2023

KOCHI: Kerala High Court invoked its parens patriae jurisdiction to select the name of a child, caught in a dispute between her warring parents over her name.The bench took a position that attempting to resolve the dispute between the parents will take time and in the meanwhile, the absence of a name would not be conducive to the welfare or the best interests of the child.“In the exercise of such a...

CHENNAI: A delegation led by DMDK leader Premalatha Vijayakanth on Saturday called on governor R N Ravi and submitted a memorandum, seeking his intervention for speeding up a pending proposal to interlink rivers to ensure equitable distribution of water among the riparian states. It also sought his intervention to resolve the ‘pressing issues’ of Tamil Nadu, through Union and state governments....

NEW DELHI: The Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), a set of anti-air pollution measures implemented in the Delhi-NCR region during the winter season, is set to be activated starting Sunday. The Commission for Air Quality Management, an autonomous body tasked with improving air quality in Delhi and its neighboring areas, made significant changes to the GRAP last year and again in July this year.The...

THANE: Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has announced a substantial allocation of Rs 60,000 crore for a range of development initiatives in the Marathwada region. Speaking at the annual Marathwada Muktisangram event in Thane, Shinde expressed the government's unwavering commitment to eliminate all vestiges of underdevelopment in the region."We are resolute in bringing Marathwada into the spotlight. During a...

HANGZHOU: The ammunition depot of India's Asian Games contingent shifted from shooting to racquet sports on Saturday when 'comebacks' became the underlying theme of two gold medals and some stellar wins amplified the roar towards the podium.A gold medal each in tennis and squash headlined India's performance in racquet sports, while the Mukherjees, Ayhika and Sutirtha, stunned the world No. 1 Chinese...

KALYAN: Amidst the ongoing exchange of allegations between BJP MLA Ganpat Gaikwad and Shiv Sena's Kalyan (East) city president, Mahesh Gaikwad, in the Kalyan East assembly constituency, the newly-appointed BJP Kalyan district president, Nana Suryavanshi, has called upon chief minister Eknath Shinde to intervene and prevent further statements from the city president targeting the MLA.During a media...

KANYAKUMARI: The body of one of the three fishermen from Colachel in Tamil Nadu who went missing after a boat capsized in the midsea on Thursday night, was recovered during search operations on Saturday.The fishing boat Suja Mol sailed from Colachel fishing harbour on September 25 with 16 fishermen onboard. The crew included six guest workers -- five from Odisha and one from West Bengal. While they were...

NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, made a visit to the Bhalswa landfill site on Saturday and announced plans to process and reduce approximately 45 lakh tonnes of waste from the site by May next year. During his interaction with reporters at the location, Kejriwal explained that once this significant volume of waste is processed, it will lead to the reclamation of "35 acres of land,"...

THANE: Members of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) held a protest in Thane city opposing the impending toll charge hike at five entry points leading to Mumbai, scheduled to take effect on October 1. The demonstrators, led by Avinash Jadhav and the heads of MNS units in Thane and Palghar, brandished party flags and banners and chanted slogans to express their discontent with the toll increase.Despite...

Stress is an automatic human response to difficult or overwhelming situations. When it is short lasting, it generally is beneficial in motivating us to achieve the difficult task but when the stress is prolonged then it generally causes unhealthy effects on our physical and psychological health. The stress response has an emotional or affective component which gives rise to a myriad of generally...