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The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees warned on October 25 that without immediate deliveries of fuel it will soon have to sharply cut back relief operations across the Gaza Strip, which has been blockaded and hit by devastating Israeli airstrikes since Hamas militants launched an attack on Israel more than two weeks ago. The…
On Monday, the rupee closed 4 paise lower at 83.16 against the U.S. dollar. | Photo Credit: R. Ragu The rupee paired its early gains and settled 2 paise lower at 83.18 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, tracking negative cues from domestic equity markets and a stronger American currency overseas. Softening crude oil…
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A long-exposure photograph of stars over the Hanle Dark Sky Reserve in Ladakh. | Photo Credit: Akash Anandh The temperatures were subzero and freezing. The conditions were unforgiving. We were elated and thrilled being outdoors all night. At 4,300 metres above sea level, we felt it could have been the Everest Base Camp. In reality,…
The minister said Delhi Cabinet approved the pollution study proposal in 2021. (Representational) New Delhi: The Delhi government’s first-of-its-kind study to determine pollution sources in the national capital has been halted unilaterally and arbitrarily on the orders of Delhi Pollution Control Committee Chairman (DPCC) Ashwani Kumar, alleged city Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Wednesday. In…
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Daily Quiz | On Pablo Picasso 1 / 7 | This is an artistic form or medium usually created on a defined substrate that consists of three-dimensional elements projecting out of or from the substrate. The origin of the art form dates to Picasso. What is this art form called? 2 / 7 | This…
Erdogan accused Israel of taking advantage of Turkey’s good intentions. (FILE) ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, in his strongest comments yet on the Gaza conflict, said on Wednesday the Palestinian group Hamas was not a terrorist organisation but a liberation group fighting to protect Palestinian lands and people. Speaking to lawmakers from his ruling AK…
Representational image. | Photo Credit: PTI Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty plunged nearly 1% on Wednesday, in continuation with the pessimistic trend amid the ongoing tensions in the Middle East. Falling for the fifth day running, the 30-share BSE Sensex tanked 522.82 points or 0.81% to settle at 64,049.06. During the day, it dropped…
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Union Minister Anurag Thakur addresses the media during cabinet briefing, in New Delhi, on October 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a ₹22,303 crore subsidy on P&K fertilisers for the current Rabi season to ensure farmers continue to get soil nutrients at reasonable rates despite high global…
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Merely because the wife is a graduate, she cannot be compelled to work, the high court said. New Delhi: Merely because the wife is a graduate, she cannot be compelled to work and it cannot be presumed that she is intentionally not working to claim maintenance from her estranged husband, the Delhi High Court has…
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The Supreme Court invoked extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 142 of the Constitution. New Delhi: Twenty-eight years after a man applied for a job in the postal department, the Supreme Court has ordered his appointment noting that there was an error in holding him ineligible for the post. Ankur Gupta had applied for the post of…
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