The rupee slipped to a fresh all-time low against the US dollar on Wednesday, extending its recent losing streak as rising oil prices, overseas debt repayments and importer demand for hedging continued to weigh on the currency.The rupee weakened 0.1% to 95.7450 per dollar, moving past its previous record low of 95.7375 touched on Tuesday.Analysts…
Mother cheetah KGP12 with four cubs in Kuno National Park on April 11 Bhopal: Barely a month after their birth was celebrated as a historic milestone for India’s cheetah restoration project, four cubs born to the country’s first wild-breeding India-born cheetah were found dead near their den site in Kuno National Park in Sheopur district…
Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday decided to retain the Bhabanipur seat and vacate Nandigram after winning from both constituencies in the recently concluded West Bengal assembly elections.Suvendu had contested from his stronghold Nandigram as well as Bhabanipur, the constituency long considered a bastion of former chief minister…
BENGALURU: Reportedly upset after his mother passed away last year, a 33-year-old public works department (PWD) engineer Monday jumped to his death from the hilltop at Devarayanadurga in Tumakuru district.Manju Prasad, resident of Satyamangala in Tumakuru and working with Pavagada PWD, is survived by wife and 10-day-old newborn.Police said Prasad left home in the morning,…
KOLKATA: A Calcutta High Court division bench on Tuesday released multiple cases related to the RG Kar rape and murder, citing “heavy roster”. During the hearing, the bench remarked that there would be a judicial commission formed by the state and it would need a detailed hearing then.“Given the heavy roster of this court, we…
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have reported widespread fraud in the Optional Practical Training (OPT) visa program involving thousands of foreign students and suspected employers across the United States. Speaking at a press conference, Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said investigators found empty offices, locked buildings,…
AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday urged India’s Gen Z population to demand accountability in the alleged NEET paper leak case, saying young people had the power to force political change. NEW DELHI: AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday urged India’s Gen Z population to demand accountability in the alleged NEET paper leak…
CHENNAI: Madras high court has restrained TVK MLA Srinivasa Sethupathi, who won from Tirupattur constituency by one vote, from participating in the floor test scheduled on Wednesday.“The floor test is not an ordinary legislative sitting. Participation in a floor test may determine the survival or fall of a govt. If the TVK MLA participates in…
Sometimes discoveries do not begin with certainty, but with confusion. That was exactly the case when US astronomer James Christy was reviewing photographic plates of Pluto at the US Naval Observatory. He was not actively searching for anything new at the time and was reportedly preparing for personal plans, which makes what followed feel almost…
NEW DELHI: The newly formed BJP-led West Bengal government under chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday launched a crackdown on illegal toll booths and unauthorised drop gates operating across the state.The directive was issued by chief secretary Manoj Kumar Agarwal, whose appointment had triggered political controversy as he previously served as the state’s chief electoral…