Guwahati: Assam is set to enter the shipbuilding sector with its first shipyard to build ships coming up at Dharapur, near Guwahati airport. Assam Inland Waterways Company Ltd (AIWCL) and Bharat A to Z Pvt Ltd (BAZ) have joined hands to form Assam Shipyard Pvt Ltd (ASPL).The shipyard will be developed on 10.33 acres of…
An IndiGo flight from Patna to Lucknow faced a lightning strike, damaging the aircraft’s nose (R: File photo used for representational purposes) LUCKNOW: An IndiGo flight from Patna to Lucknow was struck by lightning while on approach to Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport on Wednesday, damaging the aircraft’s nose.However, the pilots, unaware of the extent…
Picture for representation Jaipur: The Ranthambore Tiger Reserve (RTR) administration is testing an AI-based wildlife detection system to alert villagers when big cats move towards human settlements, as part of efforts to prevent man-animal conflicts.The technology is being tested against the backdrop of three recent leopard attacks on humans and several cattle attacks in and…
FSII Chairman informed that 1.25 crore packets of HTBt seed are being sold, currently worth Rs 1,500 crore. The total size of the cotton seed market is 5.5 crore packets worth Rs 6,000 crore. NEW DELHI: Seed industry bodies FSII and NSAI on Wednesday demanded that the government allow commercial cultivation of herbicide-tolerant Bt (HTBt)…
Bill Wyman, best known as the original bassist of the Rolling Stones, turned an accidental discovery on his Suffolk property into a serious pursuit of archaeology. After workers digging at his country home unearthed a medieval jug, he took up metal detecting to explore the land further. Over time, his searches revealed more than 200…
Travis Barker shares worrying photos from hospital as wife Kourtney Kardashian and daughter Alabama stay by his side Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker has shared photos from a hospital bed on Instagram, worrying fans. His wife, Kourtney Kardashian, and daughter Alabama Barker were by his side. He has not revealed why he was hospitalised. Travis Barker…
MUMBAI: Since he scored an 80 not out against England in July, India’s T20I captain Shreyas Iyer had been experiencing a rare slump in white-ball cricket, where he’s usually highly consistent, having failed to cross 30 in his last 10 T20I innings.Soon after he landed back in Mumbai after leading India to the gold medal…
Butterfly wing patterns may work as a visual illusion against predators. Researchers at the University of Exeter and the University of Essex tested how high-contrast patterns and flight movement combine. According to the study published in Nature, titled ‘Butterfly wing patterns in flight create powerful illusory motion cues’, the team filmed take-offs at around 1,000…
New Delhi: Patients and visitors at Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) and its hospitals may see changes in parking, entry/exit points and building access under a proposed 30-year redevelopment plan.Public Works Department (PWD) will hire a consultancy to prepare the plan covering MAMC, Lok Nayak Hospital, GB Pant Hospital, Guru Nanak Eye Centre and Maulana…
•Which of the following is a noble gas: hydrogen, helium, oxygen or carbon?•Which of these foods are best source of Omega 3 fatty acid: Milk, fruits, chicken or mutton?Mumbai: For thousands of hopefuls seeking a secure livelihood with the BEST undertaking, questions like these in the conductor recruitment examination turned into an unexpected academic minefield…
