Udit Raj; Shubhanshu Shukla NEW DELHI: Congress leader Udit Raj on Tuesday suggested that a Dalit astronaut should have been picked for the Axiom-4 mission, instead of Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla.Also Read: Group captain Shubhanshu Shukla’s mother recites Sundarkand; prays for crew’s safe return“When Rakesh Sharma was sent earlier, the SC, ST, OBC people were…

NEW DELHI: Desperate, last-minute attempts are being made to halt the execution of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, scheduled for July 16 in Yemen, with the intervention of senior religious leaders both in India and Yemen. The efforts are being led by Sufi scholar Sheikh Habib Umar bin Hafiz, at the behest of influential Indian Sunni…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government on a batch of petitions challenging its directive mandating eateries and dhabas along the Kanwar Yatra route to display QR codes containing ownership information. The court has sought a response from the state. The petitions, filed by Delhi University professor Apoorvanand…

Leading oncologists, nephrologists and NGOs shone the spotlight on preventive healthcare over merely curative options in a session titled ‘Rethinking CST in healthcare: Preventive, inclusive and scalable’.Dr Sultan Pradhan of CanCare Trust stated that mortalities and morbidities would not reduce unless more resources were invested in preventing diseases like cancer. He said communities themselves, not…

MP Ahammad chairman Malabar Group of Companies MP Ahammad, chairman, Malabar Group of Companies, outlined how the group holistically integrates ESG principles into its operations. The company, with a turnover exceeding Rs 62,000 crore, allocates 5 percent of its profits consistently towards social welfare. This is more than double the mandated 2percent. “We believe in…