JITO hosts interactive session on mental health issues in women

April 16, 2024 07:12 pm | Updated 07:12 pm IST - Belagavi The women’s wing of Jain International Trade Organization (JITO) organised Sukoon, an interactive session on mental health and well-being, in Belagavi recently. Medical Director of Shree Ortho and Trauma Centre Devagouda I. delivered a special talk on the …...Read More

AG Garland pressed on Hur report, says Biden 'has no impairment'

Attorney General Merrick Garland vowed Wednesday that President Biden has "no impairment" after being pressed by a Republican lawmaker about the findings of special counsel Robert Hur’s report on Biden’s improper handling of classified documents. Garland, speaking to Rep. Ben Cline of Virginia during a House Appropriations Committee hearing on …...Read More

Supreme Court sides with decorated war veteran who did not receive his full educational benefits

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with a decorated veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in a protracted fight with the government over 12 months of G.I. Bill educational benefits. The court ruled 7-2 that the Department of Veterans Affairs improperly calculated the educational benefits for James Rudisill, …...Read More

Federal judge says Harvard Medical School professor engaged in ‘rampant plagiarism’ for Lockheed Martin trial

A Harvard Medical School professor plagiarized extensive segments of a report on potentially carcinogenic chemicals, according to a federal judge. The Harvard Crimson reported that assistant professor Dipak Panigrahy previously submitted an expert report exceeding 500 pages on behalf of plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit against Lockheed Martin. The …...Read More

Eshwarappa calls Vijayendra ‘a child’, questions his contribution to BJP

April 16, 2024 07:08 pm | Updated 07:08 pm IST - Shivamogga Calling BJP State president B.Y. Vijayendra “bachcha” (a child), former BJP Minister K.S. Eshwarappa said he (Vijayendra) has no qualities to comment on him. “I have done ‘tapassu’ for 40 years to build the party. What is your …...Read More

Sukhani takes exception to changing college name in Raichur

April 16, 2024 07:06 pm | Updated 07:06 pm IST - KALABURAGI Parasmal Sukhani, educationist and a member of Hyderabad Karnataka Education Society, Raichur, has raised objections to changing the name of SLN Engineering College in Raichur to Sir M. Visvesvaraya Engineering College. In a letter addressed to Shashil G. …...Read More

Fetterman slams anti-Israel agitators, says disruption 'makes you an a--hole'

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., ripped anti-Israel agitators who have recently blocked bridges or yelled at Starbucks employees and customers, posting a strongly worded message on X Tuesday. Fetterman responded to a video posted Sunday showing protesters with a megaphone and donning Palestinian flags and other garb entering a Starbucks in …...Read More

Johnson likely forced to get Dem help on foreign aid plan as Republicans decry lack of border measures

The foreign aid plan Speaker Johnson, R-La., unveiled on Monday night is already facing a growing red wave of opposition from his own colleagues as of Tuesday morning, making it likely he will have to seek House Democratic support to get the proposal passed. Under Johnson’s tentative plan, aid for …...Read More

Cartoon contest with Lok Sabha elections as theme

April 16, 2024 07:04 pm | Updated 07:04 pm IST - KOCHI The Kerala Cartoon Academy and Toons Animation are jointly organising a competition for young cartoonists with the Lok Sabha elections as the theme. The competition is under two categories: those in the age group up to 17 years …...Read More

AIADMK candidate in Mayiladuthurai faces the heat from sugarcane farmers

April 16, 2024 07:03 pm | Updated 07:03 pm IST - THANJAVUR The AIADMK candidate for the Mayiladuthurai Parliamentary Constituency P. Babu was flooded with questions from sugarcane cultivators attached to the erstwhile private sugar mill at Thirumandankudi on Tuesday during his electioneering on the outskirts of Kumbakonam. A group …...Read More