Indian women’s cricket team players during practice session. | Photo Credit: RITURAJ KONWAR Following the precedent set by the Indian men’s cricket team during the Asia Cup in Dubai, Harmanpreet Kaur and her side will also not engage in customary handshakes with Pakistan players during their Women’s World Cup clash in Colombo on October 5. … Read more
The scene of stubble burning in Haryana’s Hisar. Image for the purpose of representation only. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The Supreme Court and the Union government differed sharply on Wednesday (September 17, 2025) over how to deal with farmers who burn stubble ahead of the winter season. Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai, … Read more
Former health secretary Matt Hancock has denied claims the government’s attempt to throw a protective ring around care homes in 2020, early in the Covid pandemic, was empty rhetoric. In an irritable exchange he urged the Covid Inquiry to focus on the substance of what the government was doing at the time. Mr Hancock said … Read more
Former health secretary Matt Hancock has denied claims the government’s attempt to throw a protective ring around care homes in 2020, early in the Covid pandemic, was empty rhetoric. In an irritable exchange he urged the Covid Inquiry to focus on the substance of what the government was doing at the time. Mr Hancock said … Read more
Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and senior Congress leaders paid floral tributes at the Rajiv Gandhi statue in front of the State Secretariat in Hyderabad on Wednesday (May 21, 2025) | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, along with senior Congress leaders, paid floral tributes at the Rajiv Gandhi statue … Read more
Microsoft has announced a massive 3 percent cut in headcount, which amounts to a total of 6,000 employees in line to get the dreaded pink slip over the coming days, even as Redmond moves to increase operational efficiency by realigning resources to a workforce involved in core engineering rather than people who manage them. This … Read more
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann speaks on the resolution against the Centre’s draft of the National Policy Framework on Agricultural Marketing in the State Legislative Assembly, in Chandigarh, on February 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The Punjab State Assembly on Tuesday (February 25, 2025) rejected the draft of the National Policy Framework on Agricultural … Read more
Member of Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights Shekhargouda Ramatnal speaking at a review meeting in Dharwad on February 13. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Member of Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights Shekhargouda Ramatnal has warned officials that any lapse in implementation of Right to Education (RTE) Act of 2009 … Read more
Senior writer, folklorist and President of the 87th Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana Go.Ru. Channabasappa, popularly called Go.Ru.Cha, interacting with The Hindu in Bengaluru on December 9, 2024. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN Senior writer and folklorist Go.Ru. Channabasappa (Go.Ru.Cha), who will preside over the 87th Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana starting in Mandya on … Read more
Lt. Gen Rajeev Puri. Photo: X/@easterncomd Calling for a “comprehensive policy” on “gender neutrality” as well as gender-neutral assessments of course performance, a senior Army officer listed out findings from a performance review of women Commanding Officers (CO) under his command in the Eastern sector and flagged several shortcomings which include poor interpersonal skills, over … Read more