Chennai: Two days ago, Govt Chengalpet Medical College and Hospital assistant professor Dr S Manikumar, posted a WhatsApp story announcing that he had registered for organ donation, along with a photo of the pledge certificate issued by the Union health ministry. On Monday, a team of doctors from the same hospital harvested his cornea, minutes…
NEW DELHI: “We have been friends for over 40 years; back then, our hair was black,” PM Narendra Modi recalled at the felicitation of NDA vice-presidential candidate CP Radhakrishnan (CPR) during NDA parliamentary party meeting on Parliament premises on Tuesday.The PM expressed happiness at the enthusiasm among allies for “CPR” and urged opposition to support…
Home minister Amit Shah (PTI) NEW DELHI: In a significant move, home minister Amit Shah will on Wednesday move a set of three bills providing for mandatory resignation or removal of the Prime Minister, chief ministers and ministers at the Centre and in states/UTs, if they have spent 30 consecutive days under arrest or detention,…
A 50-year-old Indiana woman was arrested in the District of Columbia (DC) after allegedly making a series of violent threats against United States President Donald Trump through social media platforms, the US Attorney’s Office, DC, said in a statement.Nathalie Rose Jones of Lafayette, Indiana, was taken into custody on Saturday, August 16, and charged with…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar’s meeting with counterpart Wang Yi saw efforts by both sides to address each other’s concerns and interests, with Beijing agreeing to remove curbs on export of fertilisers, rare earth minerals and tunnel boring machines to cater to India’s needs. Indian authorities said these were three key concerns raised…
Apple is producing all four iPhone 17 models in India ahead of their September debut, marking the first time that all new variations, including the two Pro versions, will ship from the country from launch, according to Bloomberg sources familiar with the matter.The company has expanded iPhone production to five factories in India, including two…
KOCHI: The year M A Abdullah Maulavi was born marked the dawn of the Roaring Twenties, a decade of rapid tech transformation. Little did the now 105-year-old Kerala native know that it would take him another century and more to find his tech mojo as a “fully digi-literate” person able to use a smartphone. “I…
NEW DELHI: Keeping aside objections of Kerala and Tamil Nadu govts on the maintainability of the Presidential reference, Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would give its opinion on the President’s 14 queries if it finds these raising important questions of law on SC’s power to fix timelines for her and governors in granting, withholding…
“Tomorrow is not promised” is what YouTubers NinaUnrated and Patrick Blackwood have to say after they met an unexpected and terrifying incident while enjoying their food. A chilling video of the two food reviewers is doing rounds on social media, where they can be seen sitting in a restaurant, Piada Italian Street Food, in Tyler,…
NEW DELHI: Cabinet on Tuesday approved a bill that seeks to ban “online money game”, where users pay a fee or deposit money, proposing a maximum three years in jail or fine of up to Rs 1 crore for those involved in offering, encouraging or inducing players to participate, which also extends to banks facilitating…
