Thiruvananthapuram: The state govt will write to Union health minister J P Nadda once again seeking an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for the state, health minister K Muraleedharan said, days after the Centre made it clear that Keralam would not be considered for the project immediately.Muraleedharan said there was no going back…
Thailand’s new Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin/ Reuters BANGKOK: Thailand’s new Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin will miss a regional meeting of Asia’s leaders in Jakarta next week, the foreign ministry said on Sunday.Srettha won a parliamentary vote to become prime minister last month and his cabinet was endorsed by the king on Saturday. The prime minister…
A woman paid about £80 for a Dior bag in a Cotswolds charity shop without knowing if it was genuine; experts identified it as a rare 2003 Koi Saddle Bag, and it later sold for £7,870/Image: Kinghams Auctioneers A Dior handbag bought for about £80 in a Cotswolds charity shop has sold for £7,870 at…
Puffy Coat drawing. Image Credit: Little Inventors A 7-year-old British student has seen her ocean-inspired idea move from a child’s drawing towards a real prototype. Lillie’s Puffy Coat was one of four inventions selected from hundreds of entries in the Little Inventors programme, supported by Dogger Bank Wind Farm and South Tyneside Council. Inspired by…
US deputy secretary of state Christopher Landau (left), Chinese foreignj minister Wang Yi (AP) Beijing and Washington sustained high-level engagement on Thursday through a call between senior diplomats, indicating that both sides are keeping diplomatic channels open after reaching a trade truce earlier this month. US deputy secretary of state Christopher Landau and China’s executive…
Former hostage Eliya Cohen and Ziv Aboud got married. Former hostage Eliya Cohen and Ziv Aboud got married Wednesday, 10 months after their emotional engagement, at Ronit Farm in Israel in front of around 1,000 guests.According to the New York Post, the couple had been separated for more than a year after Hamas, a Palestinian…
For Andernacht, the tournament has become an example of what can happen when people turn personal hardship into collective action. A hockey tournament born from a family cancer diagnosis has grown into a decade-long fundraising effort, turning a group of friends, a few teams and a shared love of the game into a million-dollar community…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has rejected a plea seeking directions to give the Delhi Police a free hand to deal with protesters, observing that the future of young students and their families must be kept in mind while considering such matters.A bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said many of the…
Comedian and actor Russell Peters has sold his 1.5-acre estate in Hidden Hills, California, for $7.8 million. The sale price was $700,000 below the asking price. Records show Peters, a native of Canada, paid $6.45 million for the property in 2017. The estate is anchored by an 11,600-square-foot mansion built in 1998, with eight bedrooms…
NEW DELHI: PDP leader Abdul Kabir referred to Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani as a “martyr” during a speech at an event in Jammu and Kashmir.He was later detained in Kishtwar for questioning over the remark.Earlier, news agency ANI asked Kabir about his use of the term “martyr” for the slain terrorist. He said, “I…
