NEW DELHI: Medical students could soon get an additional year to complete their MBBS course, with National Medical Commission (NMC) proposing to extend the maximum duration to finish undergraduate medical education from nine years to ten years.In a draft amendment to Graduate Medical Education Regulations 2023, NMC has proposed that no student will be allowed…
DKS with Rahul and Kharge NEW DELHI: Congress’s surgical operation in Karnataka stems from its estimates of gaps after three years of the Siddaramaiah government and its expectations from DK Shivakumar at the helm, with eyes focused on future political battles – 2028 assembly polls followed by Lok Sabha polls.The transition from Siddaramaiah to Shivakumar…
NEW DELHI On the very day (Friday, May 29) Supreme Court laid down mandatory guidelines for high courts to pronounce judgments within three months of reserving them, an SC bench pronounced its verdict in a 42-year-old double murder case from Delhi after keeping it reserved for 15 months.Two bodies were discovered within a span of…
Gujarat Titans’ skipper Shubman Gill (ANI Photo) Shubman Gill may currently lead India in Tests and ODIs, but the Gujarat Titans captain has not given up on making a return to the national T20I side.Speaking ahead of the IPL 2026 final against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Gill said he remains focused on improving his game despite…
More than five decades ago, Apollo 14 carried an unusual payload into deep space when hundreds of tree seeds accompanied the mission on its journey around the Moon. While astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell explored the lunar surface in February 1971, command module pilot Stuart Roosa remained in lunar orbit with the seeds packed…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court has granted bail to an activist of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) in a case of money laundering, rejecting the Enforcement Directorate‘s demand to deny bail. That the activist, Wahidur Rahman, participated in protests by PFI and its political affiliate Social Democratic Party of India can’t be…
Former Bangladesh President Zia-ur-Rahman DHAKA: India on Saturday recalled the historic radio broadcast of former Bangladesh President Zia-ur-Rahman, in which he, invoking Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, proclaimed the country’s independence and called upon the people to resist the Pakistan army amid a military crackdown marked by widespread killings and mass atrocities.On the occasion of Zia’s…
Hollywood is full of actors who will smile through a press tour and say nothing but kind things about a film they know, deep down, was a disaster. And then there are the rare few who will look you in the eye, take a breath, and tell you exactly what went wrong. Here are the…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi HC has ordered Google to pay Rs 30 lakh in damages to a sanitaryware maker after finding that internet users searching for the company’s products were directed to rival manufacturers through Google’s advertising system.HC said Google is liable to pay damages for allowing rival competitors to place advertisements on Hindware’s trademark…
As heatwaves become more frequent and intense around the world, scientists are exploring new ways to keep buildings cool without increasing energy consumption. Researchers at the University of Sydney, working with startup Dewpoint Innovations, have developed a nano-engineered coating that reflects up to 97% of sunlight and stays significantly cooler than conventional surfaces. The experimental…
