PASSIVE SMOKING DEATHS UP 50% EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT SMOKING
NEW DELHI: A new Lancet study reveals a sharp rise in deaths linked to tobacco smoke exposure in India over the past three decades. While the proportion of Indians exposed has fallen, the number of people affected has climbed to 444 million. Tobacco smoke can harm people even when they are not the ones holding […]
HIGH COURT DISMISSES ‘SHUDDHIKARAN’ CASE
NEW DELHI: The Uttarakhand High Court on Tuesday dismissed a public interest litigation seeking an independent probe into a “purification” ritual performed at a Haldwani venue after a rally by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. The PIL was filed by Baij Nath, a social activist and lawyer from the Dalit community. A ‘shuddhikaran’ (purification) havan was conducted by […]
PM Modi and Russian President Putin to hold bilateral talks on September 11, SU-57 aircraft sale to India on agenda
New Delhi, 08 September—Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold bilateral talks on September 11 during the 18th BRICS summit with sale of SU-57 jet fighters to India being on the top of the agenda. While Russian spokesperson Dmitry Peskov informed that Russian sale of SU-57 jetfighters is going to be […]
The Voice That Set Hindi Cinema Free: Remembering G.M. Durrani
Long before the golden era of Hindi cinema fully blossomed, a single voice quietly redefined the contours of Indian playback singing. In an era dominated by the hypnotic, heavy-inflected style of K.L. Saigal, Ghulam Mustafa Durrani dared to sing differently. He was not merely a performer; he was the bridge between the old world of […]
CENTRE WANTS TRANSFER OF ANIL AMBANI’S BLACK MONEY PETITIONS TO DELHI HIGH COURT
NEW DELHI: The Union government and the Income Tax department have moved the Supreme Court seeking directions to consolidate and transfer to Delhi High Court petitions challenging the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015. The Union government has particularly sought the transfer of Industrialist Anil Ambani’s petitions out […]
CALL FOR AUDIT OF ALL DELHI STUDENTS HOUSING
NEW DELHI: Days after seven people were killed in the Satya Niketan building collapse, the Supreme Court-appointed amicus curiae Tuesday urged the court to order a time-bound safety audit of PG accommodations, private hostels, and other student housing in and around colleges and universities across Delhi. In a status report, Senior Advocate Ajit Kumar Sinha, […]
PM SNIPES AFTER UNVEILING RS 35,000 CR PROJECTS
NEW DELHI: At a Vadodara event, PM Modi unveiled and launched Rs 35,000-crore projects and mocked critics as ‘naraz fufa ji’. He used the dedicated freight corridor to contrast his government’s record with the UPA and to underline self-reliance in manufacturing. Stepping up his attack on the Opposition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday doubled […]
GDP GOOD, BUT NOT ENOUGH FOR VIKSIT BHARAT BY 2047: ECONOMISTS
NEW DELHI: India posted a better-than-expected 7.8% GDP growth in the first quarter of financial year 2026-27. However, economists Surjit Bhalla and Montek Singh Ahluwalia say India’s dream of being a developed nation by 2047 will require much more than just a few quarters of strong growth. Two of India’s best-known economists have expressed doubts […]
MANIPUR MUSIC TEACHER KILLED IN DELHI
NEW DELHI: In the wake of the death of a Manipuri music teacher, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has questioned Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the Delhi Police over what he called “growing lawlessness” against people from the Northeast in the capital. In the early hours of Monday, 54-year-old Vikram Singh objected to delivery workers […]
NATIONAL FILM AWARDS AT NEW VENUE EVERY YEAR
NEW DELHI: The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has said the National Film Awards will now be held in different parts of the country, with the 72nd edition set for Gujarat on 22 September. The move breaks a decades-long practice of presenting the honours in Delhi and signals a wider national rollout for the ceremony. Ever […]
