The newly inducted fleet was flagged off by chief minister Pramod Sawant, in the presence of fire and emergency services director Nitin V Raiker Panaji: The directorate of fire and emergency services on Tuesday inducted modern firefighting and support vehicles into its operational fleet at a cost of over Rs 22 crore.The operational fleet was…
THANE: The state government will replicate and extend the Thane Integral Ring Metro rail project to Kalwa, Mumbra and Diva, bringing the fast-growing suburbs under the fast rail transit network, Konkan Graduate Constituency MLC Niranjan Davkhare said on Monday.Davkhare who raised the issue during an online meeting with Dy CM Eknath Shinde and Mahametro officials…
The survey showed that new business inflows expanded at the slowest pace since February 2022 (representative image) India’s services sector growth slowed to its weakest pace in more than four-and-a-half years in July as softer domestic and export demand, intense competition and weaker customer enquiries weighed on business activity, according to the latest HSBC India…
Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri (Image: X) Former India vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane believes the appointment of Virat Kohli as Test captain after MS Dhoni’s retirement marked a defining moment in Indian cricket, saying Kohli and head coach Ravi Shastri transformed the team’s mindset and made it a fearless force, particularly in overseas conditions.Rahane, who recently…
Meet the seven-year-old star, Elvis Carlos, who appeared at the end of ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’. (YouTube) Spoiler alert: This article contains spoilers from ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day.’ Reader discretion is advised if you have yet to watch the film.‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ Tom Holland and Zendaya’s latest superhero addition to the MCU franchise, has…
Photo: MonaHansen1/ TikTok (Enhanced for clarity using AI) A livestream from Greenland’s UNESCO-listed Ilulissat Icefjord caught one of nature’s most dramatic tricks: a mammoth iceberg slowly rolling over and exposing the blue underside that had been hidden below the waterline. The moment, filmed off the coast of Ilulissat on July 25, quickly spread online because…
Every spring, millions of migratory fish leave the Atlantic Ocean and swim into freshwater rivers to reproduce, continuing journeys that have existed for thousands of years. On Maine’s Penobscot River, however, hydroelectric dams blocked many of these ancient migrations for more than a century, causing dramatic declines in species such as American shad, river herring,…
‘LIVE’ snakes during Bihar’s Nag Panchami mela (Instagram) Nag Panchami is probably one of the most famous snake festivals celebrated annually across India. But how Samastipur in Bihar celebrates Nag Panchami is not for the faint hearted! A quiet riverside town in Bihar, Samastipur transforms into one of India’s most extraordinary religious gatherings on this…
The month of August is starting with monsoon and the sacred month of Shravana that makes this month more special. Shravana month is dedicated to worship Lord Shiva and in this month, devotees observe fast and offer their prayers to Lord Shiva. This is the month, which is full of fasts and festivals. There are…
Meet Dr Narinder Singh Kapany, the Indian scientist whose work powers today’s digital world How Dr Narinder Singh Kapany’s discovery of fiber optics transformed the internet and modern medicine Meet Dr Narinder Singh Kapany, the Indian scientist whose work powers today’s digital world How Dr Narinder Singh Kapany’s discovery of fiber optics transformed the internet…
