Getty Images Many people who take up vaping have never been regular smokers The number of adults in England to have started vaping despite never having been regular smokers has reached one million, scientists estimate. This is a sharp increase on 2020, with disposable vapes having been available since 2021. The rise is driven mostly … Read more
Ranjit Singh Chautala | Photo Credit: MOORTHY RV Former Haryana minister Ranjit Singh Chautala and seven other leaders were expelled by the BJP for six years on Sunday (September 29, 2024), after they decided to contest the October 5 state Assembly polls as independent candidates. The Haryana BJP said its chief Mohan Lal Badoli has … Read more
Junior Doctors during a protest rally to Swastha Bhavan in Saltlake Kolkata demanding justice for the rape and murder of a junior doctor in RG Kar medical college and hospital. | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI CPI(M) leader Kalatan Dasgupta was among two persons who were arrested for allegedly hatching a conspiracy to attack the protesting … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi receives a Guard of Honour on 78th Independence Day at the Red Fort, in New Delhi, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The Indian contingent from the Paris Olympics, student beneficiaries from the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), workers of the Border Roads Organisation and sarpanches were among the 6,000 … Read more
Polling for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections began on May 20 across a total of 49 seats, including in high-profile constituencies of Amethi and Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh. Also Read: India General Elections 2024 Phase 5 LIVE updates The fate of five Union ministers, including Rajnath Singh and Smriti Irani, and Congress … Read more
An IAF officer runs behind the stray dog which entered the runway during the ERL testing, on NH 16 in Bapatla district on Monday. | Photo Credit: T. VIJAYA KUMAR Tension prevailed for some time when a dog entered the Emergency Landing Runway (ELR) on Monday, March 18, while the Indian Air Force (IAF) was conducting … Read more
Three persons, including a 46-year-old woman and her 28-year-old daughter hailing from Wayanad district, drowned in a river at Chathamangalam near Kunnamangalam in Kozhikode on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Mini, her daughter Athira, and their relative’s 13-year-old son Adwaith Shaiju hailing from Kunnamangalam. The incident took place near Pulikkamannukadavu around 5.45 p.m. when … Read more
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Various technologies developed and promoted by ICAR – Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) have had a great impact on tribal areas in many States, noted Arjun Munda, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare during his maiden visit to IIHR on Sunday. He said that eight major technologies from the institute were selected and … Read more
Telangana has been ranked among the top States in the country in terms of State’s Own Tax Revenues as proportion of the overall tax revenue. The State’s own tax revenue is pegged at 84.2% of the overall tax revenue collected and it stands next only to Haryana which has own tax revenue constituting 86.9% of … Read more