Citizens fill forms and submit documents during the SIR drive in Khadki, Pune. Pune: The state govt may write to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) seeking an extension to the timeline for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Congress MLC Satej Patil flagged the mounting workload on booth-level officers (BLOs), manpower shortages…
Healthy pupil-teacher ratio at state schools Kolkata: The state school education department is set to launch a drive to rationalise the pupil-teacher ratio (PTR) at state-run schools to ensure balanced classroom teaching and learning. The department has prepared an SOP for the transfer of teaching and non-teaching staff from zero-enrolment schools as well as teachers…
Nithin Kamath on startup pitches: Why ‘we use AI’ is no longer enough to impress investors AI has become almost impossible to miss in the startup world. It shows up in products, business plans, presentations and, increasingly, investment pitches. But when the same technology is being mentioned by one founder after another, simply saying that…
NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Thursday alleged that outsiders were being brought to disrupt the ongoing protest and tarnish the movement’s image.Abhijeet Dipke accused the BJP of sending “goons” to provoke violence as the protest gathered momentum. “People are being sent from outside to deliberately disrupt the protest. We have…
Left/Southern Ocean/Right/Southern Ocean on map/Image: AI Generated As the world searches for ways to remove carbon dioxide already accumulating in the atmosphere, ocean iron fertilisation (OIF) has emerged as one of the most debated climate intervention strategies. The idea is deceptively simple: adding tiny amounts of iron to iron-poor parts of the ocean stimulates the…
Kai is one of the world’s most international names. In Hawaiian, it means “sea,” while it carries different meanings in Japanese, Chinese and Scandinavian traditions. Its modern style, short spelling and global recognition have made it a favourite for families worldwide. A name can become a lifelong bridge between cultures, languages and traditions. These internationally…
Your weekly horoscope is here to provide you with the insight and guidance you need to navigate the ups and downs of life. Get ready to discover what the stars have in store for you.Aries:At the beginning of the week, you may be blessed by a positive Moon. The messy situations from last week are…
Relatives described Mondal as a simple and quiet young man. MONTESWAR: Hamim Mondal’s ancestral village in Monteswar, barely an hour’s drive from where he was arrested, learnt that the 24-year-old was a suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operative at 10 am on Friday.The family has been in the rice trade for several generations.Speaking to reporters in Dirghanagar…
Authorities shifted rescue personnel from across the country to the hardest-hit regions, particularly La Guaira state on Venezuela’s northern coast, where numerous buildings collapsed. Rescue teams intensified operations across Venezuela on Thursday after two powerful earthquakes struck the country on Wednesday evening, killing at least 164 people, injuring nearly 1,000 and trapping an unknown number…
Minister Agnimitra Paul at Alipore zoo Kolkata: Torrential rain for a couple of hours in the morning—this monsoon’s first heavy spell—flooded large areas of Kolkata as well as Salt Lake and New Town on Friday. Consequently, traffic on multiple stretches, especially in central Kolkata, slowed down in the morning peak hours.The intensity of the showers…
