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New Delhi: Soaring temperatures in Delhi have proven to be too much for some courts and are putting to the test a law in place since 1961 that requires lawyers to wear heavy black robes and coats. At least three High Courts have permitted lawyers to discard the robes and coats for the summer, although…
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An Air India plane. File | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI Passengers of a San Francisco-bound Air India flight had a tough time at the Delhi airport on May 30 evening as the departure was delayed for more than six hours due to a technical issue with the aircraft. The flight AI 183, which was to…
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Over the previous decade, UAE accepted over 2,500 tonne of smuggled gold. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Gold smuggling out of Africa, mainly to the United Arab Emirates, has surged over the last decade, with hundreds of tonnes of gold worth tens of billions of dollars illegally leaving the continent every year, according to a…
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Indian Grandmaster R Vaishali continued her dream run to defeat veteran GM Pia Cramling of Sweden, while her brother R Praggnanandhaa went down fighting against Hikaru Nakamura of USA in the fourth round of the Norway chess tournament in Stavanger. Vaishali stretched her lead to 2.5 points following her second win under classical…
Eleven funds, under the Qualified Domestic Limited Partner programme, have been launched so far this year. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Global fund launches in China have hit a record as a weakening yuan and fragile economy drive demand for foreign assets, in the latest sign of low confidence among domestic investors. Eleven funds issued…
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Korean Central News Agency said that the rockets fired had “accurately hit an island target 365 km away” Seoul, South Korea: North Korean state media on Friday released images of leader Kim Jong Un supervising tests of a multiple rocket launcher system, a day after Seoul accused Pyongyang of firing a volley of short-range ballistic…
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Dr Ajay Taware has been arrested in Pune crash case Mumbai: A retired customs commissioner has alleged that Dr Ajay Taware, arrested in the Porsche crash case in Pune, had manipulated the gender test report of the former’s daughter-in-law in a marital dispute five years ago. Dr Taware, head of the department of forensic medicine…
File photo of Hardik Pandya© AFP There was a lot of speculation surrounding Hardik Pandya‘s selection for the T20 World Cup 2024 but the Indian cricket team selectors showed their trust in the all-rounder by naming him vice-captain. They also opted for four spin options – Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel and…
The Kashmir Files director Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri is currently working on his film The Delhi Files Mumbai: Director Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri, who is currently busy with his film ‘The Delhi Files’, recently visited Mahatma Gandhi’s Ashram in Sevagram, Maharashtra. The director said that he visited the place for research of his upcoming film. On Thursday,…
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US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin leaves a meeting at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore on May 31, 2024, as part of his attendance at the 21st Shangri-La Dialogue summit. | Photo Credit: AFP The U.S. and Chinese defence chiefs held rare direct talks in Singapore on May 31, offering hopes for more military dialogue…