Jaipur : The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday issued notices to the Rajasthan govt and other authorities over alleged non-compliance of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026, while constituting a joint committee to examine lapses and ensure enforcement.Hearing the case of Sneha Chaturvedi vs State of Rajasthan & Ors., the Central Zone Bench termed…
Denzel Washington didn’t just become an actor. He became a standard. Two Academy Awards. A Golden Globe. Multiple nominations. He’s been in ‘Malcolm X’. ‘Training Day’. ‘Glory’. ‘Fences’. ‘Philadelphia’. ‘Cry Freedom’. He’s directed films. He’s produced. He’s mentored young actors. He’s won every major award in entertainment. He’s been at the top of this industry…
Vikas Divyakirti, ex-IPS and founder of Drishti IAS, has shared a nuanced take on the ongoing conversation around Aditya Dhar‘s Dhurandhar franchise, starring Ranveer Singh, addressing questions around propaganda, creative liberty and the social impact of cinema.During a recent conversation with Teen Taal, when asked whether the film’s use of facts and media reports in…
A Canadian man accused of supplying lethal substances linked to the deaths of more than 100 people in the UK will not be extradited to face prosecution in Britain.Kenneth Law, 60, is currently facing criminal proceedings in Canada and is expected to appear in court in Ontario on Friday. He is accused of aiding suicide…
Bengaluru: Around 55% of students passed in SSLC-2, whose results were announced on Saturday evening. With this, the consolidated pass percentage of SSLC stood at 93.1%, as against 75% last year.The pass percentage of regular fresh students was 94.1% in SSLC-1 and 63% in SSLC-2, taking the consolidated pass percentage to 98%, creating history in…
Ahmedabad: Four suitcases containing gold jewellery and other items — cumulatively worth over Rs 13 lakh — were stolen from a luxury bus parked at Naroda Patiya, a complaint filed with Naroda police on Saturday stated.The complainant, Naresh Chandanani, 50, told police that he was travelling with his family to attend a wedding in Junagadh…
NEW DELHI: Things are heating up in Delhi with TMC on Tuesday fielding its senior leaders Kalyan Banerjee and Kirti Azad to take on dissident MPs and questioning the claim made by rebel MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar of having support of 20 MPs and to have written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla seeking recognition…
NEW DELHI: Former chief economic adviser Ashok Lahiri is set to be named the new vice-chairman of Niti Aayog, replacing Suman Bery. Gobardhan Das, the director of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, is to be nominated as a member of the govt’s premier think tank. Lahiri is currently a BJP MLA…
Navi Mumbai: The Maharashtra Forest Department moved to enlarge the DPS Flamingo Lake Conservation Reserve area to 36 hectares from the earlier proposed 12 hectares, a step conservationists said could effectively checkmate Cidco’s controversial realty plans for the ecologically sensitive wetland. The revised proposal awaited the final Govt Resolution (GR) and substantially increased the protected…
Gorakhpur: Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology (MMMUT) has secured an Indian patent for developing a low-cost motor control system using Arduino for lightweight robotic arm applications.The invention has been created by Prof Ashok Kumar Pandey of MMMUT’s electrical engineering department, along with research scholar Gaurav Kumar Mishra and Om Hari Gupta from NIT Jamshedpur.The…
