- Sports
World Athletics C’ships: Eldhose Paul becomes first Indian to qualify for men’s triple jump final
Eugene: Eldhose Paul became the first Indian to qualify for the men’s triple jump final at the World Athletics Championships 2022 with an effort of 16.68 metres here. Placed in Group A,…
- India
Oppn continues protest on GST rates in Parliament, PM meets top ministers
New Delhi: Congress and other like-minded opposition parties held a joint protest against the price rise and increase in the GST rates of essential commodities in the Parliament House complex even as…
- Middle East
UN envoy steps up efforts for expansion of truce in Yemen
United Nations: UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg has intensified his engagements toward full implementation of the truce in Yemen, and is exploring possibilities for expanding and extending it beyond August…
- India
Gujarat: Bajrang Dal workers scrawl ‘Haj house’ on Cong office walls
Ahmedabad: A few Bajrang Dal workers scaled the walls of Congress office Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan here and marked it with a graffiti reading “Haj house” in black paint. Pictures of the incident…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad’s vaccine capacity to soar to 14 billion doses
Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s vaccine capacity is to increase by more than 50 per cent to 14 billion doses, the highest for any region in the world, as the city-based Biological E on Thursday…
- World
‘Iran to gradually eliminate dollar in trade with Russia’
Tehran: Iran’s chief banker said the US dollar will be gradually eliminated from Iranian-Russian economic transactions, the country’s official news agency has reported. The trade volume between Iran and Russia stood at…
- Andhra Pradesh
YS Jagan reviews Andhra Pradesh’s progress in terms of SDGs
Amravati: Andhra Pradesh (AP) chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday took a stalk of the state’s progress in terms of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) The chief minister highlighted the significance…
- Delhi
Vandalism at Delhi CM’s house: Chargesheet against 30, HC told
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Thursday apprised the High Court that it has filed a chargesheet before a lower court against 30 people in connection with the incident of vandalism that…
- Health
High BP may double Omicron severity risk, even after booster dose: Study
New York: Having high blood pressure more than doubled a person’s risk for hospitalisation from an Omicron-variant — despite full vaccination, including a booster dose of the Covid vaccines, according to new…
- India
Court reserves order on Teesta, Sreekumar’s bail application
Ahmedabad: The Additional City Civil and Sessions Court on Thursday reserved its order on the bail applications of activist Teesta Setalvad and former DGP R B Sreekumar. Both were arrested in a case…
- India
Maha govt lifts stay on Mumbai Metro car-shed in Aarey Colony
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Thursday vacated the ‘stop work’ order on the contentious car-shed for the Mumbai Metro 3 at the Aarey Colony. The stay was given by former Chief Minister…
- India
MP minister slams Digvijaya Singh for his remark on NSA Doval’s son
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh home minister Narottam Mishra on Wednesday attacked veteran Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh, calling him a ‘sympathiser’ of controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik who is banned…
- Automobile
Ford plans to cut 8K jobs to help fund its EV plans: Report
San Francisco: With an aim to fund its plans to build electric vehicles (EVs), popular automaker Ford is likely planning to cut up to 8,000 jobs over the coming weeks, media reports…
- India
Kerala NEET row: All seven arrested released on bail
Thiruvananthapuram: All seven persons, arrested by the Kerala Police in connection with the NEET girl aspirants innerwear removal row in the state, on Thursday got bail from a lower court in Kollam…
- Andhra Pradesh
People of Andhra Pradesh have more patience than Sri Lankans: Naidu
Amaravati, July 21 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh’s former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said on Thursday that the people of the state have more patience than people of Sri Lanka. Drawing a parallel…
