Lucknow: Six students were caught using bizarre and creative cheating techniques during Lucknow University‘s end-semester exams held recently.From answers written under sleeves to chits stitched inside shirts, a string of chits tucked in socks and even pasted under shoe soles, students left no place unexplored, while invigilators played detectives.“A BCA student was caught cheating in…
Delhi government has greenlit a 4.7-km flood wall along the Yamuna’s western ban NEW DELHI: Delhi govt on Tuesday approved the construction of a 4.7-km-long flood protection wall along Yamuna river, which would act as a shield against flood waters entering the Ring Road and adjoining localities such as Civil Lines, Kashmere Gate and Yamuna…
New Delhi: As India sharpens its push to build a rules-based framework for artificial intelligence amid rapid technological advances and rising global scrutiny, the Centre has set up a specialised expert body to bridge the gap between policy ambition and technical complexity.The ministry of electronics and IT (MeitY) has constituted the Technology and Policy Expert…
Taking Pressure Off Freshwater Sources, One Drop At A Time Domestic waste treatment Bengaluru: In a move aimed at promoting water reuse and reducing dependence on freshwater sources, four residential communities in Bengaluru will soon begin supplying treated wastewater to industries. The initiative is expected to divert more than 25 tanker loads of treated water…
The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and the Indian Coast Guard uncovered a sophisticated international drug trafficking syndicate using sea routes from Latin America to India by seizing 115kg of cocaine worth Rs 1,150 crore Ahmedabad: In one of the biggest maritime anti-narcotics crackdowns in the country, a joint operation by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS)…
Lucknow: Students of Lucknow University (LU) are conducting the first-ever comprehensive study on the city’s ‘Bada Mangal’ bhandara culture, documenting over 2,100 community feasts organised across the city so far.The initiative, led by the Anthropology Department, aims to analyse the social, cultural and religious dimensions of the long-standing tradition.“We have formed eight teams and divided…
The government’s recent measures to boost foreign portfolio investment (FPI) in Government Securities (G-Secs) are aimed at improving India’s chances of securing inclusion in Bloomberg’s flagship Global Aggregate Bond Index, government sources said on Tuesday, PTI reported.Last Friday, the Centre unveiled a series of reforms to increase FPI participation in G-Secs and deepen the domestic…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court has upheld a woman’s right as the cousin and heir of a deceased tenant to inherit the tenancy of a flat owned by the Bombay Parsi Punchayet in Parsi Colony, Dadar (East).Justice Milind Sathaye on Wednesday dismissed the petition by Parsi Punchayet Funds and Properties, Bombay, finding no “perversity” in…
Pervez.IqbalSiddiquiLucknow: A day after Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress’s rout in West Bengal assembly polls, the fate of pact between Samajwadi Party and political consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) for the 2027 elections now hangs in balance.I-PAC, which has been curating TMC’s poll campaign since 2019, was in talks with SP for the 2027…
Parts of Northern Marianas can be without power for weeks after super typhoon (Photo credit: AP) Some hard hit areas of the Northern Marianas could be without power and water for weeks after the Pacific Ocean islands were battered by a super typhoon, an official said Thursday.The only hospital on Saipan, an island in the…
