Gold, Silver Rate Today: BSE Sensex adds over 500 points in opening trade, Nifty50 soars above 24,550 Benchmark indices open August on a firm note, extending the positive momentum seen in the previous session. BSE Sensex climbed 551.13 points, or 0.71 per cent, to trade at 78,645.77, while NSE Nifty 50 gained 168.45 points, or…
NEW DELHI: Delhiites lay exposed to lethal levels of heat stress both during the day and night Sunday as the ‘feels like’ temperature stayed above 50 degrees C while night temperature surged to the highest recorded in June in two years.A heatwave added to the woes. Day temperatures at Safdarjung, Delhi’s base station, topped at…
Glasgow: India’s Nirupama Devi (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary) India’s Nirupama Devi saw her Commonwealth Games medal hopes come to a heartbreaking end after failing to register a total in the women’s 63kg weightlifting event on Tuesday. The Commonwealth Championships silver medallist looked well in contention after the snatch but suffered a dramatic collapse in the clean…
Shreya Singhal’s landmark Supreme Court victory reshaped free speech online in India. (Photo: X post) Most 21-year-olds are busy attending lectures, preparing for exams or figuring out their first job. Shreya Singhal was preparing to argue against a law before the Supreme Court of India.She wasn’t a senior advocate. She wasn’t backed by a political…
Official registration data confirms the move up in size Ahmedabad: There’s no place better than home for residents of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, so long as it comes with a little more room. A three-bedroom apartment has overtaken the traditional two-bedroom home as the most preferred residential format in the twin cities.Official registration data confirms the…
The launch of ‘Dharman,’ starring Rajinikanth for his 173rd movie, became both entertaining and enlightening as the Superstar revealed quite a few secrets about the movie. Addressing the gathering along with producer Kamal Haasan and director Ashwath Marimuthu, Rajinikanth spoke to the audience with characteristic humor and candor. The actor also commented on how difficult…
Conservationists have identified lotus cultivation in 20 of 29 ponds in a channel The Thamirabarani irrigation system, one of Tamil Nadu’s oldest water management networks, is under threat. From a lotus.Illegal commercial lotus cultivation in irrigation tanks across the Thamirabarani river basin is severely degrading wetlands, harming biodiversity, and disrupting traditional water use. The river…
Mumbai schools, colleges closed for afternoon session today as IMD issues red alert for heavy rain The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for Mumbai, warning of extremely heavy rainfall across the city on Saturday, July 4.In view of the weather conditions, all schools and colleges in Mumbai have been directed to…
Navi Mumbai: The Panvel City Municipal Corporation (PCMC) approved a Rs 1,000 crore proposal to raise the height of Dehrang Dam by 20 metres, which will increase its storage capacity to 38 million cubic metres.Dehrang Dam, located at the foothills of Matheran, supplies water to the Panvel township.Currently, Panvel receives about 230 MLD of water,…
Section 155 of Maharashtra Land Revenue Code is meant for minor corrections and not for altering ownership rights or land titles Pune: The state govt will decide on action against revenue officers accused of irregularly altering land records based on a report from Pune divisional commissioner and after examining the recommendations of a govt-appointed committee,…
