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NEW DELHI: Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Tuesday ignited yet another political row by saying that the “Chinese allegedly invaded India” in October 1962. The BJP slammed the controversial remark, saying it was “a brazen attempt at revisionism”. Aiyar, while speaking at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of South Asia, referred to the 1962 Indo-China war as an “alleged Chinese invasion”. “In October 1962, the Chinese allegedly invaded India,” Aiyar can be heard saying in a video that has now gone viral. When someone from the audience questioned his use of the word “allegedly”, he sought to amend his stance and…

For the last leg of the ongoing Lok Sabha polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are going all out to ensure that the party bags a substantial number of the 57 seats where elections will be held on June 1. On Wednesday, PM Modi will address four rallies, one in West Bengal and three in Odisha. In both states, the party has been working diligently to expand its footprint and strengthen its hold over the polity. In 2019, the BJP won 18 seats in West Bengal, which was perceived as a big win for the…

Delhi-NCR heatwave: Delhi saw a scorching heatwave on Tuesday as parts of the national capital singed, with the maximum temperature soaring close to 50 degrees Celsius, leaving people grasping for respite. Delhi, like several parts of central and northwest India, is in the grip of a heatwave, with the maximum temperature touching 49.9 degrees Celsius at two automatic weather stations in Mungeshpur and Narela. The manual observatories at Aya Nagar and Ridge near Delhi University also broke their previous records for highest maximum temperatures at 47.6 degrees Celsius and 47.5 degrees Celsius, respectively. Hot winds from Rajasthan compounded the blazing sun in…

MUMBAI: In yet another twist of the tale, latest reports state that Gautam Gambhir, who has been touted as the prime frontrunner for the head coach role of the Indian Cricket Team, will undoubtedly be appointed for the same by the BCCI very soon. According to reports from Cricbuzz, high-profile personalities, with connections to the BCCI, have stated that Gambhir’s appointment to the top post is almost inevitable with the BCCI pitching themselves hard to the former Indian batter and WC-winner Gambhir. It was also noted that a high-profile owner of an IPL franchise, close to the BCCI top brass, told…

Mumbai: India’s first undersea tunnel — the coastal road tunnel in Mumbai — is showing evidence of seepage. The tunnel has been in use for less than three months. The twin tunnels with a diameter of 12.19 metres — only one side of which is currently open — run 17 to 20 meters below the sea level. On March 11, one side of the coastal road was opened to traffic and more than 7 lakh vehicles have travelled on it so far. The seepage apparently became visible on Sunday morning and videos of it have since been widely shared on…

Lahore: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday admitted that Islamabad had “violated” an agreement with India signed by him and ex-prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1999, in an apparent reference to the Kargil misadventure by Gen Pervez Musharraf. “On May 28, 1998, Pakistan carried out five nuclear tests. After that Vajpayee Saheb came here and made an agreement with us. But we violated that agreement…it was our fault,” Sharif told a meeting of the PML-N general council that elected him president of the ruling party six years after he was disqualified by the Supreme Court. After a…

Goemkapronn desk PANAJI: In a significant move towards understanding and mitigating the rising incidence of cardiometabolic disorders in the Indian population, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has launched the ‘Phenome India-CSIR Health Cohort Knowledgebase’ (PI-CHeCK). This landmark initiative aims to assess the risk factors and incidence of non-communicable diseases, particularly cardiometabolic disorders, through the establishment of a longitudinal health cohort. The final phase of sample collection and health check-up camps is currently underway at the CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography in Dona Paula, Goa, from 27th May to 2nd June 2024. This phase marks a crucial step in…