The RBI has recently floated a tender to procure material for polymer banknotes. Soon you may be using plastic or polymer currency notes! The government has authorised the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to print an initial batch of 2 billion polymer banknotes for field trials, the government informed Parliament on Monday.The RBI has recently…
Retired Calcutta High Court judge Justice Ranjit Kumar Bagas has been appointed as the chairman Kolkata: Bengal govt has reconstituted the West Bengal Commission for Backward Classes, appointing retired Calcutta High Court judge Justice Ranjit Kumar Bagas its chairman.According to a notification issued by the Backward Classes Welfare department, retired IAS officers Naveen Prakash and…
Wanting something and actually working towards it are two very different states, and most people spend far longer in the first than the second. Arnold Schwarzenegger put the gap plainly. “Just remember, you can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets,” he said. The image does the work by itself. Climbing…
Pune: The Pune crime branch arrested a history-sheeter and seized 3kg of mephedrone (MD) worth Rs 5.79 crore from him in the early hours of Wednesday.The accused has been identified as Prashant Sawant (38) of Lohegaon. The crime branch’s anti-narcotics cell, led by senior police inspector Trupti Sonawane, laid a trap near Katraj Chowk and…
PARIS: Climate change could push seabirds into smaller habitats and force them to fly farther to survive, a new study said Tuesday.While warmer oceans have historically caused fish and other marine species to shrink in size, seabirds such as albatrosses, shearwaters and petrels have seen their geographic range contract, the study said.The researchers used statistical…
|| Girl power on display A young performer displaying her skills with a chakkar Girls and women have been gradually making inroads into the traditionally male-dominated akhadas over the last couple of rath yatras, but this year their presence was unmistakable. Two akhadas featured girls prominently. One truck showcased a girl performing aerial yoga and…
Chennai: Madras high court on Monday reserved orders on a review petition filed by former DMK minister K N Nehru challenging the court’s earlier order directing the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) to register a case over suspected irregularities in the appointment of personnel in the municipal administration department.The first bench of Chief Justice…
The role of the reactor was multipurpose—training scientists, doing experiments in what is known as neutron physics, the production of radioisotopes and studies in shielding of nuclear radiation Mumbai: Saturday. Aug 4 1956. 3.45 p.m.Seventy years ago on this very day, as the monsoon was unleashing its full fury, India was rocketing into a new…
Goa has recorded a 35.2% rainfall deficit so far this monsoon Panaji: Goa has recorded a 35.2% rainfall deficit so far this monsoon, receiving 1,124mm of rain against the normal 1,735.4mm between June 1 and July 24 — a shortfall of 611.4mm. With only about 44 inches of rain in the first 55 days of…
A baby suddenly stops crying the moment you pick them up. A toddler hides something after being told not to touch it. A little one shakes their head and insists they did not eat the chocolate, even though the evidence is all over their face.To a parent, these moments can look surprisingly like lying. 28…
