Chennai: With both city observatories breaching the 40°C mark on several days this week, the city has been experiencing its hottest spell of the year. But the India Meteorological Department’s long-range forecast for June suggests little immediate relief, with hot days, warmer nights and at least two to three heatwave days likely in the city…
Place of occurrence at Chatla.Photo Basabdatta Sarkar Kolkata: One person was crushed by a heavy tree branch and another died when a chunk of concrete from a dilapidated building crashed on him while three others were seriously injured by uprooted trees in Friday afternoon’s storm, in which over 65 trees toppled and around 50 others…
Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad’s dengue problem is no longer waiting for the rains. It is breeding quietly in the city’s nights.Two new research papers by scientists from the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and Ahmedabad University (AU) have found that rising night-time temperatures, persistent humidity and rapid mosquito breeding cycles are turning the city into an increasingly efficient…
Mohali Municipal Corporation Election Results 2026 Chandigarh: The serving Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) registered a sweeping victory in the local bodies elections across Mohali district, tightening its grip over the urban political landscape by winning a majority of seats in several municipal corporations and councils.Counting of votes for the elections held on May 26 was…
Lucknow: Two non-PG junior residents (JRs) have resigned from the King George’s Medical University (KGMU) trauma centre within weeks of joining, adding to the doctor shortage.Officials said only 22 non-PG JRs are working against 47 sanctioned posts, leaving over half the positions vacant. The 400-bed trauma centre admits about 200 patients daily. Patients are first…
Virendra Singh Mewar univ office asst held in fake degree case Jaipur: Rajasthan Police’s Special Operations Group (SOG) Friday said it arrested a Mewar University office assistant on May 27 for allegedly helping generate a forged post-graduate degree used to secure a government teaching job through the Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) Lecturer (Hindi, School…
MUMBAI: The India heads of AI world’s arch-rivals Anthropic and OpenAI took to the stage at the annual Tech Week here, pitching their suite of products to a room full of developers and founders.“What makes India really important in OpenAI’s journey is the opportunity centred around access, adoption and agency,” said Pragya Misra, OpenAI’s head…
The UAE has had a deeper involvement in the Middle East conflict than estimated. The United Arab Emirates had continued to carry out strikes on Iran through the conflict and even after the April ceasefire was announced.The attacks were coordinated with the US and Israel, which provided intelligence support, sources told the Wall Street Journal….
MUMBAI: RBI’s record surplus transfer of nearly Rs 2.9 lakh crore reflects a year in which gains from dollar investments, forex market intervention and robust domestic bond income combined to lift RBI’s total income by 26% to about Rs 4.3 lakh crore in FY26, up from Rs 3.4 lakh crore a year earlier.A large share…
Emilia Clarke may be the ‘mother of dragons’ in one of television’s biggest franchises – ‘Game of Thrones‘ – but even that could not prevent her from some rather big ticket flops over the years. Following her turn in the epic fantasy saga, the actress has seen some hits and misses on both film and…
