Surat: As traffic snarls and roadworks choke Surat’s expanding roads, residents are pinning hopes on the upcoming metro, with two corridors under construction, even as the city’s heavy reliance on private vehicles exposes gaps in its public transport network while calls to save on fuel are sounded.With no rail-based transit yet operational, the city bus…
Dubai’s Emir is so wealthy that he bought a 63,000-acre estate in the pristine Scottish Highlands, yet has visited only five times in twenty years The billionaire ruler of Dubai has expanded his huge 63,000-acre estate in the Scottish Highlands to include ten luxury properties, a hunting lodge and three helipads. However, he has visited…
Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai will lead Maharashtra’s Uniform Civil Code committee. MUMBAI: When Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday announced a seven-member committee to prepare the framework for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), the name at its helm stood out: Retired Supreme Court judge Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai.With the latest assignment, Justice Desai has…
The corridor is also expected to reduce congestion at seven major junctions including Eldams Road, SIET College Road, Cenotaph Road CHENNAI: One of Chennai’s most ambitious road infrastructure projects is coming up on Anna Salai, directly above an operational underground Metro tunnel. A 3.2-km elevated corridor is being built on Anna Salai, and authorities are…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Friday said that eight alleged operatives of the banned terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), arrested earlier this week, were working to establish an active network in Gujarat and were planning terror attacks in the state as well as other parts of the country.According to ATS officials, the accused were acting…
1 (Those born on the 1st, 10th, 19th and 28th of any month, are ruled by the Numerology number 1)Today may test your confidence more than you like. A work plan that looks straight and simple can suddenly hit a wall, and you may find yourself asking whether you’re pushing in the right career direction…
Gold, Silver Rate Today: BSE Sensex adds over 500 points in opening trade, Nifty50 soars above 24,550 Benchmark indices open August on a firm note, extending the positive momentum seen in the previous session. BSE Sensex climbed 551.13 points, or 0.71 per cent, to trade at 78,645.77, while NSE Nifty 50 gained 168.45 points, or…
(Top left) One of the spheroidal galaxies from the first billion years of cosmic history used in research. (Bottom left) A nearby elliptical galaxy situated about 318 million light years away. (Right) An illustration of the Kormendy relation, comparing the earliest spheroidal systems with elliptical galaxies in the nearby universe Pune: Some of the earliest…
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday revised the windfall tax on fuel exports, increasing the levy on petrol while reducing duties on diesel and aviation turbine fuel (ATF). The revised rates will come into effect from July 1.According to a finance ministry notification, the special additional excise duty (SAED) on petrol exports has been increased…
Most personality quizzes ask us to pick between options, rank in the order of preferences, or answer the most obvious question of “would you rather”. This personality test is different from the others and just asks you to look at a picture and notice whatever your eyes catch on first, and there’s no overthinking required.As…
