VADODARA: It’s been an annual practice for Shardul Patel to collect Navratri-appropriate accessories much before the revelry sets in. Be it the Kediya, the colourful safa pagdis, or polishing his garba steps — Patel never left anything to chance. However, this time, the list started with a caveat — a complete heart check-up before the nine nights of celebrations.“I do my workouts regularly but...
MUMBAI: School students will soon have their own unique identification number, provided of course their parents give consent. As part of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the Union ministry of education has planned to create 'One Nation, One Student ID' called 'Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry (APAAR) for every student from pre-primary to higher education. This is in addition to the...
MUMBAI: In a case between a senior citizen and the income tax department, the tax tribunal’s Mumbai bench held that the penalty levied for non-disclosure of interest earned on her tax refund is not valid.In their order, the ITAT bench comprising Amarjit Singh, accountant member, and Sandeep Singh Karhail, judicial member, emphasised that unless the refund is received, its interest element cannot be...
NEW DELHI: Foreign minister S Jaishankar on Friday spoke to his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan and discussed the "grave situation "in the Israel-Hamas conflict. He also raised the issue of the safety and security of Indian nationals residing in Israel.Amid the Israel-Gaza War, Israeli army issues ultimatum: 'Leave Gaza in 24 HoursJaishankar had on Wednesday spoken to his UAE counterpart...
NEW DELHI: Retail inflation eased to a three-month low in September as food prices moderated, bringing much-needed relief from surging price pressures, while industrial output growth rose to a 14-month high in August led by a robust manufacturing sector.Reserve Bank of India has decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 6.5%: Shaktikanta DasData released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) on...
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs on Thursday said that the first charter flight will be reaching Tel Aviv later tonight to pick up Indians and is likely to return to India tomorrow morning.The MEA in a briefing said that Operation Ajay has been launched to bring back Indians from Israel adding that it hasn’t heard of any Indian casualty so far."A charter flight will reach Tel Aviv today...
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday offered prayers at Parvati Kund in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh. Dressed in local traditional attire, he also played a power drum and conch shell while offering prayers at the spiritually significant Parvati Kund.The Prime Minister will have darshan of the Adi Kailash peak, an abode of Lord Shiva. He is on a day-long visit to Uttarakhand's Kumaon region...
BAREILLY: A 17-year-old girl lost both her legs and left arm after her stalker, 19, allegedly pushed her in front of a moving train in Bareilly while she was returning from NEET coaching on Tuesday. She is currently undergoing treatment in a private hospital here and her condition is critical, said police. Dr OP Bhaskar, who had initially treated the girl, said, "She was brought to hospital with both...
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court, which has traditionally been pro-life, was split Wednesday over choosing between stopping the heart of an over 26-week-old healthy fetus and the choice of its carrier, a married woman, to terminate the pregnancy which is impermissible under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act.A bench of Justices Hima Kohli and B V Nagarathna, which on Monday had unanimously...
TEL AVIV: Amid the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict, the Indian diaspora in Israel has expressed confidence in the country's military and said they want to live peacefully.A woman of Indian origin in Ashkelon, Israel, Ilana Nagaukar, told: "Yesterday, a missile struck here, vehicles caught fire and there was a power cut in all these buildings. We feel that we are in danger but we believe in our...
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