New Delhi: Taking a dim view of a husband filing intimate photographs of his estranged wife to bolster his matrimonial dispute, the high court has called it a “grave lapse” and cautioned litigants and advocates from indulging in such practices.Though refusing to initiate contempt proceedings against the man and his lawyers at the behest of…
A watermelon can look perfect on the outside and still disappoint once it is cut open. Smooth skin, an even shape and a bright green colour often attract shoppers first, yet those features do not always say much about what is happening inside. Experienced growers and market sellers tend to pay attention to different clues….
A researcher following scuba divers for this project Most scuba divers believe they rarely touch fragile seabed ecosystems, yet underwater observers tracking hundreds of tourists found that more than 40 per cent of their physical contacts caused visible damage to living coral structures.Research published in The Conversation by marine scientists and dive professionals revealed that…
Thousands of people around the world are watching bald eagles Jackie and Shadow raise their two eaglets. Thousands of people around the world are once again following the lives of bald eagles Jackie and Shadow through a live nest camera in California’s Big Bear Valley. This year, the attention is on the couple’s two young…
Kolkata: “Why was the search operation conducted in the dead of night?” Calcutta High Court on Monday quizzed the state on the search and seizure operation conducted by West Midnapore Police at Trinamool general secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s residence on June 13.The search was in connection with a Salboni police case where an illegal land transaction…
New Delhi: A study by geology researchers at Delhi University and Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Bhopal, has shown that the Yamuna flowing through Delhi today is a fraction of what it was two centuries ago. The study has found that the river’s average width has shrunk by nearly 68%, while its…
Pune: The state education commissioner has made school visit compulsory for all education officers, after only 11,532 institutions out of over one lakh were inspected last year.Education commissioner Sachindra Pratap Singh issued a circular earlier this week, giving officers a checklist of parameters to be inspected. It directed the officers to upload the inspection report…
