Passengers booking cabs via aggregators like Uber, Ola and Rapido in advance for flights, trains, and inter-city journeys are increasingly finding themselves stranded when drivers cancel the trips at the last minute Pune: Nitesh Singh, a Hadapsar resident, almost missed a flight after his scheduled cab to the airport cancelled five minutes before arrival. “I…
State govt said the proposal complied with Supreme Court directives Guwahati: Assam has proposed an eco-sensitive zone extending up to one to three kilometres from Kaziranga National Park’s boundary, replacing the default 10km limit.State govt said the proposal complied with Supreme Court directives and would not alter the boundaries of the Unesco World Heritage Site,…
So far in the Kharif 2026 season, 10.83 lakh metric tonnes of fertilisers have been distributed. Lucknow: State govt on Monday said it would strengthen monitoring and distribution systems to ensure the availability of fertilisers to farmers during the ongoing Kharif 2026 season.Chairing a review meeting on fertiliser availability and distribution, chief secretary SP Goyal…
A corner being used as community bin for waste dumping QR code stuck outside homes by JMC officials for residents to address civic grievances garbage lined streets of Shyam Vatika Several weeks worth household waste dumped on the streets of Shyam Vatika A corner being used as community bin for waste dumping QR code stuck…
Trump cited a recent conversation with Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and highlighted India’s use of photo identification for voters. President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised India’s election system and called for the passage of the SAVE America Act, which seeks to require proof of citizenship and voter identification in US elections.In a post on…
Aerial view of El Ojo island. Image Credit: Argentina Government El Ojo, a remarkably circular floating island in Argentina’s Paraná Delta, has become one of the region’s strangest natural sights. Measuring about 120 metres across, the island sits inside an almost perfectly circular body of water and appears to move independently of the surrounding wetlands….
Emraan Hashmi’s ‘Awarapan 2’ has made an impressive start at the box office, living up to the enormous anticipation surrounding the sequel. Although the first film did not perform strongly in theatres, its music and emotional appeal helped it gain cult status over the years. That nostalgia translated into strong audience interest in the sequel,…
Detail of the main Huashan Rock art. Image Credit: Rolfmueller/Wikipedia Ancient paintings covering limestone cliffs in southern China may owe their remarkable survival to an unexpected ingredient known as ‘blood.’ A new study of the ‘Huashan rock art’ in Guangxi published in the ‘Journal of Archaeological Science’ suggests that the artists used a mixture containing…
The pressure is beginning to ease in the present, Capricorn, and you will feel it first in your shoulders. Anxiety that has been quietly gnawing at you starts to loosen as Saturn, your ruler, receives a kinder influence from Jupiter. Working conditions improve, and the day feels more organised, more useful, less like walking through…
New Delhi: Delhi govt has overhauled the licensing process for cinema halls and multiplexes, scrapping the existing system of obtaining separate no-objection certificates (NOCs) from multiple departments and introducing a single-window, district-level mechanism with fixed timelines for approvals. The new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) removes police licensing powers and replaces the old system with a…
