Tamil Nadu has the potential to emerge as a major defence electronics manufacturing hub over the next decade, with the state’s annual production opportunity projected to more than triple from ₹11,500 crore in 2030 to ₹37,000 crore by 2040, according to BK Das, Distinguished Scientist and Director General (Electronics and Communication Systems), DRDO.The growth is…
At the bottom of a lake in Mexico City lives a creature that should not, by biological rules, be able to do what it does. Cut off one of its legs, and a new one grows back. Damage its spinal cord, heart, or even part of its brain, and the tissue regenerates with no scarring…
File pic for representation Mumbai: A fire broke out on the first floor of the ground-plus-one-storey Byculla police station building on Hansraj Marg in Byculla East on Sunday evening.The incident was reported at 8.24pm. Fire brigade personnel, along with officials from BEST, Mumbai Police and the civic ward office, rushed to the spot to contain…
NEW DELHI: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday cautioned that higher oil prices due to the West Asia conflict will hurt most economies and also lowered India’s growth projections for the current financial year.IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook pegged India’s growth for 2026-27 at 6.4%, as against 6.5%…
Chennai: The TNPDCL’s move to automate closure of long-term bill defaulters’ electricity connections has raised questions over its implementation. The utility, however, claims that the new system is aimed at speeding up the process and addressing staff shortages.Consumers who default on electricity bills for more than six months will no longer receive a physical termination…
Surat: Limbayat police have filed an FIR that alleges that a ‘social worker’ extorted Rs 4 lakh from a businessman. The accused, Raees Shaikh, allegedly threated that if the money was not paid, he would get Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) officials to demolish the victim’s building.The complainant, Zuber Ansari, deals in packing material. As he…
Representative image (Picture credit: Reuters) India has allowed four Chinese power equipment manufacturers with production facilities in the country to participate in government tenders for critical power projects, according to a finance ministry order dated June 24.The exemption applies to TBEA Energy, Nanjing Electric India, New Northeast Electric India and Taikai Electric (India).The order follows…
ULHASNAGAR: In a significant administrative move, Ulhasnagar Municipal Commissioner Manisha Awhale has withdrawn the charge of Medical Health Officer (MHO) from Dr Mohini Haresh Dharma, citing serious deficiencies in the functioning of the health department and concerns over supervision, cleanliness management, record maintenance, allegations of corruption and implementation of public health programmes.The action follows an…
The BNSS, 2023, mandates that every information relating to the commission of a cognisable offence, irrespective of the area where the offence is committed, may be given orally or by electronic communication to an officer in charge of a police station Panaji: Goa was among the five states and Union Territories that registered the highest…
Surat: Intense rain battered South Gujarat between 6am and 8pm on Friday, causing flooding in low-lying areas. Surat district recorded the heaviest rain, with Ambika taluka getting 467mm, including 176mm between 6pm and 8pm.The rain will swell creeks that pass through Surat. Other places in Surat district that were battered were Umarpada (254mm), Mangrol (253mm),…
