A woman costumes designer working with the Bollywood has become the country’s first patient to test positive for the Covid XE variant, a BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said on Wednesday.First found in the UK, the XE variant is a mutation of strains of the Omicron variant, and early indications suggest it could be around…Continue Reading
Stressing upon indigenisation, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said the current geopolitical situation — referring to the war between Russia and Ukraine, has highlighted the need for indigenisation.India is dependent on Russia and Ukraine for various components used in arms and ammunition.Speaking during the Air Force Commanders’ Conference (AFCC) at Air Headquarters here, Singh…Continue Reading
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday took the custody of former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in connection with the ongoing probe into the corruption allegations against him.A CBI team took charge of the senior Nationalist Congress Party leader Deshmukh from the Arthur Road Central Jail — where he has been in judicial…Continue Reading
‘Undaunted: Lt Ummer Fayaz of Kashmir’, the book by Bhaavna Arora, which chronicles the life of Kashmiri Army officer Lt Ummer Fayaz, will be adapted for the big screen.Fayaz set an example for fellow Kashmiris to break the cycle of violence with his shortlived tenure in the Army. Brutally murdered by armed militants, his death…Continue Reading
Potted greenery is the perfect way to connect with nature when spending time indoors — my own green roommates have been wonderful company through the winter. Now that spring is here, it’s the best time to tend to your botanical buddie — whether you’ve got a few or 100 — before making a break for…Continue Reading
A couple of weeks ago, some Republican senators took to the microphones to declare that the war in Ukraine has shown that Democrats are a bunch of weaklings who can’t defend America. What a shocker? One of them even called Joe Biden “Bambi’s brother.” But despite their fist-shaking, you could see they were just going through the…Continue Reading
A Virginia court last week disbarred an attorney representing numerous prominent Capitol riot defendants, including a top Oath Keepers member charged with seditious conspiracy. A three-judge panel in Prince William County Circuit Court ordered attorney Jonathon Moseley’s law license revoked, according to court records first reported by Politico. The details of the case have not…Continue Reading
Many so-called night people feel that, when it comes to society’s expectations about when the workday should start, they drew the short straw. Research shows that “night owls” are hard-wired to sleep later, yet 9-to-5 work schedules force them to battle their physiology and wake up early. Research also has shown that conventional timetables leave…Continue Reading
Right-wing groups have launched an unusual political campaign in Michigan, uniting major Republican donors — including Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump’s former education secretary — with far-right militants in an effort to exploit the state’s petition rules and bypass the normal legislative process. If successful, this could lead to the veto-proof enactment of a series of…Continue Reading
National On March 9, outside the office of a university librarian, someone placed a bright pink gift bag in an area of the library with no cameras. A photo provided by the Cambridge University Library in England shows one of the two notebooks of Charles Darwin that were anonymously returned 22 years after they went…Continue Reading
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