised into the women's singles final with a dominating straight-game win over fellow Indian Unnati Hooda at the Syed Modi International Super 300 badminton tournament in Lucknow on Saturday. Top seed Sindhu outclassed the 17-year-old Hooda 21-12 21-9 in just 36 minutes in the semifinal.…
CAPITAL markets regulator Sebi on Friday slapped a monetary penalty of ₹900,000 (£8,355.46) on Reliance Securities for flouting market norms as well as stock brokers rules. The order came after the regulator and exchanges, NSE and BSE, had conducted a thematic onsite inspection of the books of accounts, records and…
Sivakarthikeyan’s action drama “Amaran”, which has emerged as one of Tamil cinema’s biggest successes of 2024, is set to make its digital debut on December 5. The film, based on the life of Major Mukund Varadharajan, grossed ₹3.3 billion globally, marking the highest-grossing film of Sivakarthikeyan’s career. Sai Pallavi played…
Actor Samantha Ruth Prabhu says her father Joseph Prabhu has died. The 37-year-old actor shared the news of her father's death in an Instagram Story with the caption: "Until we meet again Dad" accompanied by a broken heart emoji. Samantha didn't reveal the cause and the date of her father's…
CAMERAS and drones originally planted in Corbett National Park for conservation activities, such as monitoring animals, are being misused by local government officials and men to surveil women without consent, a study has found. The study, published in the journal Environment and Planning F, revealed that forest rangers intentionally flew…
