Vinesh Gets Top Billing For Olympics

New Delhi: Asian champion and star Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat has been top-seeded in the women’s 53kg category for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. Japanese wrestler Mayu Mukaida is in the second position, while Luisa Valverde Melendres has bagged the third position.

PM To Meet J&K Parties Today; Polls, Development On Agenda

New Delhi: Ahead of the PM’s meeting with political parties from Jammu and Kashmir, the Delimitation Commission on Wednesday held virtual discussions with all 20 deputy commissioners of the Union Territory on details like physical, demographic and administrative issues concerning their respective districts.

Spl Drive To Vaccinate Govt Nd Pvt Teachers From Today

Kids Should Also Get First Dose: Teachers

What Acne On Your Face Reveals About Your Health

Most people struggle with acne as soon asthey hit puberty and the unfortunate thing is that these breakouts sometimes stay longer than expected.

India Can't Vaccinate The Mahi Way

A one-day record means little. Supplies are still constrained. And bigger states have the most catching up to do

Delta+ Has Been Lurking In Maha For Over 2 Mths Now

‘Most Patients Asymptomatic, Not Vaccinated, Recovered At Home’

Amid Taliban Gains, US Could Slow Af Pullout

Pentagon: All Decisions Being Taken In Real-Time

India Fall Back On Seam

Pacers Back To Oz Plan Of Targeting Stumps

SC Approves In Toto Govt Move On CBSE, ICSE Class 12 Exams

Dismisses All Objections, Says No Fault Found In Centre’s Decision

Toor Books Oly Berth With New Asian Record

Asian Games championTajinder Pal Singh Toor broke the 21m barrier to book an Olympic berth in men’s shot put at the Indian Grand Prix 4 meet in Patiala on Monday.

Cos Must Go Green To Survive: Ambani

Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man, plans to transform each of the units under his refining-to-retail conglomerate to create a sustainable business model as Reliance Industries (RIL) chases a net carbon-zero goal by 2035.

Health Of The Nation

Covid has shown what medical expenses can do to poor & even middle class. Govts must act at micro, macro levels

Can Collect Aadhaar Details Of Farmers: T

Hyderabad: The state government on Monday informed the Telangana high court that it is collecting Aadhaar numbers while uploading ownership details of agricultural land into the Dharani portal.

Pakistan PM Refuses To Acknowledge China's Repression Of Uighurs

Islamabad: Pakistan PM Imran Khan has defended his silence on reports about “genocide” of Uighur Muslims in China by claiming that Islamabad discussed such matters with Beijing “behind closed doors”. He asked why the world was fixated on Xinjiang while “ignoring what India was doing in Kashmir”. “It is much more relevant,” he claimed in an interview with Axios HBO.

AP Sets National Vaccination Record

13.2 Lakh given jabs in one day

For 21st Century Democratic Cities

Debates over plans for Delhi should be part of a larger discussion on reimagining urbanism

No Vaccine, No School, Say Parents

Ambitious move

Impressive Jamieson Outwits Kohli & Co.

ON SONG: Kyle Jamieson of New Zealand appeals successfully for the wicket of Virat Kohli on Day 3 of World Test Championship Final

Panel: Reopen Schools With ₹ 2 Lakh Health Insurance Cover For Each Child

Learning Loss Is Worse Than Covid, Says Committee

AZ Backs India's 12-16 Week Covishield Gap

New Delhi: Backing the 12-16 weeks gap between the two doses of Covishield in the country, the chief investigator of the AstraZeneca vaccine clinical trials on Friday said that the level of protection provided by one dose of the preventive significantly increases in the second and third months after the jab.

Sangli Covid unit sealed, owner held after 77 deaths

Mumbai: The Sangli police on Friday sealed a private Covid care center and arrested its owner following the death of 77 persons there over a period of one month owing to medical negligence and lack of infrastructure. Sangli is the hometown of NCP member and water resources minister Jayant Patil.

Top US firms file amicus brief to support OPT for foreign students

Nearly sixty prominent companies and trade associations have filed an amicus brief in support of the Optional Practical Training (OPT) programme, which allows foreign students to stay in the US post their studies to gain work experience for a specific period of time. The move came following an appeal made by the Washington Alliance of Technology Workers’ challenging the OPT programme in the circuit court of appeals in the district of Columbia.

IMU-Vizag, IIT-Roorkee develop fuel-efficient transport

Visakhapatnam: A collaborative research effort by the Vizag-based Indian Maritime University and IIT-Roorkee on the design and experimental validation of short-endurance marine vessels has found a fuel-efficient and environment-friendly maritime transport solution. According to the researchers, the methodologies used yielded significant results, providing fuel savings up to 29.86%.

At one point I decided to quit acting, but a call changed it all, says Aishwarya Khare

TV actress Aishwarya Khare, who hails from Bhopal, made her acting debut in2014 with Yeh Shaadi Hai Ya Sauda. Incidentally, Aishwarya never planned on becoming an actress. “I wanted to be an air hostess initially, but life had other plans. I saw an advertisement in a newspaper about a beauty contest in Madhya Pradesh and along with a friend, applied on a whim. I ended up winning and the judges told me that I have an expressive face and should try acting. During my college days, I also did theatre and that is how I developed an interest in acting,” she says.

53% Of Jabs During May-June Were In Rural Areas, Says Govt

‘70% Of Govt Centres Are In Those Areas’

Shafali, rain bring hope

17-Yr-Old Opener Hits Another 50 As India Women Follow On

Wake Up, Grand Old Party

Regional parties do not add up to a pan-Indian whole. Opposition desperately needs a Congress revamp

China nears a billion Covid vaccinations

After a slow start, China’svaccination drive is infull swing as the authorities chase the ambitious target of fully vaccinating 40% of the country’s nearly 1.4 billion people by the end of this month.

Cipla to tap foreign cos for large-scale vax play

Mumbai: Cipla, one of India’s top 3 drug firms, is readying a larger play in the Covid therapies space, buoyed by the growth it has witnessed in this segment.

US House Votes To Curb Presidential War Powers

Washington: The US House of Representatives on Thursday backed the repeal of the 2002 Authorisation for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) that allowed the war in Iraq, as lawmakers pull back the authority to declare war from the White House.