For the first time in the country, a World Health Organisation-led (WHO) initiative to impart survival swimming training to children in order to reduce drowning deaths is taking off in the State. The project, Turning the tide on drowning – a school SwimSafe (survival swim training for children) programme, is being piloted in two schools
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New Delhi: Private fuel retailers are cutting prices and eating into the market share of their public sector peers, passing on the benefit of cheaper Russian crude oil to their customers. While government-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) that dominate fuel retailing in India have not touched prices since March 2024, Jio-BP and Nayara, which together
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Tucked away in central Delhi’s winding alleys, with white linen hanging over wires, a community of dhobis has been washing the city’s clothes for generations. Threatened by the constant spectre of demolition, members of the community say welfare measures announced for their benefit can be enjoyed only if their homes and workplaces are protected. Ahead
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Personal visit: President R. Venkataraman with Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam on June 28, 1990. | Photo Credit: THE HINDU ARCHIVES When a President makes a personal religious visit, can the expenditure thus incurred be recovered from those holding the high constitutional office? In the early 1990s, the Madras High Court had
The high-profile battle for control of Religare Enterprises Ltd took a fresh twist on Tuesday with a Bangkok-based investor seeking the Delhi High Court’s intervention to halt the Burman family’s open offer to acquire an additional 26% stake in the financial services conglomerate. Sapna Govind Rao, who claims to own 500 shares in Religare, urged
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BJP State president B Y Vijayendra, addressing Bharatiya Kisan Sangh farmers in Bangalore on November 26, 2024. After a year as president, Vijayendra has failed to effectively lead the party. | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K / The Hindu For a party that prides itself on cadre discipline, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has performed
Delhi Chief Minister Atishi has written to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), urging immediate intervention over the increasing ammonia levels in the Yamuna River, which she asserts are impacting the water supply in Delhi. Also Read: AAP leader Atishi assures Yamuna river’s toxic foam to vanish in ’next two days’ What does the letter say?
Actors Dhanush and Nayanthara. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Madras High Court on Tuesday (January 28, 2025) dismissed an application filed by Los Gatos Production Services India LLP, an entity through which OTT platform Netflix reports its content investments in India, to reject a civil suit filed by actor Dhanush’s Wunderbar Films Private
Jamal Igle | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT “What really got me into comics was movies. My grandfather took me to watch the first Christopher Reeve Superman movie, and I absolutely fell in love with Superman as a character,” says writer Illustrator Jamal Igle. Jamal is the recipient of the 2011 Inkpot Award for outstanding achievement
Delhi Jal Board CEO Shilpa Shinde on Monday denied AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal’s claim that the Haryana government had released “poison” into the Yamuna River. Also Read: Lok Sabha Polls 2024: BJP ‘hatching conspiracy’ to target AAP and Delhi by cutting city’s water supply, alleges Atishi In a letter to Delhi chief secretary Dharmendra, Shinde
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