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Sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has received 33 complaints of sexual harassment against its coaches and administrative staff over the past ten years, indicating that more female athletes are coming forward to report such issues. Out of them, a significantly higher number of 25 complaints were…
Deported Bangladeshis are repeatedly returning to Mumbai, with Rabiya Nasir Mulla caught for a second time after being sent back last August MUMBAI: Barely six months ago, Rabiya Nasir Mulla was caught living illegally in Mira-Bhayander and deported to Bangladesh. Recently, the 46-year-old was caught again- this time in Vile Parle – and is again…
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has called for strengthening the institutional framework, professional capacity building and audit practices of primary auditing institutions (PAIs) responsible for local governments, highlighting the need to improve audit quality and transparency at the grassroots level, PTI reported.The call came at the conclusion of a three-day national workshop for…
US President Donald Trump’s aggressive and unpredictable tariff strategy is beginning to redraw global trade alignments, with long-standing US partners actively seeking alternatives — and China emerging as a key beneficiary.Canada delivered the clearest signal yet of this shift on Friday, cutting its 100% import tax on Chinese electric vehicles in exchange for sharply lower…
A remark by US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick blaming the lack of a personal phone call from PM Narendra Modi for the stalled India–US trade deal does not stand up to scrutiny and diverts attention from substantive policy differences, the Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) said in a report released on Friday.In an interview on…
NEW DELHI: The record-breaking vehicle sales in the city in 2025 come with a warning — the growth is overwhelmingly driven by private vehicles, not public or shared transport.Of the 8,16,051 new registrations, around 7.2 lakh were private vehicles, highlighting that most buyers added personal vehicles rather than choosing public transport. About 75% of these…
Each year, winter brings a spectacular show as millions of birds undertake their journeys to warmer regions, traveling along known flyways. However, this year–a bird flu outbreak casts a shadow on these migrations. Is this outbreak making bird flu a bigger threat than it’s ever faced before?Recent statistics from Europe show an increase in reported…
NEW DELHI: Environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa has said that over 10,000 vehicles have failed emission tests since the implementation of GRAP-4 and over 2 lakh have been issued Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificates. He added that govt is also upgrading all PUC centres with high-capacity equipment to reduce delays and ensure accurate emission testing….
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on Thursday said that the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) faces a sizeable staffing shortage in its audit formations, with 38 percent of positions vacant as of July 1, 2024, leading to gaps between planned and completed audits.The CAG’s report on the Department of Revenue for…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Virat Kohli kisses the Indian Premier League winners’ trophy during celebrations with fans at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, India. (PTI) They came so close three times earlier too, close enough to see it, feel it, but not close enough to hold it. But their time came, finally, and Royal Challengers…
