Deep inside Medellin, Colombia, scientists are breeding millions of mosquitoes every week and then releasing them into the environment on purpose. At first, that may sound strange, especially because mosquitoes are known for spreading dangerous diseases. But researchers say these insects are actually being used to help stop illnesses like dengue, Zika, chikungunya, and yellow…
Relief comes in, quietly. The Moon can help strengthen your self-confidence while Saturn loosens its grip to ease anxiety, so that your day-to-day tasks become less daunting and your mind more peaceful. You’ll feel in charge of both.Working conditions improve. Maybe a colleague cooperates, maybe a tool finally works, maybe your schedule becomes smoother. Connecting…
New Delhi: A series of programmes organised by the directorate of education (DoE) will shift to virtual mode following govt’s nudge to work-from-home, choose carpooling and online meetings amid the war in West Asia.This includes an interaction of education minister Ashish Sood with heads of govt schools. All directorates are aiming to hold 50% meetings…
Mumbai: The city police, probing the death of four members of a Pydhonie family, said they received the ‘final cause of death’ certificate, which mentioned “poisoning due to zinc phosphide”.Police received the report from the forensic department of the state-run JJ Hospital in Byculla that carried out the post-mortems.On April 26, Abdullah Dokadia (40), wife…
Kolar: In a dramatic chase straight out of a movie scene, a gang of thieves, who allegedly stole Rs 1 lakh from a parked two-wheeler near Bethamangala police station (100km from Bengaluru) near KGF was chased down by alert locals, who managed to catch one of the accused.The incident occurred around noon on Wednesday. Ramesh,…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu govt issued a gazette notification declaring Trichy East constituency as vacant in the wake of chief minister C Joseph Vijay resigning the seat. Vijay who won from Trichy East as well as Perambur chose to retain the latter. He had submitted his resignation letter to former peaker M Appavu. According to the…
Hyderabad: The Election Commission of India Thursday announced the schedule for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Telangana, with booth level officers (BLOs) set to begin house-to-house visits from June 25 to update voter records. The exercise is being aligned with the nationwide Census-related field deployment schedule.Chief electoral officer of Telangana, C…
At the Udyog Vihar leather unit, around 200 workers went on strike and began a sit-in inside the premises Gurgaon: Workers at two factories in the city staged separate protests on Thursday, alleging that Haryana govt’s revised minimum wage order was being flouted and that years of experience, skill levels and overtime were being ignored…
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed police to ensure the safe return of any citizen “irrespective of party affiliation” who had been illegally driven out of their home, shop or property in the wake of post-poll violence following the 2026 Bengal assembly elections. The direction came during the hearing of a PIL in…
MP Mahesh Sharma, MLA Pankaj Singh and Noida Authority officials in Barola village for sewage line repair works Noida: Noida Authority will lay new sewer lines and set up sewage pumping stations in five villages — Barola, Sarfabad, Wazidpur, Hazipur and Chhijarsi — to address chronic overflow problems. GB Nagar MP Mahesh Sharma and Noida…
