Kolkata: Jadavpur University’s anti-ragging committee has imposed varying punishments on 8 students accused of threatening and harassing a third-year engineering student after details of his RTI seeking placement-related data were leaked from the placement officer’s office. VC Chiranjib Bhattacharjee said, “The anti-ragging committee has submitted the report and the punishments have been communicated to the…
In the quiet pools of the New York Aquarium, a groundbreaking experiment was unfolding. It was 2001, and a team of scientists was about to test a question that had long fascinated researchers: could beluga whales, the white Arctic cetaceans known for their expressive faces and complex social lives, recognise themselves in a mirror?Over the…
For most people, a food delivery is a routine part of the day. However, one delivery in Pune turned into a moment of compassion when a customer noticed that the Swiggy delivery executive had arrived with her three-year-old daughter in the midst of heavy monsoon rain. Moved by the sight, the customer handed her a…
Good news has a way of changing the whole day’s colour, and today it may come through your children or younger family members. The Moon supports creativity and happiness, while Jupiter opens a pleasant channel for pride and relief. You may smile more than usual, and for once, it won’t be forced.There’s also a light…
Image credit: A Current Affair Residents of a Sydney suburb are trying to solve an unusual mystery after an unidentified man allegedly spent the past two years scattering birdseed on local streets in the middle of the night, attracting large flocks of native birds and leaving neighbours to deal with noise, bird droppings and property…
In a vineyard in Italy’s Puglia region, rows of grapevines grew beneath something more usually associated with power stations than agriculture: photovoltaic panels. The arrangement changed the amount of sunlight reaching the vines, but it also altered what was happening much closer to the ground. Soil stayed wetter, temperatures were less extreme and the air…
CHENNAI: A bird strike grounded a British Airways flight that was supposed to fly from Chennai to London in the wee hours of Monday. The bird hit took place around 3.30 am seconds before the flight landed in Chennai with 226 passengers on board from London. However, the flight landed safely and the passenger were…
To tackle Semmancheri flooding Chennai: With several streets in Semmancheri facing severe waterlogging during every monsoon, the Greater Chennai Corporation is executing a ₹184.88-crore stormwater drain project aimed at providing a dedicated drainage link from the Semmancheri-Arasankazhani canal to the Buckingham Canal.Funded by Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), the project involves the construction of a 4,235m…
Mangrove forests are usually celebrated for one thing above all else, their ability to lock away planet warming carbon in their tangled roots and waterlogged soil. A new global study suggests that praise has been badly incomplete, and that these same coastal forests are quietly performing another job worth billions of dollars every year, cleaning…
Rashmika Mandanna has recently become one of the busiest actresses, involved in multiple projects. However, she is currently recovering from a serious hip injury, which seems to be affecting the schedule of her upcoming films. According to the latest reports one of the projects impacted by her recovery is Allu Arjun’s much-awaited ‘Raaka,’ directed by…
