Maia Davies & Johanna Chisholm BBC News Getty Images Dame Esther Rantzen told the BBC in 2023 that she had joined assisted dying clinic Dignitas Dame Esther Rantzen has appealed to the House of Lords not to block a bill giving terminally ill adults in England and Wales the right to an assisted death, after … Read more
In an attic on top of a two-room house, 31-year-old Sundar is block-printing on a five-metre bedsheet with a maroon dye at Rohtak’s Lakhan Majra village in Haryana, which lies around 90 kilometres to the north-west of Delhi. The room, open on three sides with iron mesh, allows gusty and dry summer wind to pass through … Read more
The gathering of protestors on March 6, 2025, at Sagarbandi under Mohammed Bazar block in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, close to where basalt mining work has started since February this year. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Basalt mining work at the Deocha-Pachami-Dewanganj-Harisingha (DPDH) coal project resumed on Thursday (March 6, 2025) evening, March 6, 2025, … Read more
Army personnel during the construction of a bailey bridge at Chooralmala area as part of a rescue operation after a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall, in Wayanad district, on August 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI There was tension at Chooralmala in Wayanad district on Sunday morning (February 23, 2025) when the police stopped a … Read more
Heavy rains and swelling waves have flooded several houses in the region. (image for representation) | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Angry at flooding of houses in sea incursion since June 25, more than 300 residents of Edavanakad in Ernakulam district of Kerala are blockading the arterial Vypeen-Munambam road, bringing traffic to a standstill in June 27. … Read more
Pakistan Telecom operators on Saturday blocked mobile phone SIMs of over 3,500 non-filers of the 5000 cards they had promised to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) they would in line with its Income Tax General Order (ITGO) — a move aimed at compelling 506,671 individuals to place on record their returns for 2023, The … Read more
Former A.P. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has reportedly been allocated Cell No. 7691 on the second floor of the Sneha Block in the Rajamahendravaram Central Prison, Rajamahendravaram, East Godavari. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Former A.P. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has reportedly been allocated Cell No. 7691 on the second floor of the … Read more
Civil rights activist Teesta Setalvad delivering a talk on “Communal Harmony and Justice”, organised by Break the Silence, a collective of IISc students in Bengaluru on August 16, 2023. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru campus witnessed animated drama after security personnel of the premier institute blocked civil rights activist Teesta Setalvad at two … Read more
Union Minister Anurag Thakur speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Monsoon session of Parliament on July 27, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI The government issued directions to block public access to 635 URLs, including 120 YouTube-based news channels, since December 2021 for publishing fake news and content not found to be in the interest … Read more
The Kia India officials inaugurating the Kia India Library Block at Penukonda Government Degree College in Sri Sathya Sai District. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The new library block at the Government Degree College was built with ₹ 80 lakh donation from Kia India, said college principal N. Ramesh Reddy. Kia India also donated computers, … Read more