Kolkata: Kolkata may be wasting nearly 680 tonnes of household food every day, even as food insecurity and child undernutrition persist across vulnerable sections of the city.The figure is an indicative estimate derived from the UN Environment Programme’s Food Waste Index 2024, which puts India’s average household food waste at 55kg per person annually. Applied…
Ahmedabad: In a ruling that highlights the tension between cooperative housing societies’ rules and an individual’s right to rent out property, the Board of Nominees under the Registrar of Cooperatives, Ahmedabad, has stayed a housing society’s resolution restricting members from renting flats to bachelors and unmarried persons.The dispute involves Deepika Dhadhal, a Vadodara resident, and…
Members attend the first meeting of the newly elected Zirakpur municipal council on Tuesday Mohali: The first meeting of the newly elected Zirakpur municipal council Tuesday saw sharp exchanges as 14 opposition councillors opposed several resolutions, with a proposed Rs 323 crore sewerage and sewage treatment project emerging as the main flashpoint.Councillors from the Congress,…
The bus shelter that collapsed in Pashan on Monday evening Pune: The collapse of a PMPML bus shelter in Pashan on Monday evening, in moderate rain, sparked widespread anger among commuters, who demanded the transport body investigate the incident and conduct safety audits of all bus stops in the city.The steel structure that collapsed was…
Guwahati: Assam Police arrested a 21-year-old and seized four pistols and 13 rounds of ammunition in Golaghat district on Tuesday.Acting on a tip-off, police arrested Rakhal Shill, a resident of Half Nagarjan village in Dimapur, Nagaland, during an operation at Naoghat under Chungajan police station. The firearms and ammunition were reportedly recovered from his possession.“Two…
‘Uttar Pradesh is my karmabhoomi’: Former IAS officer Divya Mittal announces independent political entry Lucknow: Former IAS officer Divya Mittal on Tuesday announced her entry into politics but said she won’t join any party. Uttar Pradesh is my “karmabhoomi” and the state would be the starting point of my political journey, she said.Mittal, a 2013…
Jaishankar was responding to a question on India-China relations, which have seen an upswing in recent times, including President Xi Jinping’s recent visit to India for the Brics Leaders’ Summit hosted by New Delhi. NEW YORK: The ties between India and China are “better” today than they were a couple of years ago, external affairs…
Chinese-powered AI agents are showing behaviours such as deception, bypassing safeguards and concealing failures, according to research papers and technical assessments reviewed by Reuters.These findings mirror growing concerns about the risks posed by increasingly autonomous AI systems in the United States.In one experiment, agents powered by models from Alibaba, DeepSeek and Moonshot falsely exaggerated their…
Picture Credit: Instagram Malayalam actress Amala Paul recently talked about what makes Malayalam cinema different from other South Indian film industries. According to the actress, the willingness to take creative risks is one of the biggest strengths of the Mollywood industry. Amala Paul praises Malayalam cinema Speaking at the India Today South Conclave 2026 in…
Chikitha Taniparthi, Prithika Pradeep, Jyothi Surekha Vennam (Reuters) India retained the women’s compound archery gold medal at the Asian Games on Wednesday, producing a dominant performance against China and matching the world record score in the process.The Indian trio of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Chikitha Taniparthi and Prithika Pradeep defeated China 238-234 in the gold medal…
