Seven people, including a six-year-old girl who had gone shopping ahead of her seventh birthday, were killed and nine others injured after a compound wall of Bowring Hospital collapsed during intense thunderstorms in Bengaluru on Wednesday evening. BENGALURU: Seven people, including a six-year-old girl who had gone shopping ahead of her seventh birthday, were killed…
PUNE: Harshal Thakre, chief executive officer of ThynkTech India OPC Ltd — the Noida-based IT firm that shut down its branch in Hinjewadi without any notice on April 22 — had hired many freshers last year possibly hoping to secure govt projects, police said on Wednesday citing preliminary probe.Thakre was arrested from Nashik in an…
Surat: Saroli police booked a 21-year-old man for rape after he sexually assaulted a 3-year-old girl. Mojabbir Shaikh, who is from Bihar, works at a textile unit in the Saroli area. On Thursday afternoon, when the victim’s mother went out for some work for a while, Shaikh abducted her and took her to a bathroom…
Rajkot: A 40-year-old factory worker died after being brutally assaulted on suspicion of theft at an industrial unit in Magharvada village of Rajkot district, police said. The incident led to the registration of a murder case against 10 accused and several unidentified persons.The deceased, identified as Chandraveer Chauhan, was a native of Uttar Pradesh and…
A barren stretch of volcanic rock rising from the Atlantic Ocean may not sound like one of the world’s most protected places, yet almost nobody is allowed to set foot on Iceland’s Surtsey island. There are no permanent residents, hotels or tourist attractions, and even scientists need special permission to visit. The reason lies in…
Shillong: Hally War, a Khasi man from Meghalaya, known for his lifelong dedication to weaving and taking care of living root bridges in the southern slopes of Khasi Hills region of the state, was honoured with the Padma Shri on Monday.President Droupadi Murmu presented the award to War at the civil investiture ceremony-I held at…
Kacchi Basti Jawahar Nagar Jaipur: Despite Jaipur being declared Open Defecation Free (ODF), several families in Jawahar Nagar’s kacchi basti continue to defecate in the nearby jungle, with residents blaming poorly maintained public toilets, lack of space for household toilets and inadequate sanitation facilities. Residents of Jawahar Nagar Slum Area are facing many challenges including…
Guwahati: Eastern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has barred a brick manufacturing unit and a stone crusher in Assam’s Nalbari district from operating until they obtain all mandatory statutory clearances and comply with environmental norms.The order was passed on July 24 by a Bench of the NGT’s Eastern Zone in Kolkata comprising Justice…
MUMBAI: Aarika Sumit Srivastava, 14,, who was injured in the tree crash incident on May 10, was declared dead on Sunday morning, doctors at P D Hinduja Hospital said. The other injured girl, Harshita Kumar, who was travelling with her in the same autorickshaw, remains critical and is admitted to the ICU of the same…
Photo credit: Dr. Philip Matthews For years, scientists have believed one major reason insects are almost absent from the ocean is simple physics: their air-filled bodies would collapse under deep-water pressure. But a tiny insect larva living in Africa’s Lake Malawi is challenging that idea in a surprising way.Every day, billions of lake fly larvae,…
