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Homeopaths are now practicing modern medicine after receiving pharmacology certificates. The country’s first medical council-registered homeopath, Mankhurd-based Neha Pawar, has kept her shop closed for the past year. In its place stands a motor driving school. Pawar was given her certificate by the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) on Aug 3, despite severe pushback from the...

Building collapses in south Delhi’s Satya Niketan. (PTI) NEW DELHI: CCTV footage has captured the moment a multi-storey building collapsed in Delhi’s Satya Niketan area, killing six people and triggering a major rescue operation.The building, which housed a boys’ paying guest accommodation near Delhi University’s South Campus, collapsed around 1.30 pm on Sunday while repair...

Nihal Sarin playing for American Gambits (GCL Photo) BENGALURU: The Chess Olympiad is already on Indian Grandmaster Nihal Sarin’s mind, but not quite yet. With India preparing to defend its Open title in Samarkand, Uzbekistan later this month, Nihal is excited about representing the country at the Olympiad. For now, though, the 22-year-old is keeping...

Misbah ul Haq (AFP Photo) Former Pakistan Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq has criticised the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for what he described as a reactive approach to handling the national team, following the decision to send seven players and two coaches back home during the ongoing Test tour of England.Misbah, who recently resigned as Pakistan’s national...

In the 1980s, Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton took an unconventional gamble, leaving a well-funded post at Carnegie Mellon University to pursue an obscure, little-studied corner of machine learning at the University of Toronto. Four decades later, that foundational work has reshaped how modern artificial intelligence operates while transforming Canada’s largest metropolis into a...

A building collapsed in Satya Niketan, prompting an investigation into its structural integrity. NEW DELHI: Investigators are probing if construction work might have been carried out illegally in the basement of the building in Satya Niketan when it collapsed Sunday.Initial inquiries suggested the basement used to get waterlogged, which may have weakened the structure, and...

The Punjab cabinet passed a resolution against the Centre’s appointment of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra. CHANDIGARH: A day after the Centre notified the appointment of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra as Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana high court, the Punjab cabinet, headed by chief minister Bhagwant Mann, on Sunday passed a resolution against it, arguing...

shoaib akhtar and babar azam Pakistan cricket appears to be entering a major rebuilding phase after a disastrous start to the England tour, with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) already making significant changes before the three-Test series has even reached its conclusion.England have taken an unassailable 2-0 lead after registering two emphatic victories. The hosts...

Imran Khan (Image credit: X) The sons of former Pakistan captain and Prime Minister Imran Khan have strongly criticised Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi after the board was accused of threatening to abandon the Lord’s Test against England. Sulaiman and Kasim Khan also raised serious concerns about their father’s health and conditions in...

6 killed in Satya Niketan building collapse; FIR against owner NEW DELHI: The death toll in the Satya Niketan building collapse in Delhi rose to six as search and rescue operations continued at the site, with teams clearing heavy debris and looking for any remaining trapped persons.One more body was recovered during late-night operations, taking...