Sometimes real life is stranger than fiction, and one such recent incident has caught people’s attention. A US citizen arrested in a terror case has approached a Delhi court with an unusual request: Permission to cook his own food inside Tihar Jail, saying he has been unable to eat the meals served there and has…
Scientists say crushing deep-ocean pressure squeezes hidden nutrients out of sinking marine snow, feeding microbes and changing what we know about Earth’s carbon cycle (Representational AI image) Life in the deepest parts of the ocean may have access to more food than scientists once believed. A new study has found that the huge pressure found…
Education ecosystem being reshaped on principles of ‘Re-design, Re-imagine and Re-invest’: Chief Minister Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini has said the government aims to establish the state as a world-class knowledge economy hub. To achieve this objective, the state’s education ecosystem is being reshaped on the principles of ‘Re-design, Re-imagine and Re-invest’. Under…
Mumbai: The fracture within the NCP’s leadership was made public on Monday with party national secretary Sachchidanand Singh sending a legal notice challenging deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar’s election as national NCP president. On Monday, the party’s working president Praful Patel also spoke out about the vacuum in the party after Sunetra’s husband Ajit Pawar’s…
A combination of file photo shows IB officer Ankit Sharma (left) and former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain in police custody. NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Monday convicted former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain and four others in the murder case of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma, who was killed during the…
Stray cattle frequently cause significant traffic jams and disruptions on the busy Velachery-Tambaram Road, particularly in areas like East Tambaram, Sembakkam and Selaiyur in Chennai. Chennai: On Thursday, 20-year-old Dinesh was riding along Camp Road when a cow suddenly strayed onto the road. He braked hard, but his motorcycle skidded on the mud-covered stretch, throwing…
Kolkata: Union minister of state Sukanta Majumdar said on Monday that the Bengal govt would send a proposal to the Centre to upgrade one of the oldest engineering institutes of the country, the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST, Shibpur), erstwhile the BE College, to an IIT.He also said the proposal for the…
Pune: The death of a first-term National Defence Academy (NDA) cadet during routine physical training has once again raised difficult questions about how India selects and trains its future military officers.While the Army has ordered a Court of Inquiry into the death of 17-year-old Cadet Abhinav Bajpai, several retired officers believe the tragedy should lead…
The final equity payment to Shell will be calculated after taking into account adjustments related to debt, cash and other items outlined in the transaction agreements. (AI image) Aditya Birla Renewables Ltd (ABRen), the renewable energy arm of Grasim Industries, has entered into an agreement to acquire Sprng Energy from Shell Overseas Investment BV in…
RCB head coach Andy Flower (ANI Photo) Royal Challengers Bengaluru batting coach and mentor Dinesh Karthik believes Andy Flower would be an outstanding candidate to succeed Brendon McCullum as England’s Test head coach but feels the Zimbabwean is unlikely to leave the IPL franchise because of his existing commitments.England are searching for a new Test…
