TOI correspondent from Washington: Donald Trump posted on Truth Social a fake Wikipedia profile calling him “acting president” of Venezuela, seemingly mocking the besieged country, United Nations, and the global community. While the charitable explanation from some analysts is that he is trolling Venezuela and the world, concern and outrage rippled through many who said…
PM Narendra Modi and Jaspal Rana (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday led the nation in mourning the death of renowned shooting coach and former Asian Games gold medallist Jaspal Rana, describing his passing as “a profound loss to the world of Indian sports.”Rana, who was serving as the high-performance coach…
Indian captain of a sanctioned Russian oil tanker was arrested in the UK LONDON/DEHRADUN: The Indian captain of a sanctioned Russian shadow fleet oil tanker intercepted by British armed forces while crossing the English Channel en route from Russia to India has been arrested in the UK and appeared in court charged with breaching sanctions,…
Genetic testing looks for inherited mutations in cancer‑predisposition genes such as BRCA1/2, TP53, and others that dramatically raise lifetime risk of breast, ovarian, colorectal and many other cancers. Unlike imaging or blood tests, this is usually done once (or a few times) in life, and can reveal risk long before any cells become precancerous, allowing…
NEW DELHI: The government on Sunday launched a social media campaign to spotlight the ‘Sarpanch Pati’ practice. Announcing the ‘Say No To Proxy Sarpanch” campaign, the ministry of panchayati raj (MoPR) said that it was aimed at giving more power to women sarpanches by calling upon citizens to join this movement, celebrate real Sarpanches and…
Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday defended the government’s decision to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, insisting that the new law strengthens, rather than weakens, the legal right to rural employment.Responding to sharp opposition criticism, Chouhan…