PM Modi being presented a memento during ‘The Future of Environment and Climate Dynamics’, at Vigyan Bhawan, in New Delhi Saturday NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi Saturday questioned the narrative in which the responsibility for carbon emissions is pinned on developing countries while Western countries are absolved of their role as historical polluters, even as…
Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka in action between Brighton’s Olivier Boscagli, left, and Maxim De Cuyper during the English Premier League. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Arsenal lost top spot in the Premier League after suffering their first defeat of the season, going down 3-0 to Brighton. The Seagulls climbed to third after a strong week that also included…
Nila Vikhe Patil, daughter of Maharashtra educationist Ashok Vikhe Patil, was elected to the Swedish Parliament on Saturday from the Stockholm City constituency.Nila is the great-granddaughter of the founder of Asia’s first cooperative sugar factory, Vithalrao Vikhe Patil, and granddaughter of late Union minister Balasaheb Vikhe Patil. Her uncle, Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, is a Maharashtra…
Ashutosh Ranka said the party would continue its inspections of dilapidated school infrastructure across the state. NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) member Ashutosh Ranka took a dig at the Rajasthan government, saying the Bhajan Lal Sharma dispensation released Rs 4,000 crore for 472 schools on the day the “cockraoches entered Udaipur”.“And a double coincidence…
Isharani Baruah made it to the quarterfinals of Syed Modi International (BAI) NEW DELHI: When Isharani Baruah looks at India’s badminton squad for the Asian Games, she doesn’t see a team overawed by Asia’s traditional powerhouses.The 22-year-old from Assam will make her Asian Games debut in Aichi-Nagoya, stepping into a squad that brings together the…
West Asia tensions soar; Trump cuts short Camp David stay US President Donald Trump cut short his weekend stay at Camp David and returned to the White House on Saturday, a day earlier than scheduled, as tensions escalated across West Asia.The administration did not explain why Trump was returning a day earlier from Camp David,…
The fire started around 3:15 am. (File Photo) NEW DELHI: A fire broke out at a helipad terminal in Katra, the base camp for pilgrims visiting the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine in Jammu and Kashmir‘s Reasi district, early Sunday, officials said.The fire started around 3:15 am, apparently due to a short circuit, and was brought…
Quimcy Dsouza’s Asian Games campaign ended in heartbreaking fashion as the Indian teqball player went down 0-2 to Japan’s world No. 7 Yuina Sakamoto in the women’s singles bronze medal match here on Saturday.Despite the straight-set defeat, the 11-12, 11-12 scoreline hardly reflects how close the Mumbai player came to claiming the bronze. With a…
India eye record medals at Asian Games 2026 NEW DELHI: Hoping to build on the historic campaign three years back at Hangzhou, India begins its campaign at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya with a 500-plus athlete contingent, aiming to better the 106-medal tally racked up at the last Games.While the build-up to the Games has…
Environmental issues have no geographical limitations, said CJI Surya Kant NEW DELHI: Terming Supreme Court the “banyan tree” of environmental justice for its role in protecting the environment and ecology, CJI Surya Kant Saturday said conservation and development are not in conflict with each other and there is need to maintain balance between them.Addressing the…