Spread the love Supreme Court of India ‘Speedy trial is a fundamental right, can’t tinker’NEW DELHI: The Constitution will prevail over all other laws and regulations, Supreme Court said on Thursday and made it clear that in case of any contradiction or conflict between constitutional provisions and special laws like NDPS, UAPA and PMLA, it is the former which will...
Pennsylvania couple wins 130-year-old public steps maintenance dispute
Spread the love Representative Image (AI-generated) Public steps connecting two streets may look like an ordinary part of a neighbourhood, but responsibility for maintaining them can become complicated when they run across privately owned land. A Pennsylvania couple faced that issue after their borough disputed its obligation to maintain a set of steps that had been used by residents for...
119 warships & counting: Kolkata-based GRSE delivers fifth submarine-hunter to Navy
Spread the love Kolkata-based GRSE delivers fifth submarine-hunter ‘Amini’ to Indian Navy NEW DELHI: In another milestone in warship-building, Kolkata-based defence PSU Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) on Thursday delivered Amini, the fifth of the eight anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft (ASW-SWC) being built by the shipyard for the Indian Navy.Amini is the 119th warship built by GRSE and...
Paraguay president quits amid banking scandal as lawmakers move to impeach him
Spread the love Paraguay’s President Santiago Pena Paraguayan president Santiago Peña resigned on Thursday after the collapse of digital lender Ueno Bank triggered widespread protests, froze millions of dollars in deposits and cost him the backing of his ruling Colorado Party. Minutes after his announcement, the country’s lower house voted 78-0 to impeach him, sending the charges to the Senate.According...
Tanvi becomes first Indian woman to win Youth Olympics badminton medal
Spread the love Tanvi Patri (Image credit: BAI) At just 15, Odisha’s Tanvi Patri becomes the first Indian woman to win a badminton medal at the Youth Olympic Games. Her remarkable silver-medal run in Dakar was a story of composure, courage and extraordinary fighting spirit, highlighted by a stunning comeback in the final against China’s reigning World Junior Champion Zhang...
Iraq airspace reopens, Air India restores nonstop US flights, cuts Rome detours
Spread the love NEW DELHI: In a “Diwali gift” to travellers, Air India has once again made its flights between Delhi/Mumbai and New York (JFK and Newark EWR) nonstop since Wednesday, shaving close to four hours from the travel time of the one-stops these had become since the US-Iran war broke out this Feb 28. The airline’s operations team, like...
At war with Iran, US still held secret talks with Tehran to deport Iranian nationals
Spread the love Trump administration’s deportation dealings with Tehran continued despite US-Iran conflict US’ Donald Trump administration held secret talks with Iranian officials over the deportation of Iranian nationals even as the war between the United States and Iran continued, newly unsealed court documents have revealed.According to news agency AP, filings show that the US government was still exploring arrangements...
11 dead, 33 injured in devastating bus-truck collision in eastern Pakistan
Spread the love At least 11 people were killed and 33 others injured after a passenger bus collided with a truck in eastern Pakistan on Thursday, police and rescue officials said.The accident occurred in Pakpattan district of Punjab province, AP reported, citing hospital official Dr Ahmad Raza. Rescue teams used cranes and other heavy machinery to pull passengers trapped inside...
How do tokamaks work to make nuclear fusion possible?
Spread the love A tokamak is a device that uses magnetic fields to trap very hot plasma inside a ring-shaped vacuum chamber | Photo Credit: Getty Images A tokamak is a device that uses magnetic fields to trap very hot plasma inside a ring-shaped vacuum chamber. Plasma, a fourth state of matter, is a gas whose atoms have been stripped...
Roads choke, cabs burn hole in pockets: Markets across Delhi teem with Diwali shoppers
Spread the love Traffic Trap: Vehicles crawl amid heavy jam at Vikas Marg Thursday (Photo credit: Rajesh Mehta) NEW DELHI: Festive shopping and holiday travel brought traffic to a crawl across several parts of Delhi Thursday, with congestion reported on key arterial roads and around major markets, while commuters also grappled with a sharp surge in cab fares.Dhaula Kuan witnessed...
