The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the state government to provide free treatment to Bhopal gas tragedy victims suffering from cancer at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Bhopal. The court issued the order on September 16 and a copy of it was made available on Wednesday. A division bench…
The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would be recalling a previous suo motu order, which extended the limitation period for filing cases in view of the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The apex court said the extension of the limitation period would be withdrawn from October 1. A buffer period of 90…
US Vice President Kamala Harris meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the White House on Thursday afternoon is a “coming of age” moment for the Indian diaspora, a prominent US newspaper in her home state has said on the eve of the historic meeting between the two leaders. Harris, 56, is the first-ever…
New Delhi: Amid an escalating controversy over the UK government enforcing a strict quarantine for Indian travellers fully inoculated against Covid with Covishield, Alex Ellis, the British High Commissioner to India, has clarified that the Serum Institute of India-made vaccine “is not the issue”.…
The UK government is facing a rising backlash over its refusal to recognize visitors as vaccinated unless they received their shots in a handful of select countries. Under travel rules unveiled last week, fully dosed arrivals from nations such as the US, Israel and Australia will be allowed to enter England…
Washington: The US has ruled out adding India or Japan to the new trilateral security partnership with Australia and Britain to meet the challenges of the 21st century in the strategic Indo-Pacific region. On September 15, US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and British Prime Minister…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Washington today for a three-day visit during which he will participate in the first in-person Quad Summit with the US, Australia and Japan. He will also have his first bilateral meet with President Joe Biden. Here are the top 10 points in this developing story:…
Washington: US President Joe Biden and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron had a “friendly” phone call Wednesday to defuse a deep row over submarine sales to Australia, promising to meet in person to repair the transatlantic relationship. The call, which the White House said lasted about 30…
The indigenous air quality forecasting framework developed by the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) has received international acceptance. This framework, developed under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), is equivalent to the United States Environmental Protection Agency…
In China, a bizarre poll has been initiated to identify and list the ‘ugliest’ buildings and pieces of architecture within the country. As we write, a public poll is underway, which has already identified a ‘violin-shaped church’, an ‘upside down house’ and a hotel modelled on a ‘Russian doll’ as…