YOUR RUM AND WHISKY ARE THE SAME ALCOHOL
NEW DELHI: The alcohol in rum, whisky and vodka is the same molecule. What separates them, and what India’s food regulator says Old Monk got wrong, is a fraction of a per cent nobody thinks to question. Pour a rum, a whisky and a vodka side by side, and you are looking at three drinks […]
CANCER DEATHS TIED TO ALCOHOL DOUBLED
NEW DELHI: Alcohol-attributable cancer deaths in the United States doubled between 1990 and 2023, according to a new study. The findings, first presented as an oral presentation at the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting and now appearing in The Lancet Regional Health—Americas, highlights alcohol as a potentially modifiable cancer risk factor whose […]
AHEAD OF SHEIKH HASINA’S RETURN, 7 AWAMI LEAGUE LEADERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
NEW DELHI: Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Tuesday sentenced seven senior Awami League leaders, including party General Secretary Obaidul Quader, to death for crimes against humanity linked to the student-led uprising that led to the fall of then-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government in 2024. The verdict comes months ahead of former Bangladesh Prime Minister […]
INDIA GAINS FROM WEEKEND BRICS SUMMIT IN DELHI
NEW DELHI: India concluded the 18th Brics Summit in New Delhi, advancing local-currency trade, digital public infrastructure, counter-terrorism cooperation and UN reforms. With 11 members and partner nations participating, the summit strengthened India’s role as a bridge between the Global South and major powers. Prime Minister Narendra speaks during day two of the Brics Summit […]
AADITYA THACKERAY IN CBI FIR IN SUSHANT SINGH’S EX-MANAGER CASE
NEW DELHI: MLA Aaditya Thackeray, actors Dino Morea, Rhea Chakraborty are among those named in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) FIR registered on Monday in connection with the death of Disha Salian, former manager of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, officials said. The development comes nearly two weeks after the Bombay High Court ordered […]
PAK CLEARED TO PLAY HOCKEY IN INDIA
NEW DELHI: Pakistan will be among the six countries that would compete in next month’s Men’s Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on Monday, citing the union government’s policy which allows the arch-foes to play on Indian soil during multi-lateral engagements. The Asian Champions Trophy, to be held from October […]
GYM TRAINER SHOT DEAD IN DELHI
NEW DELHI: A 28-year-old gym trainer was shot dead in south Delhi’s Fatehpur Beri on Monday morning, with around 15 rounds fired in the area, police said. The victim, identified as Vijay, was attacked by two bike-borne assailants in Aya Nagar village at around 10 am. The attackers allegedly opened fire at him before fleeing […]
75 MANIFESTOS FOR 75 UP DISTRICTS BY AKHILESH YADAV
NEW DELHI: The Samajwadi Party will break the tradition of releasing a single manifesto for all of Uttar Pradesh ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly polls. Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has put his stamp on a new mantra – “75 manifestos for UP’s 75 districts”. Virtually taking a leaf out of the UP government’s […]
INDIA BUILDING ARTIFICIAL SUN
NEW DELHI: Deep inside a laboratory in Gujarat, scientists are trying to recreate one of nature’s most powerful processes, the reaction that makes the Sun shine. India’s quest to build an artificial Sun has taken another major step forward with the installation and commissioning of a powerful new 82.6 GHz, 400 kW gyrotron on the […]
TARUN TEJPAL SURRENDERS IN GOA
NEW DELHI: Former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal surrendered before Goa Police, weeks after the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court convicted him to 10 years’ jail in a 2013 rape case and sentenced him to 10 years. The Supreme Court had directed the 62-year-old journalist to surrender within two weeks. The development came after […]
