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‘Realising late hubby's dream’: Ladakh woman, Punjab teacher set to become Army officers

Among the 151 gentlemen cadets and 35 woman cadets who passed out of the Officers Training Academy (OTA) in Chennai on Saturday was a widow who will be Indian Army’s first woman officer from Ladakh region.

Engine stalled: Jet probe

IndiGo flight suffered engine failure: DGCA

Construction ban in NCR as AQI on verge of ‘severe’

Grap III Measures In Place; Outlook Poor Till Tuesday

‘Bird is freed’: Musk takes Twitter, shows Agrawal the door

Twitter's new boss Elon Musk wasted no time in firing CEO Parag Agrawal, legal head Vijaya Gadde and three other top executives of the company moments after he took charge Thursday, tweeting \"the bird is freed\" to indicate the social media platform would now be more open to unfettered and uninhibited speech.

BJP MP rebukes DJB official over river chemical’

West Delhi MP Parvesh Verma of BJP courted yet another controversy on Friday as a video of him shouting at and threatening a DJB official over Chhath preparations surfaced.

SC didn’t agree with will of people: Rijiju on NJAC

Reviving the debate on National Judicial Appointment Commission (NJAC), Union law minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday defended the NJAC Act as the \"collective will of the nation\" and iterated for the second time in less than 10 days that the collegium system of appointing judges is opaque.

EAM: UN unable to act against 26/11 plotters

The UNSC Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) special meeting on Friday saw India renewing its push to bring the 26/11 perpetrators to justice. Foreign minister S Jaishankar said the key conspirators remain \"protected and unpunished\" and the security council was unable to act against some of them on political considerations.

Coimbatore blast a botched suicide attack?

The 29-year-old engineer the wheel of a car that exploded in front of a temple in Coimbatore last Sunday was possibly a suicide bomber whose relative inexperience in handling explosives spared the locality the damage he might have intended to cause, according to investigators, reports Subburaj A.

Putin praises Modi for 'independent fgn policy’

Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised PM Narendra Modi for pursuing an \"independent foreign policy\" in an apparent reference to India's decision to keep away from the US and Western alliance over the Ukraine war. \"It (India) attracts general respect from everyone in the world. A lot has been done in recent years under PM Modi's leadership. He is a true patriot of his country. And this concept of his, 'Make in India', is a significant effort,\" he said.

PM cautions against global 'inimical forces’

Must Deal With 1% Running Ve Campaign’

Cost of educating docs doubles in 10 yrs in India

The average cost of producing a doctor or nurse went down across most parts of the world between 2008 and 2018, but almost tripled in China and doubled in India, a Lancet study shows.

Lansdowne to be named Kalon Danda?

The defence ministry has proposed changing British-era names of roads, schools and towns in cantonment areas of Uttarakhand to those \"relevant to local culture\". Lansdowne could be renamed 'Kalon Danda'.

RBI worried over banking plaints

Urging the boards of banks to ensure their products are customer-centric, RBI governor Shaktikanta Das Friday expressed concern over grievances regarding such products.

Fair trial in gold smuggling case not possible in Kerala: ED in SC

Pressing for transfer of trial outside Kerala in a money laundering case pertaining to smuggling of gold, the Enforcement Directorate has told the Supreme Court that free and fair proceedings are not possible there as multiple attempts have been made by the state machinery to tamper with and obstruct the probe.

Rajnath opens crucial bridge in east Ladakh

74 Other Infra Projects Also Inaugurated

Will rebels queer the pitch for BJP, Cong in Himachal elections?

Nadda Leads Bid To Pacify Rebels In Saffron Camp

US sanctions Iran body for bounty on Rushdie

The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on an Iranian foundation it accused of issuing a multi-million dollar bounty for the killing of novelist Salman Rushdie, who was attacked at an event in August.

MSD's curve bat a hit with Indian players

Pandya, Rahul, Pant Using Round-Bottomed Bats That Dhoni Used In T20 Cricket

New Zealand boost with Mitchell set to return against Sri Lanka

Allrounder Daryl Mitchell is set to return to bolster New Zealand for their Twenty20 World Cup clash with Sri Lanka, fast bowler Tim Southee said on Friday, with the Black Caps wary of any slip-ups. Mitchell was a key performer in the team's run to the final of last year's World Cup, where they lost to Australia, but a fractured hand has kept him sidelined this month.

After fighting for Ukraine, Lomachenko fights again

When Ukraine was invaded, the only fight Vasiliy Lomachenko would consider was the one for his home.

Partly Equal

Good call by BCCI. Women’s cricket needs more

New Boss. New Rules

Musk’s challenge: GOI and other govts getting tough

Muskian Twitter May Create Problems for Musk

His free speech absolutism’ will come up against government laws his business interests

Desi Dil, Global Lifesaver

The artificial heart being built by ITT Kanpur is the next big thing in world healthcare

Intruder shouting where's Nancy’ enters Pelosi’s San Francisco home, violently assaults husband

Paul Pelosi In Hospital; Attack Raises Political Violence Fears Ahead Of Midterm Polls

Sunak skips climate meet for eco tasks

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak demoted two climate ministers and decided not to attend the annual United Nations climate change summit next month, raising questions about his commitment fight warming to global Sunak, whose predecessor Liz Truss had planned to go to the so-called COP27 UN meeting in Egypt, won't attend in order to focus on depressing domestic challenges we have with the economy,\" he said Friday.

‘Climate change is more than a science problem - it reflects our true values’

Anthony Leiserowitz is Senior Research Scientist at Yale University’s School of the Environment. Speaking to Srijana Mitra Das at Times Evoke, he discusses the needs and challenges around climate communication

Credit card spend jumps 14% in Sept

In a pointer to consumer confidence, credit card spending in stores jumped 14% in September compared to August. Online spending grew 0.7% month on month, even as the number of credit cards shrank after banks continued to clean up their books of inactive cards.

Didn’t know of it, Bommai says as journos get CMO’ cash

The Karnataka Congress on Friday demanded a judicial investigation into allegations that an official from the chief minister's office (CMO) gave journal bribes ists ranging from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh along with Deepavali sweet boxes.

Snacking on almonds can boost gut health: Study

Eating a handful of almonds a day increases the production of butyrate, a short-chain fatty acid that promotes gut health, according to a recent study. A team of researchers from King's College London investigated the impact of whole and ground almonds on the composition of gut microbes.