Spread the love Travelers Insurance told Gartenmann that because of the photo the company would not renew her policy. (Pictures: KUT News) For years, Tracy Gartenmann had insured her Austin home against wildfires, hailstorms and high winds. Then, in January, she received an email telling her that her insurance would not be renewed.The reason was visible in two photographs attached...
80th Independence Day: In a 1st, Vande Mataram to be sung from ramparts of Red Fort
Spread the love PM Modi at the Red Fort during last year’s Independence Day celebration. (File photo) NEW DELHI: Vande Mataram will be sung from the ramparts of the Red Fort for the first time during this year’s Independence Day celebrations, which will be led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to a statement by the defence ministry.The occasion will...
Indian-origin teenagers Bodhana, Shreyas become British chess champions
Spread the love Bodhana Sivanandan and Shreyas Royal Indian-origin teenagers Bodhana Sivanandan and Shreyas Royal have made a major mark on British chess after winning the women’s and open titles at the 2026 British Chess Championships in Coventry.Bodhana, just 11, became the youngest-ever British women’s champion after beating 14-year-old Ireland-based talent Trisha Kanyamarala in a tense rapid-chess playoff.Her performance drew...
Watch: Jharkhand protesters echo Bihar, dance as police turn water cannons on them
Spread the love Protesters continue march despite police action in Ranchi NEW DELHI: Echoing scenes from Bihar where student protesters recently danced under police water cannons, Jharkhand job aspirants on Monday broke followed suit as police turned water cannons on them during their ‘Vidhan Sabha Gherao’ march in Ranchi.Thousands of protesters breached multiple barricades while marching towards the Jharkhand assembly...
‘Only the posting has changed’: What Vishal saw when he met Tamil Nadu CM Vijay
Spread the love 4 min readHyderabadAug 10, 2026 03:57 PM IST Actors entering politics is not new in Tamil Nadu. From MG Ramachandran to Jayalalithaa and now Vijay, the state has a long history of actors crossing over into governance. But for every MGR or Jayalalithaa who made it work, there have been several who tried and failed. So what...
Bengaluru 5 hotels raided, Mumbai eateries face action
Spread the love In photo: Bengaluru food safety inspections expose expired food, unhygienic handling MUMBAI/BENGALURU: Food safety enforcement has intensified across Maharashtra and Karnataka, with inspections uncovering everything from unlicensed food businesses and poor hygiene to rotten meat, expired dairy products and improperly stored food. The latest action against restaurants and hotels in the two states points to a wider...
Missouri plant turns old wind turbine blades into cement feedstock
Spread the love Outside Casper, pieces of turbine blades cut through were lowered by a loader into a trench for years. Now, what they are being used for instead of being buried under the ground, is to make cement powder. And this transition is worth noting.The Casper Regional Landfill took its first decommissioned blades in the spring of 2019. By...
‘Diplomatic premises are inviolable’: India condemns embassy defacement in Slovenia
Spread the love MEA condemns attack on Indian embassy in Slovenia NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs on Monday condemned the defacement of the Indian Embassy premises in Slovenia’s Ljubljana, by “anti-India elements”, and urged Slovenian authorities to take action against those responsible.In a statement, the MEA said, “We condemn the defacement of the premises of our Embassy in...
TB vaccine offers clue to retrain immune system against Alzheimer’s
Spread the love As the immune system ages, it enters a state of chronic, low-grade inflammation called ‘inflammaging’. In the brain, inflammaging is especially damaging. Immune cells that normally clear toxic amyloid-beta, a protein that can clump together to form the plaques characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease, instead become dysfunctional, fuelling the neuroinflammation that drives the disease. So a vaccine that stimulates...
Jharkhand protest: 7 videos show how Vidhan Sabha gherao march unfolded
Spread the love Police deployed water cannons as the crowd pushed through successive barricades before resorting to a lathi charge to prevent further movement. Police on Monday used water cannons, tear gas and resorted to a lathi charge as thousands of students protesting alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations marched towards the Jharkhand Assembly in Ranchi. The protesters attempted to breach...
