Month: July 2024

Congress Seeks Applications For Maharashtra MLA Aspirants, With A Fee

July 6, 2024 admin

A senior Congress leader said the applications have been invited from all 288 Assembly seats. Mumbai: Confounding the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies, the Congress on Saturday invited applications from prospective candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections, along with a steep application fee. State Congress Vice President Nana Gawande has issued a circular to…

Nation

Eight dead, two million affected by Bangladesh floods

July 6, 2024 admin

This aerial view shows an area partially submerged in flood at Rangpur district on July 6, 2024. The death toll from floods in Bangladesh this week has risen to eight, leaving more than two million affected after heavy rains caused major rivers to burst their banks, officials confirmed on July 6 | Photo Credit: AFP…

World

Analysis: How George Russell Beat Lando Norris And Max Verstappen To British Grand Prix Pole Position

July 6, 2024 admin

George Russell is the form man in Formula 1 at the moment, as he grabbed a second pole position in four races to head an all-British top 3 in the British Grand Prix qualifying on Saturday. Russell finished 0.171s ahead of Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton, who qualified P2. McLaren’s Lando Norris slotted in…

Sports

Mohammed Siraj Gives T20 World Cup Winner’s Medal To His Mother, Pic Goes Viral

July 6, 2024 admin

Mohammed Siraj returned to Hyderabad on Friday© AFP Team India received a warm reception from the entire country after they returned home from Barbados with the 2024 T20 World Cup trophy. From a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence in Delhi to a victory parade and a felicitation ceremony at…

Sports

AI comes to the rescue of elephants

July 6, 2024 admin

Studies have identified that 18 elephant routes exist between Tamil Nadu and Kerala | Photo Credit: ANI The elephant population in India stands at 25,000 to 30,000, earning the species an “endangered” status. Their range today is estimated to be only 3.5% of what it was earlier, being restricted to the Himalayan foothills, the northeast,…

Science

Bandhan Bank appoints Ratan Kumar Kesh as interim MD & CEO

July 6, 2024 admin

A man leaves an automated teller machine (ATM) facility of Bandhan Bank in Kolkata, India, March 8, 2018. | Photo Credit: Reuters Ratan Kumar Kesh, executive director and chief operating officer of Bandhan Bank, has been appointed as interim MD & CEO of the private lender with effect from July 10. The present MD&CEO and…

Business

Extinct humans occupied the Tibetan plateau 160,000 years ago

July 6, 2024 admin

Bone remains found in a Tibetan cave 3,280 metres above sea level indicate an ancient group of humans survived here for many millennia, according to a new study published in the journal Nature. The Denisovans are an extinct species of ancient human that lived at the same time and in the same places as Neanderthals and Homo…

Science

Hepatitis A vaccination will be cost-effective in Kerala: study

July 6, 2024 admin

With better sanitation and hygiene, hepatitis A infection in Kerala has been witnessing an epidemiological transition — the infection is shifting from early childhood to adolescents and young adults. The infection is mild in children younger than six years and in almost 70% of the cases, hepatitis A infection is asymptomatic in this age group….

Science

Pankaj Advani Beaten By Dhruv Sitwala To 2024 Asian Billiards Championship Title

July 6, 2024 admin

File image of Pankaj Advani.© X (Twitter) Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani fell short in his quest to secure a hat-trick of titles, losing 2-5 to compatriot Dhruv Sitwala in the final of the 2024 Asian Billiards Championship here on Saturday. Dhruv set the tone for the match with an impressive start, scoring…

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