The city’s pollution was persistent through the month rather than limited to isolated spikes Gurgaon: Five Haryana cities featured among India’s 10 most polluted in July. The city stood at the fifth spot. Bihar accounted for three cities and Punjab and UP for one each.Panipat, Sonipat, Charkhi Dadri and Ballabgarh — along with the city…
Kolkata: For enumerators heading to remote villages, forest settlements and other areas where mobile connectivity remains patchy, a disappearing network signal will not hamper the field work. An app has been designed with an offline facility, allowing field staff to fill in the 33-question household schedule even without an internet connection.“The feature on the Houselisting…
Panaji: Schools across Goa have been directed to begin preparing digital health cards for schoolchildren under Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) 2.0.In the first phase, schools must submit student details including Aadhaar number, height, weight, and haemoglobin levels. This will allow linking the health ministry’s ABHA (Ayushman Bharat Health Account) ID with the education ministry’s…
Tamanna and Sakshi have been included in Indian team that will take part in the FIH Para Hockey World Cup in the Netherlands and Belgium Jhajjar: Two players of Jhajjar, Tamanna and Sakshi, have made it to the Indian women’s team for the inaugural FIH Para Hockey World Cup.The tournament, scheduled to be held from…
Railway infrastructure has witnessed significant improvements in Amethi. For decades, Amethi occupied a distinctive place in India’s political imagination. But over the last nine years, the Uttar Pradesh district has increasingly begun to acquire a different identity—one shaped by industrial investment, improved connectivity, expanding public infrastructure and new opportunities for local employment. The transformation is…
Hanumangarh police launched a significant crackdown on drug trafficking, successfully seizing more than four lakh intoxication tablets and capsules worth JAISALMER: Hanumangarh police on Monday carried out a major operation against drug trafficking and seized a huge consignment of prohibited intoxicating tablets and capsules. Police seized a total of 4,12,332 intoxicating tablets and capsules and…
Chemistry professor Deepak Mhaskey takes charge of BJP’s social media department after Amit Malviya’s 11-year stint. NEW DELHI: The BJP has handed over its social media department to party leader Deepak Mhaskey, marking a change at the top of the organisation’s digital machinery after Amit Malviya’s 11-year stint.On his appointment as BJP’s IT cell head,…
Quote of the day by Melinda French Gates Melinda French Gates’ words speak to something a great many people quietly recognise in themselves, the long, often uncomfortable journey towards genuine confidence, honest self-expression, and standing up for whatever actually matters to you. “A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman,” she said….
IIT Kharagpur assessment flags weak, highly plastic soil and drainage issues as key causes of premature failures on the Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway. NEW DELHI: Use of weak and highly plastic soil beneath the Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway appears to be one of the main reasons for premature failures (slippage) on one of its stretches, an expert assessment has…
Sunny Deol’s old pan masala ad resurfaces after ‘Batwara1947 ‘ actor claimed he wouldn’t endorse it even for crores; fan says, ‘Log elaichi bech rahe hai, yeh sidha pan masala bech diya’ Sunny Deol recently claimed that he would never promote pan masala or cardamom brands, even if he was offered crores for it. His…
