Category Archives: social

As Telangana phone tapping case unravels, ex-intel bureau chief is named as prime accused

Telangana phone tapping case

According to investigators, former SIB chief, retired IPS officer T Prabhakar Rao, who has been named as “accused number 1” by the Hyderabad Police, failed to “draw the line” when taking or implementing orders from the party in power.

President, PPP head show united stance to address doctors’ walkout before elections

quota for medical students

President Yoon Suk Yeol and ruling People Power Party (PPP) interim leader Han Dong-hoon are demonstrating a united stance and advocating for dialogue with striking doctors, aiming to prevent the issue from negatively impacting support for the ruling bloc leading up to the general elections.

Pro-Palestine protesters stage event at New York Metropolitan art museum

solidarity with Palestine

Protesters covered the steps of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art with a large patchwork blanket displaying messages of solidarity with Palestine to draw attention to Israel’s war on Gaza.

Government-doctor conflict to face biggest challenge this week

Government-doctor conflict

The protracted conflict between the government and doctors over the medical school quota hike policy will face its toughest challenge yet this week, with the authorities determined to suspend the licenses of the striking trainee doctors, starting from Tuesday at the earliest.

India summons German envoy after Berlin’s remarks on Kejriwal’s arrest

liquor policy-linked money laundering case

India on Saturday summoned the German deputy chief of mission in New Delhi and lodged a strong protest against the German foreign ministry’s remarks on the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

Resolutions and realities: between 1940 and 2024

Lahore Resolution

It has now been 84 years since the Lahore Resolution and 77 years since the birth of Pakistan. The more we move on, the greater the contrast in some principal conditions for the vast majority of citizens: for example, the average life expectancy in the subcontinent in 1940 was only about 28 to 30 years; today, it is 68 years. Literacy at the time was barely 25 per cent; it is now over 67pc.

Baseball: MLB begins investigating scandal involving Ohtani, aide

sports gambling allegation

U.S. Major League Baseball said Friday it has launched an investigation into a sports gambling allegation involving Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and his interpreter Ippei Mizuhara.

Guns won’t stop goals from girl footballers in India’s violence-hit Manipur

girl footballers

Smart in her neon blue jacket and bright red sneakers, Hemarani slips out of the large thatched-roof mud hut and stands squinting up at the rising sun. The sky is streaked pink over the Nongmaiching Ching hills, and the wide open field before her is still swimming in fog. Cows are grazing in the green pastures, and alongside, a group of girls in their football kit is warming up.

Warmonger Netanyahu tells US Republicans Gaza war will continue

Gaza war will continue

US Republican senators say Israeli prime minister gave them an update on the war and the hostages, saying he will continue until they defeat Hamas.