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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday took a veiled swipe at Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi while inaugurating several education and skilling projects in Bihar, urging people to be vigilant against those attempting to claim the ‘Jan Nayak’ title associated with former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur.Speaking at the inauguration of Jan Nayak…

Representative image (Photo credit: ANI) BENGALURU: Researchers in India have developed a new way to generate truly random numbers using quantum computers, a breakthrough that could make digital security systems harder to crack.The work was done by scientists at the Raman Research Institute (RRI) in Bengaluru, working with colleagues from the Indian Institute of Science…

National Medical Commission (NMC) is yet to act against 30 doctors found guilty of accepting a foreign trip funded by pharma company AbbVie as the matter is still “under consideration”. An audit committee of the department of pharmaceuticals had in Dec last year found them guilty, and their names were sent in July to the…

Suspected miscreants from Nagaland allegedly set ablaze around 90 houses in Golaghat district of Assam on Friday, a senior official said.They also fired several rounds in the air, creating panic in the Muslim-dominated area, he said.The incident took place at Tengatal of Uriamghat in Sector B in Sarupathar along the interstate border during the early…

NEW DELHI: Centre on Friday issued an advisory to all states and Union territories calling for a “rational use of cough syrups in the paediatric population” after nine deaths were reported in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara due to kidney-related complications.The ministry of health and family welfare informed that the tests on the cough syrup samples revealed…

NEW DELHI: Gitanjali Angmo, wife of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, moved the Supreme Court on Friday seeking his release.This comes two days after she reached out to President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday to seek her intervention for the release of the climate activist, who has been lodged in Jodhpur jail in Rajasthan since being taken…

MEERUT: Sambhal district administration Thursday demolished a mosque and a 30,000-sq-ft marriage hall allegedly built on govt land that was earlier a pond in Raya Buzurg village. Both structures, erected a decade ago, had been declared illegal encroachments during a recent survey. This is the second mosque to face demolition in Sambhal within four months.Sambhal…

Tej Pratap Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav (File photos) PATNA: Former Bihar minister Tej Pratap Yadav, whom his father Lalu Prasad recently expelled from the RJD, on Thursday asked his younger brother Tejashwi Yadav to show him the respect that Lord Rama had got from Laxman.The Hasanpur MLA, who has now floated his own party, Jan…

Union home minister Amit Shah (Photo credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday lauded the RSS on its centenary, saying the organisation’s workers have always been devoted to the service and security of the nation, renouncing all comforts and luxuries. Shah, who termed himself a “proud swayamsevak”, said that from the…

Sonam Wangchuk (right) and his wife Gitanjali J Angmo NEW DELHI: Gitanjali Angmo, wife of education reformer and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Wednesday in a representation to the President of India Droupadi Murmu sought her intervention and requested for “unconditional release” of Wangchuk, who she said is a “person who can never be a…