The suburbs scored high in ‘digital learning’ Mumbai: Mumbai city far outranks the suburbs in school learning outcomes in fundamental reading and maths proficiency, shows an index released by the Union education ministry. While Mumbai city has secured the sixth spot statewide on the Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGI-D), Mumbai suburban has found itself…
New Delhi: A fire broke out at a house in northwest Delhi’s Majlis Park Saturday night, triggering a rescue operation in the congested locality.Around 25 police personnel evacuated residents from the burning building and neighbouring houses and began efforts to contain the flames before fire tenders could reach the spot. During the operation, a cooking…
Ravikumar Ramanujam is a Chennai-based former business journalist with about 25 years of experience covering industry and the TN economy BY INVITATIONRavikumar RamanujamTwenty years ago, Sriperumbudur was little more than a fast-growing industrial township on the outskirts of Chennai, known primarily for its automobile and component factories. Today, the corridor has emerged as one of…
Ahmedabad: A 32-year-old woman from Bopal has accused her husband living in Canada and his family of demanding money for IELTS coaching and her migration expenses as dowry before abandoning her and sending her back to India.The woman on Saturday filed a complaint with the Women Police (Rural), alleging years of physical, mental and financial…
Mangroves in the Sundarbans Kolkata: The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is set to introduce an Indian standard for the restoration of mangrove ecosystems, marking the country’s first such set of guidelines for the restoration of biodiversity, which will help streamline restoration efforts in the Sundarbans. The draft Indian Standard, titled ‘Restoration of Mangrove Ecosystem…
Rescue teams wound up search operations at the Moshi waste depot on Sunday Pune: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken suo motu cognisance of The Times of India report on the collapse of the administrative building at Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s waste-to-energy plant inside the Moshi garbage depot and listed the matter for hearing…
Director of mines and geology said six more low-grade iron ore dumps, including four in South Goa, will be auctioned next week Panaji: Mining activities are set to resume in South Goa after the state govt received a strong response to its low-grade iron ore dump auctions. Of the 24 dumps put up for e-auction,…
Surat: Puna police registered another FIR against history-sheeter Kirti Patel, this time for allegedly posting defamatory videos targeting a Surat-based trader and his family on social media.Suspended Bhavnagar police constable Nayna Baraiya was also named as a co-accused for allegedly instigating the act and sharing the videos online.According to the complaint filed by the 43-year-old…
Akhil Akkineni’s latest release ‘Lenin’ remains a special film as it is receiving positive response from the audience after his disappointing outing in theatres with the 2023 film ‘Agent’. Recently his father and Tollywood veteran Nagarjuna Akkineni recently talked about a difficult phase in his son’s life. Nagarjuna shares an emotional family story As per…
Authorities say missile threats stayed outside UAE’s borders. The UAE activated its air defence systems early Sunday after detecting fresh missile and drone threats, prompting precautionary nationwide alerts.Authorities later confirmed that all identified threats remained outside the country’s borders and assured residents that the security situation was stable, Khaleej Times reported.The UAE Ministry of Defence…
