The BMC has also made it mandatory for all public toilets to introduce a citizen feedback system, maintain hourly cleaning logs, conduct at least one deep-cleaning drive every week and install an IoT-based odour monitoring system called “Gandhavedh” to help control foul smells. Mumbai: BMC has given operators of pay-and-use public toilets in Mumbai three…
BENGALURU: With many employees seeing a moderate dip in net take-home salaries in their latest payslips, companies are issuing explainers to help them understand the impact of the new labour codes.The reduction is largely due to changes in salary composition. Employee provident fund (PF) contributions have increased, as they are now calculated as 12% of…
Bengaluru: In split-screen data on groundwater table, Karnataka has registered a slight improvement in groundwater recharge in 2025. At the same time, it has seen a worrying rise in industrial borewells and groundwater extraction.Industrial borewells are high-intensity, heavy-duty wells to pump out large volumes of groundwater to meet requirements of factories, commercial enterprises or industrial…
As the Sun sets over the dry plains of rural Texas, something unusual begins to happen inside a series of long metal buildings surrounded by empty land. One by one, giant roofs slowly roll open, exposing hundreds of telescopes pointed toward the night sky. Some belong to hobbyists in Europe. Others are controlled by astrophotographers…
Chairman of Ethiraj College for Women V M Muralidharan interacts with students Bhavana and Kanishka, daughters of sanitation workers Chennai: As sanitation worker Vinoth watched his daughter walk into Ethiraj College for Women on Tuesday, it marked more than just the beginning of her college life — it was the first big step towards breaking…
Pune: A multicentre study involving the city-based National Institute of Ophthalmology (NIO) and eye specialists from the United Kingdom, Bulgaria and Saudi Arabia has been published in the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery, highlighting the potential of laser-assisted surgery in managing complex cataract cases.The study, titled “Selective laser capsulotomy for intumescent cataracts”, evaluated the…
Kolkata: A 39-year-old resident of Hooghly’s Rishra allegedly killed his 31-year-old wife at their rented home on Saturday morning, travelled 20km to Kolkata, and died by suicide hours later by jumping in front of a metro train at Belgachhia station around 3pm. The suicide disrupted services on the Blue Line for 50 minutes.Late on Friday,…
Bathinda: To get additional financial value from their produce, nearly two dozen chilly growers from the Ferozepur area are ready to start exporting the green chillies. The first consignment of 15 tonnes will be sent through an export house to the Middle East on Monday. The chilly growers have formed a farmer producer organisation (FPO),…
JAISALMER: A Pakistani intruder who illegally entered Indian territory from across the Indo-Pak international border near Barmer was apprehended by Border Security Force (BSF) personnel on Thursday.During preliminary questioning, the intruder reportedly told security agencies that he crossed into India after becoming upset with his family for refusing to arrange his marriage despite his wish…
Ahmedabad, May 17 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah during the inauguration of the newly built ‘Million Minds Tech Park’ and GREMI City Campus, in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and State Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghvi also present. (@AmitShah X/ANI Photo) Gandhinagar: Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that…
