Drenched in sweat, student volunteers have a bittersweet experience at sports meet in Kochi

Drenched in sweat, student volunteers have a bittersweet experience at sports meet in Kochi

Student volunteers at the Maharaja’s College ground, the main venue of the Kerala School Sports & Games 2024, in Kochi on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: R.K. Nithin Standing guard under a sweltering sun at the fence separating the turf from the gallery at the Maharaja’s College ground, Salvin P.J. and Suryadev P.S., Class 9 students … Read more

Thailand Foreign Minister to visit India, meet Jaishankar

Thailand Foreign Minister to visit India, meet Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar with Thailand Foreign Affairs Minister Maris Sangiampongsa during a meeting in New Delhi on July 12, 2024. File | Photo Credit: PTI Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand Maris Sangiampongsa is scheduled to meet his Indian counterpart S. Jaishankar in Delhi on November 2, 2024, as part of his soon-to-begin … Read more

Rail passengers’ rat complaints meet dead end

Rail passengers’ rat complaints meet dead end

Disinfectants being sprayed underneath the coaches as part of rodent control. File | Photo Credit: Ratheesh Kumar C. Rose and her husband Joseph make their annual sojourn to their native state, Kerala, earlier this year. Their preferred mode was the languid train travel through the one and only Sabari Express. This time, they opted for … Read more

Om Birla stresses need for regulatory framework for technologies like AI at Geneva meet

Om Birla stresses need for regulatory framework for technologies like AI at Geneva meet

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, MP Aparajita Sarangi, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh and other dignitaries attend the 149th Assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), in Geneva on October 14, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI Dialogue and cooperation amongst Parliaments in the field of science, technology and innovation was essential for greater common good, … Read more

Haryana BJP legislature party to meet on October 16 to pick leader; hectic lobbying for berths continue

Haryana BJP legislature party to meet on October 16 to pick leader; hectic lobbying for berths continue

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini praying at the Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati on October 14, 2024 | Photo Credit: ANI Ahead of the new BJP government’s swearing-in ceremony on October 17, the BJP legislature party will hold a meeting on October 16, Haryana’s caretaker Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said on Monday (October 14, … Read more

Shantanu Naidu: Meet Ratan Tata’s protege

Shantanu Naidu: Meet Ratan Tata’s protege

Shantanu Naidu with Ratan Tata | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini “Goodbye, my dear lighthouse!” posted Shantanu Naidu, the founder of senior citizens companionship start-up Goodfellows, a company founded by Ratan Tata. Tata, who passed away on October 9, 2024, was more than an investor for Mr. Naidu Ratan Tata’s mortal remains reaches NCPA lawns: LIVE … Read more

GST Council Meet today: Insurance tax to online gaming review—what to expect

GST Council Meet today: Insurance tax to online gaming review—what to expect

The 54th GST Council meeting, chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and featuring state finance ministers and tax officials, is set to take place today (September 9). The session will address several critical topics, including the taxation of insurance premiums, proposed rate rationalisations, and a review of online gaming revenues. Taxation on health and … Read more

Meet seeks steps to stop violence against sex workers

Meet seeks steps to stop violence against sex workers

A district-level advocacy meeting on seeking the support of stakeholders in reducing and preventing violence against sex workers has underlined the need to ensure dignity of those who wish to continue with sex work. The meeting, organised by two community-based organisations Mythri and Aiswarya Suraksha, Thiruvananthapuram District Legal Services Authority, National Network of Sex Workers, … Read more