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New Delhi: The entire 1,643 km porous India-Myanmar border, known for the smuggling of arms, ammunition and narcotics, will be fenced at a cost of Rs 31,000 crore, sources said on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said fencing work had been completed in 30 km of the border, which he termed the…
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A view of Doppler Weather Radar at Chennai Port Trust. File. | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj Union Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) Secretary M. Ravichandran revealed that the country is expected to have 56 additional Doppler weather radars in the next few years. The MoES has also developed various Apps to bring weather forecast…
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Representational Image New York: Cancer cells rarely begin stealthily. Quite the contrary, they alert the immune system to their presence by displaying chemical red flags on their membranes. When detected, the body’s defences can swoop in and destroy renegade cells before they can do significant damage. Lipids, fatty molecules traditionally thought to be largely a…
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In a freewheeling chat, India head coach Gautam Gambhir sat down with star batter and former teammate Virat Kohli and recalled fond memories of playing together. On the eve of the first Test against Bangladesh, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) shared a video of Kohli interviewing Gambhir and vice-versa….
An ambulance arrives to American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) as more than 1,000 people, including Hezbollah fighters and medics, were wounded when the pagers they use to communicate exploded across Lebanon, according to a security source, in Beirut, Lebanon September 17, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir | Photo Credit: MOHAMED AZAKIR Scenes of people bleeding…
Kolkata: The father of the trainee doctor from Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College who was raped and murdered today said his daughter would have been alive if West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had taken action against former RG Kar Medical College principal Sandeep Ghosh in 2021. “CBI is doing its job, we cannot say…
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More than 20.5 million people endured high temperatures heavily influenced by climate change. New Delhi: India experienced its second-hottest quarter from June to August this year since 1970, with over one-third of the country’s population enduring at least seven days of dangerous heat, according to a new report by a US-based group of climate scientists…
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Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif. File. | Photo Credit: AP Imran Khan’s crimes alone are enough to keep him behind bars, Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said, as he dismissed the former prime minister’s accusation that the government was pushing to amend the constitution to keep him in prison. Mr. Khan, 71, has been…
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“We lost her, and she lost her childhood.” These were the words of Amanda Miller, the mother of a 15-year-old girl who has been in the hospital for a year, undergoing treatment for acute mental health problems. Smartphone addiction has torn the teenager’s world apart. Amanda now campaigns to ban the device for children in…
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A view of the Supreme Court (SC) of India. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma Describing the issue of political parties promising freebies during elections as “very important”, the Supreme Court on Wednesday (September 18, 2024) said it will not delete from its list of businesses pleas filed against the practice. A Bench comprising Chief…
