The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to clarify the the aspects highlighted by the petitioner relating to ground situation on menstrual hygiene in schools before implementing the policy. Representative Image (Photo credit: ANI) The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to clarify the the aspects highlighted by the petitioner relating to ground situation on … Read more
From left: The tiger, India’s wildlife superstar, on a safari through Satpura National Park, designated as India’s first biosphere reserve in 1999; ; Image: Courtesy Charukesi Ramadurai; tiger : Shutterstock It is late February and winter is almost over, but there is a nip in the morning air that makes me shiver as I walk … Read more
In the letter, Nayanthara also accused Dhanush of harbouring a personal grudge against her and her husband, filmmaker Vignesh Shivan. Actor Nayanthara on Saturday stunned everyone with her open letter dedicated to Dhanush, calling out the latter for not letting her use film footage from ‘Naanum Rowdy Dhaan’ for her Netflix wedding documentary. In the … Read more
Baku (Azerbaijan): Nisreen Elsaim has been a climate activist for a dozen years, much of it focusing on the intersection of war and climate change. In April 2023, it became personal, when she awoke in her native Sudan to the explosions and gunfire of an erupting civil war. Elsaim, her husband and their infant son … Read more
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister on Friday asked Iran to help secure a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hezbollah and appeared to urge it to convince the militant group to agree to a deal that could require it to pull back from the Israel-Lebanon border. As a top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump is filling key posts in his second administration, and it’s shaping up much differently than his first. He’s prioritizing loyalists for top jobs. Trump was bruised and hampered by internal squabbles during his initial term in office. Now he appears focused on remaking the federal government in his own image. Some of … Read more
A new book, ‘Generative AI in the courtroom – a practical handbook for modern justice,’ set me on a course down memory lane, reminding me of the gaffes caused by fear of technology or gadget phobia among various sections of people when computers were introduced. Though not a keen follower of technology, I landed at … Read more
HYDERABAD: Justice K. Surender of the Telangana High Court set aside a sentence against an assistant executive engineer of the panchayat raj department by giving the petitioner the benefit of doubt. The petitioner was convicted by the principal special judge for SPE and ACB cases at Hyderabad, under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) of … Read more