This is not an era of war, reiterated Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing the Indian community in Poland, two days before his much-anticipated visit to Ukraine where he has pledged to campaign for a peaceful resolution of Russia’s invasion. “India is an advocate of permanent peace in this region.Continue Reading
The newly appointed principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Suhrita Paul, has been removed from her post. The government’s move came after a delegation of students met officials at the Swasthya Bhavan. The medical students had held a footmarch from the CGO Complex (CBI office) to Swasthya BhavanContinue Reading
Actor-cum-politician Suresh Gopi said on Wednesday that if he is removed as Union Minister of State for acting in films while holding his ministerial post, he would consider himself “saved”. Mr Gopi also said that he has requested permission to commence shooting for the film ‘Ottakomban’, but has not receivedContinue Reading
The UPSC on Wednesday opposed in the Delhi High Court an anticipatory bail plea by former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, accused of cheating and wrongly availing OBC and disability quota benefits, and said she committed fraud against the commission and the public. The Delhi Police also sought dismissal of theContinue Reading
Citizen scientists involved in NASA’s Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project have made an extraordinary discovery-an enigmatic object hurtling through space at an astonishing speed of 1 million miles per hour. Volunteers combing through NASA data in search of new planetary bodies or celestial phenomena have found this object and itContinue Reading
Cristiano Ronaldo has done it again, but this time, he’s not breaking records on the football field—he’s dominating YouTube. In a move that has the entire internet buzzing, Ronaldo launched his official YouTube channel and instantly became a sensation. The channel skyrocketed to 1 million subscribers in just 90 minutes,Continue Reading
A 16-year-old girl was raped by two men in a vehicle in Uttar Pradesh’s Jhansi yesterday. The accused then left her on the road after threatening her. Three men who live in the same locality as the survivor kidnapped her in a car at 6 am on Tuesday and droveContinue Reading
Sandip Ghosh – the ex-head of Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital, who has been interrogated, rigorously, by the CBI in connection with the rape and murder of a junior doctor this month – was last year accused of corruption, and trafficking in bodies and biomedical waste. The allegations were made by AkhtarContinue Reading
Food delivery platform Zomato said on Wednesday it will acquire the movie and events ticketing businesses of digital payments firm Paytm for a combined Rs 2048 crore ($244.2 million), as the food delivery platform looks to diversify beyond food delivery. The acquisition bolsters Zomato’s presence in India’s vast online ticketingContinue Reading
The young doctor whose life was brutally cut short at RG Kar Hospital less than two weeks ago, harboured big dreams of winning a gold medal and other big honours in medicine. She had even listed the hospitals she wanted to work in. All this, sources said, were on aContinue Reading