New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed all states to survey orphaned children who were denied education under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act.A bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice KV Viswanathan asked the Centre to consider including data of such children in the upcoming census, scheduled to be…
In response to the controversy surrounding Shah Rukh Khan‘s recent National Award win for the movie “Jawan,” filmmaker Imtiaz Ali has publicly defended the actor, telling IANS that it was a proud moment while speaking on the sidelines of an event in Mumbai. “No, no. If the country has honoured him, it’s obviously a big…
TRICHY: Two kids at home. A breast pump by her side and 300 litres of mother’s milk. One mission – to feed babies she would never meet.Selva Brindha, 33, a homemaker from Kattur in Trichy district, has donated 300.17 litres of breast milk over 22 months, helping save the lives of countless premature and sick…
BENGALURU: In the global battle against waste, two streams stand out for their notorious resistance to recycling: multi-layered plastics (MLPs) and synthetic textiles. Dubbed “untouchables” in the recycling world, these materials are complex, chemically diverse, and largely destined for landfills or incineration.But a new technology developed at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) may offer…
Lucknow: Designed to minimise procedural bottlenecks and reduce red tape, the third-generation version of UP’s Nivesh Mitra portal is set to cut service delivery timelines by 30% to 50% across various departments.“Nivesh Mitra 3.0 promises to significantly reduce approval timelines, simplify documentation requirements, and ease inter-departmental complexities,” an official said on Wednesday. Citing an example,…
Comparisons and competition are unavoidable when two movies are released at roughly the same time. That’s precisely what happened when Mohit Suri‘s elegant romantic drama Saiyaara and Anupam Kher‘s touching drama Tanvi The Great opened in theaters on the same day. Tanvi The Great failed to achieve the same level of commercial success as the…
NEW DELIH: In a first, both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha simultaneously took up two bills of the same ministry – shipping – on the same day and passed both. The Merchant Shipping Bill, 2025, and the Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill, 2025, were passed after brief debate, amid opposition protest to demand a…
Lucknow: A sum of Rs 41.75 crore has been transferred to 1,250 beneficiaries this year so far under the state-run Rani Laxmibai Mahila Evam Bal Samman Kosh.Under the scheme, women who are victims of heinous crimes are provided financial assistance of Rs 1-10 lakh by the govt.The govt has an annual budget of Rs 50…
Filmmaker Rakesh Roshan stunned everyone by doing the “Aavan Jaavan” hookstep from Hrithik Roshan and Kiara Advani‘s “War 2” a few days after recovering from his surgery. The video of Rakesh and a dance troupe performing the romantic song has been reposted by Hrithik.The director of “Krrish 3” can be seen grinning at the camera…
NEW DELHI: Matters pending before the judiciary cannot be discussed on the floor of the House, the govt asserted on Wednesday in Lok Sabha in response to continued demand from opposition parties for a discussion on the SIR exercise in Bihar.Addressing the House, parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijuju said the functioning of autonomous institutions, such…
