A gang rape survivor who filed an FIR against two men, family acquaintances who had assaulted her when she was just 12, an attack that left her pregnant a year later, has appealed to “women like me to come forward and fight for justice”. She said she “needed to say this, even if 28...
Read MoreTelangana is not just high on liquor, but also the beer capital of the south, bubbling over its neighbours in guzzling the foamy beverage. The state topped the charts with 11 litres annual per capita consumption and was distantly followed by other southern states, including Andhra Pradesh that consumed just 4.43 litres per capita....
Read MoreSreeshankar clinched the silver medal in the men’s long jump final with a mark of 8.08m, becoming the first Indian male athlete to win a Commonwealth Games medal in long jump. Para-powerlifter Sudhir won India’s first gold in the event at the Commonwealth Games. So far, India has won 20 medals and is at...
Read MoreWith the central government set to recruit 10 lakh people over the next one-and-a-half years to fill up the nearly 9.79 lakh vacant posts across all ministries and departments, junior minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday told the Rajya Sabha that all posts deemed abolished upon remaining vacant for more than 2-3 years may be...
Read MoreChina had threatened “serious consequences” if Pelosi landed in Taiwan, despite that the senior US politician met President Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei on August 3. The visit left China humiliated and angry. It has already taken some severe steps against the island and may take more overt action, even a full-blown invasion, in the...
Read MoreForeign minister S Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday discussed regional and global issues, including the Sri Lanka crisis and what the US described as Russia’s “brutal aggression” against Ukraine and its implications for global food security. The meeting took place in Cambodia on the sidelines of the Asean Regional...
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