Great Nicobar infra project a recipe for ecological disaster: Congress

Great Nicobar infra project a recipe for ecological disaster: Congress

Congress general secretary (communication) Jairam Ramesh. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Congress on Sunday (January 5, 2025) termed the Great Nicobar Island infrastructure project a “recipe for ecological and humanitarian disaster” and said the Prime Minister should immediately order a pause and set up an independent panel to review it. Congress general secretary Jairam … Read more

Great Nicobar project: Shipping Ministry proposes cruise terminal, high-end tourism infra

Great Nicobar project: Shipping Ministry proposes cruise terminal, high-end tourism infra

An aerial view seen after tsunami at Indira Point in Andaman, Nicobar Islands, India. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images An international cruise terminal to facilitate a “global” port-led city, “high-end” tourism infrastructure, and a ship-breaking yard are among the new additions to the ₹72,000 crore mega-infrastructure project in Great Nicobar Island proposed by the … Read more

‘Music is a great unifying and connecting factor even today’ 

‘Music is a great unifying and connecting factor even today’ 

Dr. Najaraja Rao Hawaldar. | Photo Credit: BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS Dr. Nagaraj Rao Havaldar, a vocalist of the Kirana gharana, has dedicated his life to preserving and promoting Karnataka’s rich classical music legacy. A disciple of Pt. Madhava Gudi, who was himself a student of Bharat Ratna Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, Dr. Havaldar’s music embodies the … Read more

Ratan Tata death | India has lost a business titan and a great humanitarian, says AP CM Chandrababu Naidu

Ratan Tata death |  India has lost a business titan and a great humanitarian, says AP CM Chandrababu Naidu

A file photo of industrialist Ratan Tata with Andhra Pradesh CM N. Chandrababu Naidu. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Expressing condolence on the death of Ratan Tata, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday (October 10, 2024) said in his message on ‘ X` that few men have left such an enduring imprint on this … Read more

Great Ormond Street: Families criticise redacted surgeon report

Great Ormond Street: Families criticise redacted surgeon report

Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images Lawyers representing children who developed long-term pain and injury after operations at Great Ormond Street Hospital have criticised a heavily redacted report carried out for the trust. More than 700 cases linked to the surgeon Yaser Jabbar are being reviewed including some involving leg lengthening and straightening. Some of the … Read more

Five hospitals linked to disgraced Great Ormond Street surgeon

Five hospitals linked to disgraced Great Ormond Street surgeon

Getty Images Great Ormond Street Hospital is one of the world’s leading children’s hospitals An investigation into disgraced bone surgeon Mr Yaser Jabbar has been widened to cover five London hospitals, as 721 patients’ care is being reviewed. His work at St John and St Elizabeth Hospital and Cromwell Hospital, both private, is now being … Read more

A re-balancing of India’s great power relations

A re-balancing of India’s great power relations

Prime Minister’s Narendra Modi’s participation in the sixth Quad Leaders’ Summit in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. on September 21, 2024 has raised further hopes of consolidating security cooperation among the “four leading maritime democracies in the Indo-Pacific”. Nevertheless, it was India’s National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval’s trip to Russia in early September for the BRICS … Read more

Great to see captain leading from front: Morkel hails Rohit’s six-hitting spree

Great to see captain leading from front: Morkel hails Rohit’s six-hitting spree

Team India’s bowling coach Morne Morkel hailed Rohit Sharma for leading from the front and taking an aggressive route during their 1st innings against Bangladesh on Day 4 of the 2nd Test at Green Park Stadium in Kanpur. India launched an assault on Bangladesh from the start with opener Yashasvi Jaiswal scoring 30 off first … Read more

Great Ormond Street reviews 700 children treated by ex-surgeon

Great Ormond Street reviews 700 children treated by ex-surgeon

EPA Great Ormond Street Hospital is one of the world’s leading children’s hospitals Great Ormond Street Hospital is overseeing an urgent review of the cases of more than 700 patients after concerns were raised about one of its former surgeons. The hospital said 22 children in 39 cases looked at so far had come to … Read more