Nearly 81 years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, material recovered from the city’s shoreline is still yielding discoveries that scientists did not expect. Researchers examining tiny fragments preserved in beach sands have identified what appears to be a previously unknown metallic alloy that formed during the immense heat and rapid cooling triggered by the…
Japan’s iconic Shinkansen, or bullet trains, are celebrated for their speed, punctuality and engineering brilliance. Yet for many travellers, the culinary experience is just as memorable as the journey itself. The star attraction is the ekiben, short for eki bento or station lunchbox, a long-standing Japanese railway tradition. According to the official Japan National Tourism…
There’s sharpness in you today, but it’s the useful kind. Focus improves, confidence steadies, and your instinct about timing becomes stronger. Mars gives courage, while Jupiter opens opportunity, so this is a day to act with purpose rather than brood in silence. That’s always better for you.You may feel more active from morning itself, ready…
Raji Doshi (Image Credit: Young Scientist Lab) A 12-year-old student from Connecticut is drawing attention for tackling one of the world’s biggest environmental challenges with an innovative science project. According to the Young Scientist Lab, Raji Doshi designed a project that proposes using algae and natural calcium (aragonite) buffers to help reduce CO₂-driven ocean acidification….
In the last year, BMC has been embroiled in a series of transfer-related controversies regarding the postings of its civic engineers. Mumbai: Amid repeated allegations of favouritism in the transfer of municipal engineers, the BMC is planning to introduce a software-based randomisation system to allocate postings for engineers, significantly reducing human intervention in the process.Civic…
New Delhi: Microplastics have been detected in all freshwater fish species examined from Yamuna. Fish from the Delhi stretch have significantly higher contamination than those from upstream areas, a study by researchers from University of Delhi has revealed.Microplastics are small plastic particles less than 5 mm in size. The study assessed 220 fish representing 12…
Chennai: At least five unidentified men assaulted a 24-year-old online delivery worker and threatened him at gunpoint near Porur on Sunday night. The victim sustained head injuries and was admitted to a private hospital.The victim, Priyadharshan (24), a resident of Valasaravakkam, was riding his motorcycle through Karambakkam at 9.30 pm when five men intercepted him….
Ahmedabad: Three Gujarat hospitals were bestowed honours at the 16th Indian Organ Donation Day celebrations in New Delhi by NOTTO under the ministry of health and family welfare (MOHFW).While IKDRC received the award for excellence in leading govt hospital in organ transplantation, Civil Hospital received one for best non-transplant organ retrieval centre. New Civil Hospital…
Kolkata: A day after Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya warned partymen against any demand for cut money or extortion, state ministers Dilip Ghosh and Agnimitra Paul said on Monday such people would not be allowed to continue in the party. There were also “a number of people trying to contact us with crores of rupees”…
BLOs carry the enumeration forms to residential and commercial buildings for the SIR drive in Khadki Pune: For thousands of married women in the state, Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls may involve an additional layer of scrutiny even if they are linked to the 2002 voter rolls.Answers to frequently asked questions released by…
