Kolkata: Scottish Church College has been granted a No Objection Certificate (NoC) by Calcutta University (CU) to apply for autonomy status from the University Grants Commission (UGC). While the college had applied to the UGC for autonomous status in May, it simultaneously requested the necessary certificate from the university. Following this appeal, the university issued…
An AI-generated illustration of satellite imaging technology mapping horticulture orchards Pune: The state agriculture department has decided to deploy remote sensing technology and digital crop surveys to verify orchards under its horticulture crop insurance plan.The decision follows repeated complaints and enquiries into irregularities in the state’s fruit crop insurance programme, where claims were allegedly made…
Goa’s traditional salt industry is on the brink. The sun that once turned Goa’s estuaries into sheets of white gold now sets on empty pans. From over hundreds of active salt pans, merely 50 survive today. A trade that fed Goa kitchens for centuries is dying — quietly under a burning sunFor over 1,500 years,…
Surat: A 22-year-old delivery boy named Vicky Tayde, employed in Amazon courier company, was killed near his home in Ashok Samrat Nagar of Udhna on Saturday night. Accused Javed Salim Shah lived in the same locality. Tayde was killed a few months after his father Dhanraj’s murder in 2025 by Shah’s friend Dipak and his…
‘Gen Alpha are being raised by more involved parents’: Tusshar Kapoor opens up about his journey as a single father and how his son thinks his ‘movies are boring’ In a candid new interview detailing the evolution of family dynamics across generations, ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ actor Tusshar Kapoor opened up about the profound responsibilities…
‘An army of sheep led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by a sheep’ In May 1940, the British Expeditionary Force was trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk, facing destruction from the advancing German army. By every visible measure of military equipment, battlefield position, and numbers, the Allied forces were…
After a stretch of worry, today feels lighter. Your working condition improves, and with that, your anxiety starts easing off. You may notice it in small ways first. A delayed reply arrives. A pending issue moves. Someone important takes your call. Mercury supports problem-solving, while Jupiter opens access to people who can actually help you,…
Talrop has shut down 21 companies in Kerala, leaving over 300 employees with salary dues of up to 11 months. The company cites AI-driven business changes and funding challenges, while workers protest and seek legal action over unpaid wages. Kerala’s technology sector has been rocked by yet another employment crisis. Days after nearly 800 employees…
Mumbai: Citizens’ forum Amchi Mumbai Amchi BEST (AMAB) on Sunday strongly opposed the state govt’s proposal to redevelop BEST depots through long-term leases to private developers, calling the move “the last nail in the coffin” of Mumbai’s public bus undertaking. It warned that once malls, residential towers, theatres and shopping complexes come up on depot…
New Delhi: Chief minister Rekha Gupta has sought ₹100 crore from centre to accelerate the implementation of PM-UDAY scheme, providing property rights to residents of 1,511 unauthorised colonies in the national capital, according to a CMO statement Sunday.In a letter written to union minister for housing and urban affairs Manohar Lal, CM pointed out that…
