New Delhi: Three academicians engaged by NCERT as experts – Prof Michel Danino, Suparna Diwakar and Alok Prasanna Kumar – whom the Supreme Court banned for life “for projecting a negative image of judiciary” by mentioning about corruption in judiciary in a Class 8 textbook, approached the apex court Monday seeking a review of the…
Bhopal: AIIMS Bhopal is stepping into the future of healthcare with a new partnership with Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Together, they will work on cutting-edge research in pharmacogenomics — the science of how our genes affect the way medicines work.For patients, the collaboration promises more personalised treatment. Instead of relying on the same…
New Delhi: Observing nepotism and patronage has no place in distribution of public resources, Supreme Court on Monday directed a CBI inquiry into the allegation of allotment of public contracts worth over Rs 1,200 crore by the Arunachal Pradesh govt to companies owned or controlled by CM Pema Khandu’s close family members.Taking note of CAG…
SRINAGAR: Hope blooms in Srinagar’s Tulip Garden. Some cancer-struck kids just came back with rich pickings.The children were brought to the garden along Dal Lake on Monday from Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) as part of the hospital’s immunotherapy efforts — strengthening the immune system with hope, optimism and positivity. The children numbered around…
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha chairman CP Radhakrishnan on Monday rejected the opposition’s impeachment motion against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.It was the first time a notice seeking the removal of the Election Commission chief was issued with the signature of 130 Lok Sabha MPs and 63 Rajya Sabha members.The 10-page impeachment motion accused Gyanesh Kumar…
NEW DELHI: The Centre has, for the first time, come out with dedicated rules to manage tar balls – weathered product of oil spills due to offshore oil exploration activities, oil tanker/ ship/ vessel accidents or pipeline leakages that cause marine pollution – and proposed mandatory provisions for owner of oil facilities for its collection,…
File photo (Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai with PM Modi) New Delhi: With Chhattisgarh’s Bastar division now free from the hold of Maoists, state chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah here on Tuesday to discuss the roadmap for a development and infrastructure push in the…
NEW DELHI: Does Aam Aadmi Party not want Congress to win in Kerala assembly polls?INDIA bloc’s inability to form a unified front ahead of the Kerala assembly polls was exposed spectacularly after Arvind Kejriwal‘s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) released successive lists of candidates, signalling its intent to fight a full-scale battle across all 140 seats…
CEC Gyanesh Kumar (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Rajya Sabha chairman CP Radhakrishnan on Monday rejected the impeachment motion against the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, who has been facing opposition’s heat over the pan-India Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and the “conduct” of the recent assembly polls.It was the first time a notice was…
Punjab Police on Monday said it foiled Pakistan’s ISI-backed module that was allegedly planning grenade attacks on police establishments in Punjab and other states.Three persons were arrested in connection with the case, and police recovered two hand grenades and a Glock pistol from them.Preliminary investigation revealed that the Inter Services Intelligence-backed module was involved in…
