This year’s Eta Aquarid meteor shower is reaching its maximum activity, and the skies at night are about to put on an interesting show for observers. For many, the notion of witnessing shooting stars seems rather straightforward; however, it all boils down to the timing of observation. The margin between seeing no meteors and seeing…
It’s a Thursday morning, and three directors and several shareholders of a seafood company are gathered around a conference table, absorbed in a presentation on food packaging. “Good packaging adds value to a product; it can even fetch a higher price,” says the instructor at the Indian Institute of Packaging, in Marathi.As the directors nod,…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday intensified his attack on the Centre during the West Bengal assembly election campaign, questioning why chief minister Mamata Banerjee has not faced multiple criminal cases despite serious corruption charges linked to the Trinamool Congress (TMC). He asked why there are not ’36, 38 or 40 cases’ against…
JMI VC at the Jamia Premier League for staff The Games & Sports Department, Jamia Millia Islamia, organised the 7th edition of the Jamia Premier League-2026, a staff T-20 cricket tournament, from 26 March to 23 April for the Teaching & Non-Teaching Staff. The Opening Ceremony of the tournament was held on 26 March at…
Hisar: Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology (GJUST) has been named the top-ranked govt varsity in Haryana in the Times Higher Education (THE) Asia University Rankings 2026. The institution secured the 74th spot in India and placed within the 501–600 band across Asia.The varsity saw its overall performance score rise to the 30.9–33.6 range,…
NEW DELHI: Heatwaves will become a major threat to Indian agricultural workers and rice production, and the most intense risk from future extreme heat events is concentrated around densely populated farming regions of the Ganges and Indus River basin, said a new report from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Meteorological…
Panaji: Goa has reported the fourth-highest morbidity rate in the country, with 18.7% of its population indicating illness within a 15-day reference period, as against the national average of 13.1%.The figures were released in the National Statistics Office (NSO) report on household social consumption: health, published in April for the period Jan to Dec 2025.Only…
Lucknow: A case of large-scale cyber fraud involving identity theft and unauthorised UPI transactions has come to light in the Thakurganj area of Lucknow, where ₹8.82 lakh was allegedly siphoned off from multiple bank accounts of a resident using a fake profile on the FI Money platform.According to a complaint submitted by a resident of…
Leeds fans cheer before the FA Cup semifinal soccer match between Chelsea and Leeds in London, England, Sunday, April 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Leeds United’s FA Cup run ended with a narrow defeat at Wembley, but the focus in the days since has shifted away from the result and towards what unfolded in the…
The proposed wage levels for H-1Bs will discourage companies from hiring them. The Donald Trump administration is planning to raise the base salary of foreign workers who come to the US on H-1B visas so that they are not easily hired instead of Americans. Bloomberg reported that an entry-level software engineer in Silicon Valley, San…
