Thousands of cows buried at landfill after deadly heatwave in US
CHICAGO: Top US cattle feeding companies sent 1,000-pound carcasses to a Kansas landfill, where they were flattened by loader machines and mixed with trash, after a June heatwave killed thousands of cows, documents show. Other cattle were buried in unlined graves, a feeding company said. Neither is a typical method for disposing of bodies. But […]
Mumbai Police register FIR against Ranveer Singh over nude photographs on social media
The Mumbai Police on Tuesday registered a First Information Report (FIR) against Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh over his nude pictures on social media, an official said. A Mumbai-based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) had approached the Chembur police here with a complaint against the actor. Based on it, the police registered the FIR against Singh under various […]
Two pro-democracy activists among four executed by Myanmar junta
YANGON: Myanmar’s junta has executed four prisoners, including a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi’s party and a prominent activist, state media said Monday, in the country’s first use of capital punishment in decades. The executions sparked widespread condemnation — including from the United States and France — heightening fears that more death sentences […]
Madam President Droupadi Murmu takes charge as India’s 15th President
On a day that melded tradition with the aspirations of a modern nation, Droupadi Murmu took over as India’s 15th President on Monday, the country’s first tribal head of state and the second woman in the post “My election is proof of the fact that in India, the poor can dream and also fulfil those […]
Sri Lanka president’s office to reopen after crackdown
Sri Lanka’s besieged presidential office will reopen on Monday (Jul 25), police said, days after anti-government demonstrators were flushed out in a military crackdown that triggered international condemnation. Widespread public anger over the island’s unprecedented economic crisis saw protesters storm and occupy the colonial-era building earlier this month. Soldiers were forced to rescue then-president Gotabaya […]
Four crore people totally unvaccinated against Covid, says govt
An estimated 4 crore eligible beneficiaries have not taken even a single dose of COVID-19 vaccine as on July 18, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar informed the Lok Sabha on Friday. A total of 1,78,38,52,566 vaccine doses (97.34 per cent) have been administered free of cost in Government Covid Vaccination Centres (CVCs) […]
Sri Lankan troops demolish protest camp
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan security forces demolished the main anti-government protest camp in the capital on Friday, evicting activists in a pre-dawn assault that raised international concern for dissent under the crisis-wracked country’s new pro-Western president. Troops and police Special Task Force commandos wielding batons and armed with automatic assault rifles charged on people blockading the […]
Dinesh Gunawardena appointed Sri Lanka’s new Prime Minister
Senior politician Dinesh Gunawardena on Friday took over as Sri Lanka’s prime minister as President Ranil Wickremesinghe swore in his new Cabinet. A stalwart of Sri Lankan politics, Gunawardena, 73. earlier served as the foreign minister and education minister. He was appointed as Home Minister in April by then President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The prime minister’s […]
Sonia Gandhi appears before ED for questioning in National Herald money laundering case
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) here for questioning in the National Herald money laundering case. Gandhi, 75, arrived at the federal probe agency’s headquarters located at Vidyut Lane flanking A P J Abdul Kalam Road in central Delhi a little after noon escorted by her Z+ category CRPF […]
Nasa to launch moon rocket on Aug 29
WASHINGTON: Mark your calendars: Nasa’s Artemis programme to return to the Moon could launch its first uncrewed test flight as soon as August 29, the agency said on Wednesday. Artemis-1 is the first in a series of missions as the United States seeks to return humans to the Moon, build a sustained presence there, and […]