Category: Events

The Canterbury Acclimatisation Society liberated 40 sparrows in 1867. (Picture: Birds of the world) The house sparrow was brought to New Zealand in 1867 to help farmers deal with crop-eating insects, but the small bird soon became a problem of its own. Within a few years, while it grew in numbers, it also began damaging...

Pakistan SC orders Imran Khan’s hospital transfer. photo credit: AP Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the government to move imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan to a hospital, meeting a longstanding demand from his party and family amid growing concerns over his health.Khan, 73, has been in jail since August 2023 after being convicted...

Demonstrators stage a protest outside Jharkhand secretariat after cabinet decided to cancel the JSSC-CGL examination in Ranchi NEW DELHI: Around 2,000 successful candidates of the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission-Combined Graduate Level (JSSC-CGL) examination protested outside the Jharkhand Secretariat on Tuesday, fearing that the state government’s decision to cancel the exam could cost them their jobs.“Tell...

Student protest in Jantar Mantar ( File Image) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would constitute a high-powered committee to examine allegations of police excesses during recent student protests in Delhi.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana will pass the order on Wednesday...

Google is moving its production of Pixel smartphones, watches and wireless earbuds outside of China starting next year, reports Nikkei Asia. The development comes amidst ongoing Washington-Beijing tensions. The US tech giant has been aggressively expanding capacity in Vietnam and India to lower its dependency on China. “The successful development and production of high-end Pixel...

Rishabh Pant (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s star wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant created history on Tuesday during the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle. The India wicketkeeper-batter became the first Indian cricketer to hit 100 sixes in Test cricket.Pant reached the milestone with a big six off Lahiru Kumara. The shot also brought up...

Rahul welcomes Jharkhand protest resolution NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday welcomed the consensus reached between Jharkhand students and the Hemant Soren led-state government, following which the students ended their hunger strike.Rahul said chief minister Hemant Soren and the Jharkhand government had chosen dialogue to resolve the issue, while...

Students protested their Azamgarh college, citing excessive fees and teacher shortages. LUCKNOW: Students of a private inter college in Azamgarh skipped classes and staged a protest outside their school, alleging excessive fee collection, shortage of teachers and other irregularities in the institution.The protesting students questioned why they were being asked to pay an additional Rs...

DMK mouthpiece attacks Vijay NEW DELHI: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has launched a sharp attack on Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay over actor Trisha Krishnan‘s presence at the state’s Independence Day celebrations, questioning her front-row seat and the exchange of salutes between the two during the official ceremony at Fort St George.The attack...

AI generated image used for representational purpose NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has refused to scrap hanging as the method of executing the death penalty, but said the issue can be looked at again if new scientific or medical evidence shows that another method causes less pain. The court also said the Centre can set...