Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court ordered notices in a writ plea challenging the provisions of the Telangana Forests Act, 1967. Chirra Guruvaiah, belonging to the Chenchu community, based his writ plea on the ground that the Telangana Forests Act was repugnant to The Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition … Read more
5 min read Last Updated : Aug 04 2024 | 7:21 PM IST The Hinduja group has not deposited funds to acquire Reliance Capital (RCap) in the designated accounts of the lenders despite making the highest offer, which is a “contempt of the court”, the administrator of the debt-ridden firm informed the National Company … Read more
Reuters An Chang-ok gave fleeting waves and smiles for the cameras on Saturday As the Paris gymnastics arena roared on American Simone Biles for her third gold medal of the 2024 Olympics, one of those applauding was none other than An Chang-ok, a rival from North Korea. Saturday’s women’s vault final saw the North share … Read more
Hyderabad: Justice Pulla Karthik of the Telangana High Court entertained a writ plea filed by 90-year-old retired government lecturer complaining of failure on the part of the government to release pension due to her. The commissioner of Intermediate education and the Principal Accountant General including the pension department were asked to respond to a writ … Read more
The central bank last hiked the repo rate to 6.5 per cent in February 2023 and since then it has held the rate at same level. | Photo: Reuters 4 min read Last Updated : Aug 04 2024 | 3:24 PM IST Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to keep the key interest … Read more
Andy Harmer Natural England The Eurasian curlew is Wales’ most threatened bird species Curlew researchers once depended on leg tags to identify birds and understand their migrations Drones have been buzzing over Welsh wetlands this year as researchers try to find curlew nests and save the upland wader from extinction. The Eurasian curlew could be … Read more
Chateauroux: The ebullient Manu Bhaker fell short of making more Olympic history by a whisker, capping an otherwise magnificent campaign with a fourth-place finish in 25m pistol competition while archer Deepika Kumari crumbled after raising hopes at the Paris Games on Saturday.Manu, Independent India’s first athlete to win two medals in a single edition of … Read more
Getty Images Rick Pero was working in southern Mexico when the evacuation alerts started going off on his phone. A wildfire was threatening his California neighbourhood. Again. Back home – roughly 2,800 miles (4,500km) away – a man at a popular swimming hole shoved a burning car down into a dry, grassy ravine. Almost instantly, … Read more
A rather unappetizing trend of food gluttons (aka mukbangers) gobbling down mountains of food is sweeping across social media. While netizens binge and cringe over these jaw-dropping food feats, the mukbangers tuck in nearly 5,000 to 15,000 calories in a single sitting. Some ravenous eaters even rake in a jumbo mazuma by polishing off a … Read more
BBC Dmitry Gudkov, a Russian politician in exile, says British police have warned him that he is in danger Two plain-clothed police officers were waiting for Dmitry Gudkov as he arrived at London’s Luton Airport last summer. The Russian opposition politician, who lives in exile in an EU country, was flying to the UK to … Read more