New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Expressing concern over delays in filling medical posts, the Delhi High Court has directed the city government to begin recruiting audiometric assistants, assistant security officers, occupational therapists, and physiotherapists for state-run hospitals.”Let the advertisements in respect of these posts, if not already issued, be issued again and the process of recruitment be commenced,” ordered a Bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora, while d…

Kolkata, August 12 (IANS) The Kolkata Police said on Tuesday that no evidence has been found so far of the police assaulting the mother of the RG Kar victim during “Nabanna Avijan” (March to the State Secretariat) last week. The police also denied harassing the father of the victim in his attempt to lodge a complaint against it by saying that their complaint has been registered with Park Street police station.Kolkata Police’s Joint Commissioner of Police (headquarters), Miraj Khalid, said that a…

New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) signed an umbrella agreement with the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) for joint research and development (R&D) to further enhance the robustness, security and reliability of Aadhaar operations through data-driven innovations, the Ministry of Electronics and IT said on Tuesday. The agreement will remain effective for five years, and it will cover areas such as fraud and anomaly detection, development of biometric…

Darwin, Aug 12 (IANS) After not matching the Australian firepower in the first game, South Africa roared back to level the series 1-1 in style, with an emphatic 57-run win at the Marrara Cricket Ground here on Tuesday. The defeat is Australia’s second-highest margin loss in T20Is and also the hosts’ first defeat in the format in 10 games.South Africa’s total of 218/7 was largely enabled by the power hitting on display by Dewald Brevis (125*) as the young batter smashed his first T20I century, th…

Jalandhar, Aug 12 (IANS) Punjab, Kerala Hockey, Chhattisgarh Hockey, and Hockey Raj won their respective matches in Division ‘C’ while Hockey Arunachal, Hockey Bengal, and Delhi won in Division ‘B’ in the 15th Hockey India Junior Men National Championship, which kickstarted with four Division ‘C’ and three Division ‘B’ league matches on Tuesday.57′) scored impressive hat-tricks for Kerala Hockey. Abhishek Yadav (29′, 45′), Shalik K S (23′), Abhinandh P S (30′), and Adity Kumar (52′) also con…

New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Top sportspersons, including Olympic medallist Gagan Narang, seasoned hockey player Savita Punia, and national sports federations, Badminton Association of India (BAI), and Hockey India, took to social media on Tuesday to applaud the historic passage of the National Sports Governance Bill in Parliament.It is a landmark moment that marks a new era for the administration and future of sports in India as it sets the stage for transparency and good governance in the country’…

Mumbai, Aug 12 (IANS) Well-known director and choreographer Farah Khan paid a visit to actor Arjun Kapoor’s Mumbai house for her new vlog. During a heart-to-heart, the ‘Main Hoon Na’ maker took a trip down memory lane and recalled the instance she saw an actor’s spark in Arjun for the very first time.Farah revealed that during the shoot of Salman Khan’s “Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya”, Arjun started dancing suddenly, leaving everybody stunned with his moves.“The day I realised that Arjun can become …

Seoul, Aug 12 (IANS) Two British naval vessels have docked in South Korea as part of a regional tour aimed at enhancing security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, the British Embassy in Seoul said Tuesday. The frigate HMS Richmond arrived at a port in the southern city of Busan earlier in the day, while the logistical support ship RFA Tidespring docked in Busan the previous day, according to the Embassy, Yonhap News Agency reported.The Tidespring was built in 2016 by the major South Korean shipbu…

New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) The CBI on Tuesday conducted searches at six locations in Tamil Nadu in connection with a Rs 120 crore bank fraud and seized incriminating documents and digital evidence linked to a sugar company and its two associate companies. The searches were carried out at six locations, including Tenkasi, Chennai, and Tiruchirapalli, as part of an investigation into a case registered on the complaint of the Indian Overseas Bank, Chennai.The premises searched on Tuesday included res…

New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday returned the modified Income Tax Bill, along with the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2025, to the Lok Sabha as part of the parliamentary procedure.”The largely dense and complex structure of the Income Tax Act, 1961, resulted in various interpretations, and several avoidable disputes kept mounting, not so much because of the rate, but because of the language. We were subjected to too many litigations. The density and complexity of the Act, alo…