Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi waves upon her arrival at the airport, in New Delhi NEW DELHI: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday arrived in New Delhi for a three-day official visit in India. During her visit, Takaichi will participate in the 16th India-Japan Annual Summit.In a post on X, the ministry of external…
Marking a breakthrough in biological engineering, researchers claim to have created the world’s first synthetic cells that can feed, grow and replicate like a natural cell, taking a big step towards the holy grail of making a living organism out of non-living components.Developed by University of Minnesota scientists under a project called SpudCell, the work…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Wednesday held that an accused person cannot claim default bail on the ground that the chargesheet, which was filed in court within the statutory period, was not provided to him according to that timeline.A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N K Singh said, “We are of the view that simple…
NEW DELHI: Over 100 prominent citizens from India and Pakistan have urged PMs of both countries to take meaningful and sustained steps towards restoring peace, normalcy, dialogue and cooperation.In an open letter, they have listed a slew of “confidence building measures”, including restoring full diplomatic relations and reinstating high commissioners in New Delhi and Islamabad,…
NEW DELHI: Pointing out that a salaried person has a fixed income while the earnings of a self-employed individual keep fluctuating, Supreme Court Wednesday said different methods should be adopted to calculate grant of compensation in road accident cases.A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N K Singh ruled that the income of a salaried…
SRINAGAR: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti joined nearly 60 signatories from across India in calling for renewed dialogue between India and Pakistan, inviting a stinging criticism from BJP. The party accused them of “once again choosing to echo Pakistan’s narrative instead of standing with the victims of Pakistan-sponsored terrorism”.In…
NEW DELHI: The UGC-NET paper meant to test sociology candidates has itself come under scrutiny, with aspirants alleging that the June 30 exam was riddled with spelling errors, garbled names of key thinkers, awkward Hindi translations and questions that appeared disconnected from the prescribed syllabus.Candidates alleged that names and terms central to sociology were mangled…
India’s Gagan now finds uses in other fields like marine navigation NEW DELHI: India has joined a select league with its “satellite-based augmentation system” Gagan becoming the first to be certified for the equatorial region, making it one of the few countries with an operational SBAS, govt said Wednesday. “Gagan reinforces India’s vision of technological…
Raj Thackeray (File photo) NEW DELHI: Accusing the BJP of “engineering” political defections across the country, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Wednesday warned the saffron party that it would eventually face the “consequences” of the “precedents” it was setting.The MNS chief’s remarks came at a time when Shiv Sena (UBT), led by…
Forest & Environment Department, Sikkim Govt, and WWF-India NEW DELHI: In what represents only the second photographic record of Eurasian lynx — a medium-sized wild cat distinguished by its characteristic ear tufts and short tail — in the entire eastern Himalayan region, the species was photographed by a camera trap deployed at 5,250 metres on…