Ahmedabad: The Great Indian Bustard (GIB) chick hatched in Gujarat’s Naliya grasslands on March 26, 2026, only to go missing since April 19 is now feared dead. The forest department issued a statement on Thursday expressing the likelihood of the chick being predated by carnivores.The birth of the chick, locally known as Ghorad, had been…
Shehbaz Sharif with Abbas Araghchi (AP image) In a high-stakes diplomatic push, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held talks with Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi in Islamabad on Saturday.Araghchi arrived in Islamabad carrying Tehran’s formal response to US proposals, with discussions focusing on the ‘regional situation’ and ceasefire dynamics. The meeting saw the presence of…
Some days feel breezy. This one feels heavier. A small sadness can sit on your shoulders even though nothing significant has occurred. It’s because the Moon is pressing down on your emotional side and Saturn delays things and so minor annoyances may appear larger than they actually are.Your work might not go in the way…
Pune: Restaurants and eateries are giving offers and discounts to encourage afternoon dine-ins as footfalls dip during the intense heat conditions.“Food establishments are witnessing a 20%-25% drop in business in the afternoon hours. Day-time walk-ins are low owing to the persisting heat. It has decreased even on weekends and picks up only post 6pm,” said…
Rajkot: A dispute over ancestral land in Amreli district on Wednesday evening ended with a 50-year-old man being beaten to death, allegedly by his elder brother and relatives, on a farm in Khambha taluka.A dispute in the Mungalpara Wadi area of Kantala village ended in the murder of Raghav Sondarwa. Police said his elder brother…
Ahmedabad: More than a decade after Gujarat positioned itself as a pioneer in electronic voting in local bodies polls, the experiment has quietly receded from the state’s civic elections. Despite repeated trials, sizable public spending and ambitious expansion plans, the Gujarat State Election Commission (SEC) has failed to build an e-voting system trusted or embraced…
A single particle over Utah pointed to a cosmic ray with no clear origin. Image credit – Gemini One of the strongest cosmic rays in history was detected in May of 2021 in Utah. Amaterasu hit Earth’s atmosphere and caused a big shower of secondary particles. By 2023, scientists had determined that it was the…
Panaji: Goa govt is commissioning a state-level employment study to generate a ground-level picture of jobs, self-employment, livelihoods, and enterprise activity across all districts and talukas of the state, amid concerns that existing national datasets do not adequately capture the extent of unemployment in Goa’s economy.The move comes against the backdrop of the latest periodic…
Nandigram: During the polls of 2021, a wheelchair-bound Mamata Banerjee chose Nandigram’s Boyal as her anchorage, scripting one of the defining moments of a razor-edge contest. In 2026, it was Suvendu Adhikari — once her opponent, now facing aide-turned-foe Pabitra Kar — choosing the same Boyal as his basecamp. It’s here that all eyes tracking…
The Centre’s decision to exempt all customs duties on cotton imports for five months till October 30 is expected to improve cotton availability, reduce input costs and strengthen the competitiveness of India’s textile sector, the Textile Ministry said on Saturday, PTI reported.Industry bodies welcomed the move, describing it as timely relief for the textile and…
