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Long before recognition, awards or headlines, a young doctor chose to travel to a village that most maps barely acknowledged. In the mid 1980s, reaching Bairagarh in Maharashtra’s Melghat region meant travelling only as far as the road allowed and then walking nearly 40 kilometres through rugged forest terrain. Healthcare facilities were almost nonexistent here,…
NAGPUR: Eight people were injured in stone pelting during BJP and Patit Pawan Sanghatana’s protest in front of the Congress Bhavan in the city as state Congress chief Harshawardhan Sapkal’s remarks “equating” Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj with Tipu Sultan escalated on Sunday, drawing in leaders from Maharashtra and Telangana and setting off protests across the state.BJP…
Know Thyself: Socrates said 2500 years ago, there is more to life than knowledge of stones, trees or distant stars; we need to go INSIDE to know the MIND of man. Thus, a compulsory part of schooling and education must be to learn: i) What the Mind is and its nature ii) How the body-mind get…
There’s a hilarious BBC skit titled The Treaty of Westphalia (part of it’s the Complete History of Everything) which imagines the dialogues between European superpowers as they divide the continent, taking digs at each other’s fish-eating habits (pickled herring), bonding over the desire to kick German arse, figuring out how to split Luxembourg, and wondering…
J&K LG Manoj Sinha (File photo) After a thorough security review and discussion, Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha on Monday ordered the reopening of 14 tourist spots that were closed in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack 10 months ago.Eleven of the 14 tourists to be opened immediately are in Kashmir Valley —…
The assault was captured on CCTV camera JAMMU: Three inmates of a juvenile observation home, including two Pakistani nationals, fled custody after allegedly attacking and injuring two policemen posted on guard duty at the facility in RS Pura area in Jammu district on Monday evening.After escaping the observation home around 5.15pm, the trio allegedly robbed…
A model of Shahpur Kandi dam (Image courtesy: PSPCL) JAMMU: India is preparing to stop surplus water from the Ravi flowing into Pakistan once the Shahpur Kandi dam on Punjab-J&K border becomes operational, marking a long-awaited shift in use of eastern river waters of Indus basin.J&K minister Javed Ahmed Rana said Monday the dam is…
A California judge declared a mistrial on Friday in the case of five current and former students of Stanford University charged over a pro Palestine protest in 2024, after jurors said they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict.The case, heard in Santa Clara County, was one of the few instances in which campus demonstrators…
Veteran actor and politician Shatrughan Sinha has approached the Bombay High Court seeking protection of his personality rights, including his iconic dialogue “Khamosh” (silence).A bench of Justice Sharmila Deshmukh on Monday heard Sinha’s plea and reserved its order on the interim relief sought by the 79-year-old actor against certain websites and social media platforms. The…
Crocodiles are ancient amphibious predators. Do you know, crocodiles are also one of the oldest surviving reptiles on the planet. These creatures remain largely unchanged for millions of years and have perfectly adapted for both land and water. With the help of their powerful tails and strong limbs, they hunt and rule the world of…
