NEW DELHI: The Congress is facing rebellion while replacing Ashok Gehlot as the Rajasthan chief minister. The change of guard in Punjab last year, coincidentally in September itself, was also not without internal rumblings. In contrast, the BJP has replaced as many as six CMs in five states in less than two years and all […]
Also known as treadmill test, this test helps to figure out how well your heart works. “In a stress test, you walk on a treadmill that makes your heart work progressively harder. An electrocardiogram (ECG) monitors your heart’s electrical rhythms. The doctor also measures your blood pressure and monitors whether you have symptoms like chest […]
UMAN, Ukraine: Tens of thousands of Hasidic Jews gathered in the Ukrainian city of Uman for their annual pilgrimage, officials said Sunday, despite authorities asking them to skip the trip because of the war. Every year, Hasidic Jewish pilgrims come to Uman in central Ukraine from across the world to visit the tomb of one […]
SEOUL: North Korea fired a ballistic missile off its east coast on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, as South Korea and the United States staged joint naval exercises involving an aircraft carrier. Japan’s coast guard also reported a suspected ballistic missile test. The launch came two days after South Korea and US forces launched their […]
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday said his government will back the bids of India and Japan for permanent member status at the UN Security Council. President Wickremesinghe is currently in Japan to attend the state funeral of the former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe. During a meeting with Japanese foreign minister Yoshimasa […]
DUBAI: India batter Suryakumar Yadav jumped a place to reach a career-best-equalling second position in the latest ICC men’s T20I Player rankings issued on Wednesday. Suryakumar now has 801 rating points after smashing a match-winning 69 off 36 deliveries in the third match against Australia in Hyderabad on Sunday that helped India clinch the series […]
The government has made the registration of IMEI number of all mobile phones mandatory before their sale in India on its anti-counterfeit and lost handset blocking portal from January 1, 2023. According to a notification from Department of Telecom (DoT), dated September 26, all mobile phones, whether made locally or imported, will need to be […]
LONDON: The new monogram to be used by Charles as the UK’s new monarch has been unveiled and used for the first time on Tuesday, as the royal family’s mourning period for Queen Elizabeth II comes to an end. King Charles III’s new cypher is designed by the College of Arms and shows his initial […]
WASHINGTON: External affairs minister S Jaishankar has raised the issue of the huge backlog of US visa applications from India with secretary of state Antony Blinken to which the top American diplomat said he is sensitive to the matter and has a plan to address it. Blinken blamed the Covid-19 pandemic for a backlog of […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan appointed Ishaq Dar as finance minister to pull the country out of an economic crisis worsened by a fast falling currency and high inflation. Dar, the sixth finance chief since August 2018, takes office after the South Asian nation made an urgent appeal for debt relief from rich nations as catastrophic floods exacerbated […]
