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Suspense on who probes Sushant's death: CBI or Mumbai police

NEW DELHI, Aug 11: The Supreme Court kept up the suspense on who should probe Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death on June 14 -- the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or the Mumbai Police -- by reserving the order after two hours of hearing. He was found ha...

Lawyer pulled up for aspersions on ex-judge probing Vikas Dubey case

NEW DELHI, Aug 11: Chief Justice of India Sharad Arvind Bobde on Tuesday reprimanded advocate Ghanshyam Upadhyay questioning appointment of retired Justice B S Chauhan as the head of a 3-member inquiry commission set up by the Supreme Court to probe into the alleged fa...

SC defers hearing to Thurs to let Rajasthan HC first take the call

NEW DELHI, Aug 11: To let the Rajasthan High Court's single judge take a call on Tuesday at 2 pm on the plea of BJP MLA Dilawar, the Supreme Court agreed to hear on Thursday the challenge to the High Court refusing to interfere in the merger of six Bahujan Samaj Party ...

Goa assembly Speaker ducks again: Defection hearing off to Aug 28

NEW DELHI, Aug 11: Goa Assembly Speaker Rajesh Patnekar has ducked again in the case of two petitions against him before the Supreme Court for delaying the decision sought on disqualification of the MLAs who defected to the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), many of w...

Pranab’s condition worsens

NEW DELHI, Aug 11: The condition of former President Pranab Mukherjee has worsened and he remains on ventilator support, the Army's Research and Referral (R&R) Hospital said on Tuesday, a day after he underwent a brain surgery. The 84-year-old was admitted to the mili...

CAN BOOSTING IMMUNE SYSTEM TREAT COVID-19?

NEW DELHI, Aug 11: Boosting the immune system could offer a potential treatment strategy for COVID-19, according to a new study. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to claim lives around the world, much research has focused on the immune system’s role in patients who b...

BETTER COVID-19 TESTING IS VITAL

NEW DELHI, Aug 11: Whether America is ready to “reopen” depends on the nation’s COVID-19 testing capabilities, regional spread of the virus, and political leadership, two experts argue. Same is true with regard to India and any country that tried to fight Covid-19 with...

Priyanka brokers peace to end Rajasthan crisis

NEW DELHI, Aug 10: The Congress crisis in Rajasthan is heading for a solution that may emerge any time soon, may be late on Monday itself, ahead of the crucial Assembly session slated on Friday, to enable Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot(63) win the trust vote, defeating th...

Rajasthan assembly session on Aug 14

NEW DELHI, Aug 10: Rajasthan assembly session from August 14, rebel Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Monday met party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at the former's residence in New Delhi, amidst indications of a possible breakthrough. Although there is...

Rajasthan petition hearing today

NEW DELHI, Aug 10: The Supreme Court on Monday listed for hearing of the petition of Rajasthan BJP MLA Madan Dilawar against Assembly Speaker C P Joshi for not deciding the disqualification of six BSP MLAs for joining the ruling Congress in the state. The Bench of Jus...

Both Goa defection petitions listed today

NEW DELHI, Aug 10: Both the petitions for disqualification of 10 Congress MLAs and two MGP (MaharashtravadiGomantak Party) for defecting to the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party are listed on Tuesday before the 3-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Sharad Arvind Bo...

Prashant's regrets rejected: Contempt hearing on Aug 17

NEW DELHI, Aug 10: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to accept activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan's regrets on his statement in 2009 that half of the 15 former Chief Justices of India were corrupt and fixed haring of the contempt petition on August 17. The case concer...

India dismisses controversy over Buddha’s birthplace

NEW DELHI, Aug 10: India dismissed a controversy over the birthplace of Gautam Buddha and said a comment by external affairs minister S Jaishankar on the shared Buddhist heritage of the two neighbours was misunderstood in the Himalayan country. The clarification came...

Electric cooker to sanitise N95 masks

NEW DELHI, Aug 10: Owners of electric multicookers may be able to add another use to its list of functions, a new study suggests: sanitization of N95 respirator masks. The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign study found that 50 minutes of dry heat in an electric ...

Culling cancer before it stems

NEW DELHI, Aug 10: Scientists develop a simple and quick method involving stem cells to test chemicals for their carcinogenicity, which gives results in just seven days. Today, our lifestyle brings us in contact with multiple chemicals daily: in packaged food, cosmeti...

Natural anti-cancer compound built

NEW DELHI, Aug 10: Scripps Research Institute's chemists Hans Renata, PhD, and Alexander Adibekian, PhD, in California have discovered a way to efficiently create a synthetic version of a valuable natural compound called cepafungin I, which has shown promise as an anti...
 

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