Stalin had picked senior members, including former chief minister O Panneerselvam and former ministers Thangam Thennarasu and M R K Panneerselvam, to participate in the budget debate. CHENNAI: DMK president and former chief minister M K Stalin has pulled up a few party MLAs, including Rishivandiyam MLA K Karthikeyan, over their performance during the budget…
NEW DELHI: The Centre is unlikely to remove Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan despite mounting demands for his resignation, as it believes he cannot be held responsible for the NEET paper leak, news agency PTI reported, citing a senior government functionary.According to the report, the government is, however, willing to favourably consider the demand for…
Indrans’ ‘PRIVATE’ selected for IFFM 2026; Deepak Deon says, ‘The film is a reflection of today’s world’ – Exclusive Malayalam feature film ‘PRIVATE’ has been officially selected for the 17th Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2026.Written and directed by Deepak Deon, the film will be screened during the festival, which is scheduled to take…
‘I will survive’: Keerthy Suresh reveals she stayed awake for 41 hours while juggling multiple film shoots amid the 8-hour shift debate Keerthy Suresh shared a video sharing the demanding reality of her work life. The actress revealed that she stayed awake for 41 hours straight while moving between film shoots. She is currently balancing…
THDC executive director Verma said authorities had lowered the water level by around 1.5 metres and were continuously increasing the number of pumps. NEW DELHI: Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee president Ganesh Godiyal on Saturday criticised the Pushkar Singh Dhami government over the Pipalkoti tunnel accident in Chamoli district, questioning how a reported leak at the…
Sunny Deol‘s ‘Batwara 1947’ witnessed a noticeable decline in box office earnings on its second Friday. The historical drama’s collection fell below the Rs 1 crore mark on Day 8. The film has now entered its second weekend with a worldwide gross close to Rs 50 crore.According to Sacnilk, ‘Batwara 1947’ collected an estimated India…
FIDE’s official motto, Gens una sumus (we are one family), was adopted in 1952, almost three decades after the chess governing body was set up in 1924. On its face, the motto carries the naïve idealism of a mid-twentieth-century world recovering from the horrors of the Second World War.A hopeful attempt to frame a centuries-old…
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday hit back at New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani after the latter said he was “not welcome” in the city and backed the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrant against him. Declaring that he would travel to New York in September to address the United Nations General Assembly,…
How Smit Panchal overcame setbacks and secured UPSC AIR 30 through determination On the day the UPSC Civil Services Examination 2024 results were announced, thousands of aspirants across the country were anxiously refreshing their screens. Coaching centres in Delhi buzzed with anticipation, and families gathered around laptops waiting for life-changing news.But for Smit Panchal, the…
Bees are among the world’s most important pollinators, supporting wild ecosystems and helping produce many of the crops humans depend on. But while climate change has long been linked to rising temperatures and habitat loss, scientists have now identified another growing threat: increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂). A new study suggests that elevated CO₂ levels…
