Bees have a reputation for being tireless workers, but it turns out that reputation only really applies to some of them. Researchers at the University of Illinois glued tiny numbered tags onto thousands of individual honeybees and tracked their comings and goings for almost two months across several separate colonies. What they found flips the…
Private entrepreneurs are showing interest in carrying out primary processing of tuna on board fishing vessels to convert it into ‘sashimi-grade’ fish Chennai: The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), under the Union ministry of commerce and industry, is in discussions with Quikjet Cargo Airlines to ferry tuna from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to…
On premium basis, the persistency was 75.3% and 61.1%, respectively and 75.6% and 63.9%, for the comparable period last year. MUMBAI: Economic and geopolitical uncertainty is beginning to weigh on household savings and insurance demand, with LIC reporting pressure on long-term policy persistency and caution in premium growth even as its first-quarter profit and value…
Kerala CM VD Satheesan (File photo) The Kerala government on Wednesday said it will continue with the Centre’s PM SHRI scheme despite its objections to certain aspects of the programme, with Chief Minister V D Satheesan saying the state is effectively compelled to remain part of it because the previous government had already signed the…
Stalin had picked senior members, including former chief minister O Panneerselvam and former ministers Thangam Thennarasu and M R K Panneerselvam, to participate in the budget debate. CHENNAI: DMK president and former chief minister M K Stalin has pulled up a few party MLAs, including Rishivandiyam MLA K Karthikeyan, over their performance during the budget…
Duan Jansen (Photo by Getty Images) Duan Jansen, twin brother of South Africa all-rounder Marco Jansen, has earned his maiden senior call-up and could make his international debut during South Africa’s upcoming white-ball tour of Namibia.The 15-member squad, led by experienced spinner Bjorn Fortuin, will play a T20I tri-series involving Namibia and Zimbabwe before taking…
Rath Yatra medical emergencies Ahmedabad: High heat and humidity during the rath yatra on Thursday took a toll on devotees, with EMRI 108 ambulance services reporting a high number of heat-related emergencies along the procession route.The maximum temperature hovered around 37 degrees celsius, while relative humidity remained close to 70% during the morning hours, making…
Ahmedabad: A Gandhinagar woman has accused a man she met through a matrimonial website of concealing his identity, luring her into a relationship on the promise of marriage and later blackmailing her with their private photographs and videos. The complaint, registered with the Women’s Police (West), was the second FIR of a similar nature lodged…
CHENNAI: In a daylight murder for gain, unidentified men stabbed a 55-year-old woman to death inside her house and escaped with her 15 sovereigns of gold jewellery near Pulicat in Tiruvallur district on Monday afternoon. Police have launched a search for the assailants.The victim, Vanaja, 55, lived with her husband Radhakrishnan near the old bus…
Vijay said southern states should build on their economic strengths and common markets to promote balanced development. CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Thursday called for stronger cooperation among southern states and Centre, saying shared economic interests and natural resources should unite states rather than become sources of conflict.Addressing the Southern Zonal…
