Month: August 2026

Andhra junior doctors to continue strike as talks with govt. make no headway

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Andhra junior doctors to continue strike as talks with govt. make no headway

Junior doctors staging a demonstration in front of Government Siddhartha Medical College in Vijayawada on Thursday. | Photo Credit: G.N. RAO For the first time since their strike began, a delegation of junior doctors met Andhra Pradesh Minister for Health, Medical and Family Welfare Satya Kumar Yadav at the Secretariat on Thursday, August 20, and…

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PM Modi urges private space sector to build global aura of innovation

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PM Modi urges private space sector to build global aura of innovation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stressed creating an aura around the private sector in space research so that people worldwide feel that if they want to make a career, they should go to India. In an interaction with CEOs and founders of 20 space startups on Friday (August 21, 2026), Mr. Modi also highlighted India’s…

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Animesh Kujur, Gurindervir Singh shrug off 100m setback, set sights on Asian Games

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Animesh Kujur, Gurindervir Singh shrug off 100m setback, set sights on Asian Games

Gurindervir Singh competes in the men’s 100m round 1 heat 4 athletics at the 23rd Commonwealth Games, in Glasgow. File | Photo Credit: PTI The country’s top two sprinters, Animesh Kujur and Gurindervir Singh, did not produce impressive finishes in the men’s 100m at the World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meet at the Kalinga Stadium, but both…

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Doctors achieve new feat in cancer treatment with cord transplant and Car T-cell therapy

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Doctors achieve new feat in cancer treatment with cord transplant and Car T-cell therapy

Doctors at Narayana Health announcing a new feat in cancer treatment with cord transplant and Car T-cell therapy. Photo: Special Arrangement Doctors from a private health facility in West Bengal have successfully treated a seven- year-old boy suffering from thalassaemia using an advanced Haplo Cord transplant process. The parents of the 7-year-old child diagnosed with…

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Zelenskyy rejects wartime elections, says would ‘split’ Ukraine

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Zelenskyy rejects wartime elections, says would ‘split’ Ukraine

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a briefing with a group of journalists on August 22, 2026, the first in months amid several political crises. File | Photo Credit: AP President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in remarks made public on Sunday (August 23, 2026), said that it would be too dangerous for Ukraine to hold an election while…

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Maldives’ largest infra project advances with India’s support after final segment of Thilamale Bridge is installed

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Maldives’ largest infra project advances with India’s support after final segment of Thilamale Bridge is installed

“The final bridge segment connecting Malé with Villingili is officially set in place — bringing seamless connectivity between the islands one step closer,” the High Commission of India in Maldives said in a post on X. Photo: X/@HCIMaldives The final bridge segment connecting the Maldivian capital Male with Villingili island has been officially set in…

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Shantinagara Airport Bus Lounge falls into neglect, raises concerns over passenger safety and maintenance

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Shantinagara Airport Bus Lounge falls into neglect, raises concerns over passenger safety and maintenance

Shantinagara BMTC Airport bus waiting room, in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Flaking paint, damp-stained walls and poorly lit interiors have left the air-conditioned airport bus lounge at the Shantinagara Traffic and Transit Management Centre (TTMC) in a state of neglect, raising concerns about the upkeep of a facility meant to provide airport bus…

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Ageing Lutyens’ Delhi bungalows push upkeep bill for Union Ministers’ residences to over ₹92 crore

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The upkeep of Delhi’s iconic Lutyens bungalows, now nearly a century old, is becoming increasingly expensive – annual expenditure on the renovation, furnishing and repair of the official residences of Union Ministers touched a record high of ₹92.35 crore in 2025-26, more than three times the ₹27.47 crore in 2014-15. According to information obtained by…

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