Smartphones and Silent Destroyers: How Motifs Are Eroding Social Ties
If children prefer to spend time on their smartphones rather than interacting with others in social situations, they are being sluggish. Are they just chatting with friends or are they destined to scroll through social media platforms? What will happen…
‘Don’t just say ED, ED, ED’: Supreme Court questions West Bengal govt in Mamata I-PAC raid case
Harish Rana, India’s first passive euthanasia patient, dies after 13 years in vegetative state
New Delhi: 31-year-old Harish Rana is the first person to receive this honour passive euthanasia An Indian patient died at AIIMS-Delhi on Tuesday after being in a vegetative state for more than 13 years, PTI reported. Rana has been in a vegetative state…
Today in 1977: How Morarji Desai became India’s first non-Congress prime minister
This image is for representation purposes only (AI generated) On a quiet morning in March 1977, in the solemn hall of the Rashtrapati Bhavan, a brief oath-taking ceremony lasted less than three minutes and changed the trajectory of Indian politics.When…
‘Common joke’: Rahul Gandhi on PM Modi’s foreign policy, calls him ‘compromising’
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi Calling India’s foreign policy the “personal” policy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he called it a “common joke”. He further accused the Prime Minister of…
Delhi High Court rejects Lalu Yadav’s plea in land-for-job case, calling it ‘baseless’
New Delhi: delhi high court On Tuesday, RJD president and former railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, seeking quashing of the CBI FIR in the so-called land-for-employment case, dismissed the plea, holding that the petition had “no legal…
Puducherry Assembly polls: CM Rangasamy takes on former CM Vaithilingam, Thattanchavady in tight race
N Rangasamy (left) and V Vaithilingam New Delhi: Thattanchavady constituency in Puducherry will have Congress MP and former chief minister V Vaithilingam replacing the current CM N Rangasamymarking the most high-profile contest in the upcoming…
Center calls for an all-party meeting as tensions in West Asia escalate
Representative image (ANI file photo) The central government held an all-party meeting on Wednesday to discuss the escalating crisis in West Asia. The move comes amid reports of tensions in the region leading to an LPG crisis and unstable market…
Watch: Dhurandhar ‘qawwali’ of BJP MP Shambhavi Choudhary slams Lok Sabha opposition
LJP MP Shambhavi Choudhary (PTI) New Delhi: Lok Sabha MP Shambhavi Choudhary lashed out at the opposition in the Lok Sabha by using a couplet from an ancient ‘qawwali’ remixed in last year’s blockbuster…
Supreme Court: Converts to religions other than Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism do not enjoy scheduled caste status
New Delhi: People who practice religions other than Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism cannot be recognized as members of scheduled castes, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. The Supreme Court observed that conversion to any other religion would result in…