Everyone feels thirsty after exercise, hot weather, or salty meals, but when thirst becomes constant and unrelenting, it may signal more than simple dehydration. This excessive, persistent urge to drink, called polydipsia, is one of the earliest and often most overlooked warning signs of diabetes. It occurs when high blood sugar forces the kidneys to…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has held that the motor vehicles tax, which is imposed for use of public places and infrastructure, cannot be levied if a vehicle does not use the same.“Motor vehicle tax is compensatory in nature. It has a direct nexus with the end use. The rationale for levy of motor vehicle tax…
NEW DELHI: India’s peak outbound travel month of June saw a decline in the number of Indian visitors to the US in 2025 over the previous year for the first time this millennium, barring the Covid period.With 2.1 lakh Indians headed to America in June, the number was 8% lower than 2.3 lakh in same…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi called for a stronger state-prefecture cooperation between India and Japan to boost trade, technology, manufacturing and cultural links between India and Japan, and to create new industries, develop fresh skills and open up more opportunities for people.In a meeting with 16 governors of Japanese prefectures – which he described as…
Ahead of PM Narendra Modi’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday in China, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dialled Modi to say that while Ukraine was ready for a meeting with Putin, Russia continued to carry out “cynical strikes” killing dozens of civilians. He also sought an immediate ceasefire saying peace talks were not…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shigeru Ishiba on Saturday travelled in a bullet train (Shinkansen) from Tokyo to Sendai, the capital of the Miyagi prefecture, where they visited the premises of Tokyo Electron Miyagi Ltd, a leading Japanese semiconductor company. Modi and Ishiba, at their meeting on Friday, had pledged…
NEW DELHI: Indian Army fired as many as 30,000 artillery and mortar shells as well as over3 lakh rounds of small arms across the Line of Control in response to Pakistan’s ceasefire violations during the May 7-10 hostilities, Northern Command chief Lt-General Pratik Sharma said on Saturday.“For every round fired by Pakistan (after IAF and…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi landed in Tianjin Saturday evening for what is his first visit to China in 7 years, amid global trade disruptions and shifting alliances. The visit follows an almost year-long effort by both sides to narrow down their differences on the contentious border issue and normalise the relationship in the form…
NEW DELHI: A Belgian court is learnt to have rejected the bail plea of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi ahead of his extradition hearing there. Choksi, who was arrested in Belgium in April this year, had applied for bail on medical grounds last month. Indian law enforcement agencies argued that Choksi was a habitual absconder and…
SRINAGAR: Bagu Khan knew every trail, every ridge, every hidden path across the LoC. The terrorist guide dubbed “human GPS” was killed in a gunfight with security forces in north Kashmir’s Gurez sector on Aug 28, officials said Saturday.Security officials said Khan had facilitated nearly 100 infiltration attempts over decades, often slipping across the LoC…
