Guwahati: Assam is set to witness a major community‑led environmental initiative this World Environment Day on Friday, with 35 lakh women from self‑help groups (SHGs) joining hands to plant one crore trees across the state.CM Himanta Biswa Sarma described the drive as a strong display of the state’s Nari Shakti, underlining how women are spearheading grassroots environmental action to…
Chak Sheru alias Abhishek alias Ajay LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) on Wednesday arrested a key member of an organised cyber fraud syndicate allegedly involved in generating thousands of fraudulent Ayushman Bharat health cards for ineligible persons, enabling them to avail free medical treatment and causing substantial financial losses to the government.The…
NEW DELHI: Venezuelan vice president Delcy Rodriguez arrived in India on Wednesday on a five-day visit to expand energy cooperation, as New Delhi seeks to diversify its crude oil procurement amid supply disruptions from the West Asia crisis.Besides energy, the two sides are also set to explore ways to shore up cooperation in areas of…
A proposed change to US student visa rules could make it much harder for international graduates, especially Indians, to stay and work in America after completing their studies, according to Danielle Goldman, CEO and co-founder of Build. Goldman warned that the proposal could worsen labour shortages in key sectors such as AI, technology and engineering…
The rupee weakened for a second straight session on Wednesday, falling 40 paise to close at 95.76 against the US dollar amid concerns over proposed US tariffs, rising crude oil prices, persistent foreign fund outflows and escalating geopolitical tensions, PTI reported.Forex traders said investor sentiment came under pressure after the Office of the United States…
Paresh Ganatra known for movies like ‘Aankhen’, ‘Welcome’, ‘No Entry’ among others apart from television shows like ‘Baa Bahu Baby’ has been in the industry for 28 years. But the actor admits to being typecast in comedy roles. His latest series ‘Made in India: A Titan Story’ starring Naseeruddin Shah, Jim Sarbh sees him in…
CBSE OSM row deepens as Digvijaya Singh raises concerns over scanner specification change in tender process NEW DELHI: Congress MP Digvijaya Singh has raised fresh questions over the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) On-Screen Marking (OSM) project, asking Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan why the board removed the requirement for robotic scanners from its…
Suryakumar Yadav (PTI Photo/Kunal Patil) NEW DELHI: The Indian cricket board (BCCI) is set to get in a huddle to discuss Suryakumar Yadav’s future in the T20I team. TOI understands that there’s a strong possibility that the current T20 captain, who led the team to successfully defend the T20 title in March, may not be…
NEW DELHI: LG Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Wednesday ordered a month-long fire safety inspection drive across hotels, nursing homes, coaching institutes, restaurants and other vulnerable commercial establishments after a devastating blaze at a hotel in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar claimed 21 lives.Sandhu chaired a meeting with officials from the concerned departments and directed them to…
This revision is not solely due to the recent diesel and fuel price hike. It has other factors such as Labour and bus crew salaries, Vehicle maintenance expenses, Cost of spare parts and consumables etc, said association members. Mumbai: After pursuing with the state govt past one week and failing to get a resolution to…
