The Lucknow-Kanpur expressway, completed in June 2025, began failing seventeen days after its July 2026 inauguration LUCKNOW: For eleven months, the Lucknow-Kanpur expressway sat finished and empty. The six-lane, access-controlled corridor was ready for traffic by June 2025, its 63 km of bitumen laid, its 21 Variable Message Signs and 63 PTZ cameras installed, its…
Rajya Sabha witnessed multiple adjournments during the day as opposition members continued sloganeering and asking for the presence of Amit Shah. (Photo: PTI) NEW DELHI: Parliament proceedings remained disrupted on Thursday as opposition parties continued to demand the presence of Union home minister Amit Shah over the police action against student protesters at Jantar Mantar…
On a quiet stretch of farmland in northern Spain, a tiny village with only a handful of permanent residents is preparing for a moment that will last less than two minutes. Avellanosa de Muñó, in the province of Burgos, rarely attracts attention beyond its surrounding countryside. But on 12 August 2026, its position beneath the…
Centre dismisses claims of ethanol blending with aviation fuel NEW DELHI: The Centre on Thursday dismissed claims that it is planning to blend ethanol with aviation turbine fuel (ATF), calling the reports “completely false and irresponsible” and urging people not to spread misinformation on aviation safety.Union civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu, in a…
After Sunjay Kapur’s demise in June last year, there’s been a family dispute regarding his Rs 30,000 crore estate. Sunjay’s mother Rani Kapur and his widowed wife Priya Sachdev have been at loggerheads with each other regarding it. In May, the Supreme Court had considered a fresh application alleging that significant corporate decisions were being…
Family doubted his gap year, but GATE success led to IIT Hyderabad and a Rs 30 LPA Qualcomm job. (Representative AI Image) Many engineering graduates accept their first job offer simply because it feels like the safest option. But one Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) graduate from Hyderabad chose a far more uncertain path—one that…
Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami (Agency Image) Former India opener Aakash Chopra believes Bhuvneshwar Kumar‘s lack of regular 50-over and first-class cricket could prove to be a major hurdle if he is to force his way into India’s plans for the 2027 ODI World Cup.While praising the veteran seamer’s performances in the IPL, Chopra said…
Industrial plants release vast amounts of carbon dioxide every day, yet much of the conversation around cutting those emissions has focused on capturing the gas and storing it underground. Turning it into something useful has always been a more attractive idea, but one that has struggled outside laboratory conditions. Factory exhaust is not made up…
A Bengaluru man lost over Rs 4.5 lakh in an online marble purchase scam (AI image used for representational purpose only). BENGALURU: An online marble purchase turned into a fraud after a 50-year-old man was duped of Rs 4.59 lakh by fraudsters posing as marble traders from Rajasthan.According to the complaint filed by M Abdul…
The other day, over some spaghetti aglio olio brightened with lemon zest and a light-as-air lemon cake baked by a friend, we got talking about the one ingredient that has transformed his kitchen: GI-tagged Italian lemons. Evidently, they have become something of a culinary flex for adventurous home chefs, restaurateurs, bakers and mixologists serving spritzy…
