She taught for Rs 60 a day to fund college; 22 years later, Suman Goel is a National Teachers’ Award winner. (Photo: FaceBook) In 2004, Suman Goel returned to the Delhi government school where she had once studied, but this time she stood on the other side of the classroom. She was pursuing college and…
File photo: Former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan Former chief of defence staff Gen Anil Chauhan has cautioned that the recent defence agreement between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye could induce “overconfidence” in Islamabad and lead it to make another “miscalculation”.Speaking at an event at the Teen Murti Bhawan complex in New…
File phot: A chimpanzee formerly used in research receives a comprehensive health check at a retirement sanctuary for chimpanzees, in Bapakwali, Liberia. Chimpanzees once used in hepatitis B vaccine experiments have undergone comprehensive health checks at a sanctuary in Liberia as part of long-term care aimed at giving the animals a chance to live out…
Fire at Kinshasa wedding party kills 22 (representative image) At least 22 people were killed in a fire at a wedding party in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the mayor of the city’s Lingwala district said on Saturday.The fire broke out overnight Friday and continued into the early hours of Saturday…
MANDI: BJP MP Kangana Ranaut pulled up officials during a DISHA Committee meeting in Himachal Pradesh over the alleged delay in implementing development works under the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS), questioning the utilisation of nearly Rs 11 crore allocated for projects in her constituency.Kangana expressed anger over what she described as…
The joint representation has been signed by the Isro Staff Association, SAC Employees Welfare Association and others. BENGALURU: For the first time since the government began opening India’s space sector to private industry six years ago, nine employee bodies at Isro centres representing thousands of staff under the Department of Space (DoS), have formally raised…
KT Rama Rao’s car experienced a collision at Alugunuru junction. HYDERABAD: An accident involving BRS working president KT Rama Rao’s car was reported at Alugunuru junction in Karimnagar on Saturday when a lorry brushed against the vehicle’s rear door as it was being opened, police said. KTR was inside the car at the time and…
Under the scheme, the Goa government offers financial assistance of up to Rs 25,000 to eligible artists whose houses have been damaged by natural calamities (AI-generated image). Artists often suffer from financial constraints; in such a condition, damage to their home caused by a natural calamity can bring an unexpected financial burden, with even basic…
Sonny Ramadhin (left); and West Indian spin bowlers Sonny Ramadhin, and Alf Valentine during their tour of England, April 1950. (Photo/Getty Images) Sonny Ramadhin became the first cricketer of Indian origin to represent the West Indies when he made his Test debut at Old Trafford during the 1950 tour of England.Born in St Charles Village…
Social media ‘influencer’ Swatantra Bhardwaj arrested. NEW DELHI: Social media ‘influencer’ Swatantra Bhardwaj has been arrested by Delhi Police, a day after he was detained in Uttar Pradesh in connection with an alleged assault on the father of a minor activist during CJP protest.Bhardwaj was remanded to one-day police custody.According to news agency ANI, the…
