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Babloo Sahu on way home to Khunti with the mortal remains of his brother Krishna Sahu from Sikkim on Thursday Ranchi: Twenty-one days after leaving his native Dahu village in Khunti district’s Rania block for work in Sikkim, 19-year-old Babloo Sahu began his journey home on Thursday with the mortal remains of his elder brother, Krishna Sahu.The two brothers travelled to Namchi district on July 2 to work at NHPC’s under-construction Teesta Stage-VI Hydroelectric Project. Krishna was among four workers from Jharkhand killed when a tunnel collapsed at the project site on July 20. Babloo returned home with two co-workers…
Alambadi Azami (R) with SP supremo Akhilesh Yadav Varanasi: Alambadi Azami, the eldest member of the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha and a five-time Samajwadi Party MLA from Nizamabad, died after a prolonged illness at his residence in Azamgarh late Wednesday. He was 92.Expressing deep grief, SP supremo Akhilesh Yadav wrote on X, “The news of the demise of Samajwadi Party’s popular MLA from Nizamabad in Azamgarh, Alambadi Sahab, is painful. May God grant peace to the departed soul. May the grief-stricken family get the strength to bear this unbearable sorrow. Humble tribute!”Azami’s son, Bablu, said that as his father had…
KALYAN: The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Tuesday submitted around 2,000 written complaints to the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL), alleging that consumers in Dombivli have received unusually high electricity bills following the installation of smart meters. Led by Dombivli city president Harshad Patil, MNS workers, along with residents from Palava and other parts of Dombivli East, met MSEDCL officials and demanded a detailed review of the disputed bills. The party urged the power utility to revise the allegedly inflated bills and provide relief to affected consumers. Patil claimed the complaints were collected from residents over the past…
Protesters during their march to BSNL office in Kochi on Thursday T’puram: As part of its nationwide agitation over the alleged irregularities in NEET 2026, SFI on Thursday intensified its protests across Kerala.SFI activists staged marches to Lok Bhavan in Thiruvananthapuram and central govt offices across the state in support of the ongoing agitation in Delhi and against the alleged police action on protesting students.The march to Lok Bhavan in the state capital was inaugurated by leader of opposition Pinarayi Vijayan. Hundreds of activists raised slogans against Centre, demanding the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the alleged…
Extortion charge against BJP members Kolkata: BJP has suspended a local party worker in Behala and started a probe against a Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha functionary in Sinthee after FIRs were registered against them for allegedly trying to extort lakhs of rupees from property owners and traders to “allow them constructions”. A promoter, Kashinath Mondal, and his wife, Chanchalika, lodged a complaint at the Behala PS against BJP functionary Tuhin Pal that he wrongfully restrained Kashinath and demanded Rs 5,00,000 as a “mandatory condition” to allow constructions at a site on Banamali Naskar Road in Behala. When the couple refused,…
Oil prices hit $100 a barrel for the first time since May as the escalating conflict in the Middle East reignited fears over global energy supplies.Brent crude – the global benchmark for oil prices – rose more than 6% on Thursday following several days of increases as the US stepped up military strikes against Iran.Prices spiked after Houthi militia in Yemen attacked oil tankers in the Red Sea, threatening a key export route that Saudi Arabia has used to bypass the Strait of Hormuz.Gas prices have also risen steadily over the past month, with the benchmark UK gas price currently…
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Watts is not alone. A 2022 study from the University of Bath estimates that about 4.6% of people in the UK have climate anxiety, which is recognised as a form of mental distress by professional bodies and the NHS. Young people and women are among the groups most at risk, according to a study published in 2025.”Anticipatory anxiety”, related to heatwaves in particular, has become more common, say psychologists Dr Caroline Hickman from the University of Bath and Dr Emma Lawrance from the University of Oxford.”Once people have been through a traumatic event like a flood or a heatwave, they…
Next year in March, Australia and England are playing a Test match to celebrate 150 years of their Ashes rivalry. As far as Cricket Australia chief executive Todd Greenberg is concerned, he is open to hosting the contest in India, the biggest cricket market in the world.Australia thumped England 4-1 earlier this year. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)This December, the Big Bash League (BBL) is also coming to India, and Chennai will host a game between Melbourne Renegades and Perth Scorchers. Along similar lines, the historic Test match could also be brought to India, where cricket and cricketers are worshipped. Plus there…
The Indian women’s hockey team custodians Savita, Bichu Devi Kharibam, Bansari Solanki and Madhuri Kindo attended a special goalkeeping camp conducted by Ireland’s David Williamson under the supervision of chief coach Sjoerd Marijne, that concluded on May 2 at the SAI centre here.Supported by Anandana, the Coca-Cola India Foundation, the 11-day camp ran from April 22, enabling focused and high-performance training for the goalkeepers.Williamson is a highly experienced field hockey coach and former player from Northern Ireland. He is a renowned goalkeeping specialist who has worked extensively with the US women’s national team.Senior goalkeepers Savita, Bichu Devi, Bansari, and Madhuri…