MUMBAI: The BMC improvements committee on Wednesday sent back to the civic administration a proposal to hand over the sprawling SevenHills Hospital campus at Marol to a private player, following strong opposition from Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) corporators who questioned the timing, transparency and terms of the move.The proposal was not rejected but was…
Fire breaks out at Bengaluru private hospital BENGALURU: During the early hours of Wednesday, fourteen patients, including several admitted to the ICU, were evacuated safely after a fire broke out at a private hospital in Bengaluru, police said.According to police, the incident was reported around 3.15 am at Aveksha Hospital located on MS Palya Road…
CHENNAI: Warring factions within the AIADMK on Wednesday moved towards reconciliation, with leaders from both camps signalling unity and a possible end to the internal rift. “It is over. We are all together like mother and child,” former minister K C Veeramani said after arriving at senior leader C Ve Shanmugam’s residence, where MLAs from…
LUCKNOW: A property dealer was critically injured after unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants opened fire on him in Lucknow on Wednesday, triggering panic in a busy market area under the PGI police station limits.The attackers fled the scene immediately after the incident, while police teams launched an intensive search operation and began examining CCTV footage to identify…
NEW DELHI: The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Wednesday objected to the “insistence” by a section of the Muslim community on cow slaughter during Eid-ul-Azha and said religious sentiments of the Hindu community should be respected to ensure peaceful coexistence in society.VHP central joint general secretary Surendra Jain said the Hindu community worships the cow…
The Centre on Wednesday approved a Rs 25,530 crore scheme to continue and modernise the public distribution system (PDS) including ration transport, dealer support and technology upgrades, till March 2031.The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) cleared the umbrella scheme called SARTHAK-PDS for the 16th Finance Commission period.The scheme combines two existing programmes related to…
Is the world ready to bid goodbye to Emily and her marketing world in Europe? At least, the cast and crew are. The upcoming sixth chapter of ‘Emily in Paris’ will be the last season of the show, wrapping up Emily Cooper’s journey in Paris and Rome. Moreover, ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ will also be bowing…
In a major change to its examination process, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the Civil Services Examination (CSE) Prelims 2026 provisional answer key before the completion of the final result process for the first time.Candidates who appeared for the UPSC CSE Prelims 2026 examination can now check the answer key through the…
New Zealand Squad: Tom Latham(c), Devon Conway, Will Young, Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell(w), Zakary Foulkes, Michael Rae, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Henry Nicholls, Blair Tickner, Nathan Smith, Ben Sears, Dean Foxcroft, Kristian Clarke, William ORourke Ireland Squad: Andrew Balbirnie(c), Harry Tector, Cade Carmichael, Curtis Campher, Jake Egan, Lorcan Tucker(w), Andy McBrine,…
In the mid-1960s, inside a research laboratory run by DuPont, Stephanie Kwolek was searching for something fairly practical. The company wanted lightweight yet durable fibres that could eventually replace steel in vehicle tyres and reduce fuel consumption. Synthetic materials were already common in industry by then, but the challenge was finding one that could survive…
