Inspiring story of the day: “Mum, it’s OK. One day I will be very rich. I’ll buy a cookie factory so I can eat whenever I want” – How Neymar Jr turned childhood poverty into football greatness (Image via Getty) Before Neymar Jr became one of football’s biggest stars, life looked very different. He grew…

NEW DELHI: Amid concerns over E20 petrol, govt Monday said no decision had been taken to increase ethanol blending in petrol beyond 20%.Govt also informed Parliament there was no proposal to make lower-blended fuel or pure petrol available at select retail outlets. It also ruled out any immediate move to introduce ethanol blending in diesel,…

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday took exception to the meagre monetary compensation provided to retired chief justices and judges of high courts, which varies vastly from one state to another, and asked the Union govt to constitute a committee to lay down uniform pan-India guidelines.A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and…

New Delhi: In an order that would apply to 24 crore students, Supreme Court on Monday said parents cannot be mandated to create ‘one student, one unique ID’ for their children under Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry (Apaar) scheme, even as it noted the benefits of the scheme.Appearing for three parents, whose children are studying…

NEW DELHI: Road traffic deaths globally declined by 8% to 11.6 lakh annually and fatality rates dropped by 21% between 2010 and 2025 despite the addition of more than one billion motor vehicles, according to a new estimate by the World Health Organization (WHO).As per the WHO, road crashes continue to claim a heavy toll,…

NEW DELHI: The Resident Doctors’ Association (RDA) of AIIMS, New Delhi, on Monday wrote to President Droupadi Murmu seeking an independent, impartial and time-bound inquiry into the events at Jantar Mantar, expressing concern over the alleged use of force against peaceful protesters and raising questions over the continued hospitalisation of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk. In…

A federal judge in California on Monday temporarily blocked Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery from completing their proposed $110 billion merger, granting a 14-day restraining order as a multistate antitrust lawsuit challenging the deal moves forward.The order prevents the companies from closing the transaction until at least August 3, when the court will hear…

Bees may have helped solve one of solar energy’s biggest problems. According to a report by Ecoportal, engineers have developed a new type of solar panel using the honeycomb pattern that bees have mastered for millions of years. The idea is simple. Traditional solar panels lose a lot of sunlight when the sun is not…