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Alert in J'khand after bird flu case reported at poultry farm

The Jharkhand government on Saturday sounded an alert after bird flu case was reported at a veterinary college-based poultry farm of Birsa Agriculture University in Ranchi, an official said. Image......

Privacy is media's alliance, fear of surveillance is an assault: HC

The Madras high court has observed that press freedom and privacy were allies and that the fear of surveillance is an assault on the media, which is the fourth pillar of democracy. Photograph:......

Excited go into microgravity conditions: Astronaut Shukla on ISS travel

Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla on Thursday said he was "really excited" go into microgravity conditions as pilot for the Axiom Mission 4 to the International Space Station later this year.......

Union Budget 2025: Will 10K new medical seats curb students outflow?

The government's announcement in the Union Budget to create 10,000 additional seats in medical colleges next year has been welcomed by education experts and stakeholders, saying the move will......

Budget Prepares For Rise In Cancer Cases

Do we have enough trained oncologists and medical professionals in India to man these over 4,500 beds in the public sector? IMAGE: Union Home Minister Amit A Shah at the Shri Mahavir Health and......

Govt may use reserve oil funds to finance fertiliser subsidy gap

For the first time, the government is likely to dip into the Oil Industry Development Fund (OIDF) to finance part of its fertiliser subsidy programme for 2025-26, according to official sources.......

US pledges to boost technology ties with India

Artificial Intelligence, innovation and next-generation technologies figured prominently during the high-stakes discussion between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump at the......

Avoid Mini Trade Deal With US

The Budget has given signals that India is sensitive to US needs and willing to walk the extra mile, but if need be, we should respond in equal measure as a sovereign nation, notes Ajay Srivastava.......

Budget proposes social security scheme for gig workers

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced a social security scheme for one crore gig workers engaged with online platforms and said the government will provide them identity cards......

India Inc earns fat profits but wages have not kept pace

Growth in corporate profits needs to be commensurate with wages to boost the economy, Economic Survey 2024-25 said, noting that sharp disparities between the two pose risk to the economy by curbing......

Varun Dhawan's Body Double Becomes A Star

'I've had a 10-and-a-half year journey behind the camera and people don't know who I am.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Veer Pahariya /Instagram Sky Force may not have become the hit debutant Veer......

2024 Belongs To Payal Kapadia!

All We Imagine as Light has been on several critics' best of the year lists, including Sight and Sound (Payal Kapadia appeared on the magazine's cover, perhaps a first for an Indian filmmaker), to......

What The Mohan Babu-Manoj Feud Is About

IMAGE: Lakshmi Manchu with her father Mohan Babu. Photograph: Kind courtesy Lakshmi Manchu/Instagram All is not well between veteran Telugu actor Mohan Babu and his son Manchu Manoj. Mohan Babu......

2024's 10 Best OTT Films

There is quite a variety of subjects turning up on OTT, as film-makers are freed from the box office pressure. But there is still no getting away from casting movie stars in made-for-streaming......

7 Stunning Sequences From Raj Kapoor Films

Within his short lifespan of 63 years, Raj Kapoor left behind an incredible cinematic legacy.Dinesh Raheja continues celebrating Raj Kapoor's birth centenary by looking at seven sequences from his......

Rashid Khan's emotional plea to Taliban

IMAGE: Rashid Khan said Afghanistan needed professionals in every field, especially the medical sector. Photograph: Kind Courtesy Rashid Khan/X Afghanistan cricket superstar Rashid Khan on......

Diving Champ Manjari Bhargava Passes Into The Ages

Over five decades ago, when swimmers from Rajasthan participated in the National Swimming Championships, competitors from other states would look at the Rajasthan squad in awe. They wondered how a......

WOW Moments From Paris Olympics!

The Paris Olympics had it all -- glamour (cuing for Snoop Dogg here), humour (the inventive Internet producing memes after memes) and some controversy too -- Vinesh Phogat's disqualification and......

How 'Guru Gary' is using cricket to keep slum kids away from drugs

Photograph: Andrew Couldridge Livepic via Reuters Notorious for drugs and crime and afflicted by large-scale poverty, the Khayelitsha township in Cape Town is better known for being one of the......

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