For decades, discussions about the earliest stages of ape evolution have largely centred on East Africa. Many of the fossils that shaped scientific thinking were discovered there, leading to the view that the region was the primary setting where the ancestors of modern apes first diversified before spreading elsewhere. That picture has now become less…
AICT Design Academy celebrates students’ success in national architecture entrance examinations Students of AICT Design Academy in Chinchwad have once again delivered strong results in national architecture entrance examinations, with several securing high percentiles in JEE (B Arch) and the National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA).Leading the institute’s performance was Krishna Kalyankar, who secured a…
Footpaths at and around Jalahalli are in deplorable conditions Bengaluru: Jalahalli Cross moves thousands of vehicles every hour. But for pedestrians, one of the city’s busiest junctions offers little more than a choice between broken footpaths and moving traffic.A TOI walk across all four roads radiating from the junction found a striking pattern: pedestrian infrastructure…
A summer internship application at a New York start-up took a shocking turn when a Cornell University student rejected an interview opportunity with an antisemitic message, telling the company he was “Not interested in working for a Jew. Thanks.”The message was sent by 19-year-old Austin Franco after he had applied for a summer role at…
Pune: Persistent technical glitches and frequent server outages on the Mahaonline portal over the past four days have paralysed services under the Right to Services (RTS) Act, affecting students, parents, and Maha e-Seva centre operators across Maharashtra.Applications for essential documents, including caste, income, non-creamy layer, domicile, and nationality certificates, have remained pending due to repeated…
An Indian-origin woman has been jailed for more than two years after fraudulently securing over £216,000 in government-backed COVID-19 loans by exaggerating the turnover of her companies and using much of the money for personal expenses and investments.Rupali Wagh, 50, was sentenced to two years and three months in prison by Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court…
A sun-dappled forest clearing with a stream, mossy rocks, and ancient trees. A young woman offers a wooden bird to an appreciative elderly man. Among the many proverbs that have emerged from Finland’s forests, few capture the relationship between human behavior and consequence as beautifully as “The forest answers in the same way one shouts…
TMC officials and local representatives inspect the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project stretch between Mhatardi and Betawade on Wednesday after corporators raised concerns over waterlogging and the impact of construction on natural drainage. iThane: The Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project (MAHSRP) has come under fire from Shiv Sena corporators in Thane, who have alleged that…
Bengaluru: In a chilling case of alleged gender bias, a 13-day-old baby girl was allegedly murdered by her own father in Chikkaballapura after he was reportedly upset that his second child was also a daughter.The accused, Imran, has been arrested by Chikkaballapura police for allegedly throwing the newborn into the water sump at his in-laws’…
Sonipat: An intense heatwave continues to scorch Haryana, with temperatures breaching the 46°C mark on Tuesday. Relief from the blistering conditions is anticipated from May 29 to June 1, as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicts an approaching western disturbance that may bring thunderstorms, strong winds, and light rainfall.State weather data reveals that Haryana’s average…
