By 2.30 pm in Pune, the summer sun has a way of making women disappear.Only the eyes and fingers are visible as Sujata Khilare crosses the Hirabaug chowk near Shukrawar Peth, her face wrapped in a colourful dupatta and her green sari hidden beneath a white lab-coat-like lightweight jacket dotted with blue flowers. She is…
NEW DELHI: Riding on the growing contribution of solar energy to the power generation mix, India comfortably met the peak power demand of 256 gigawatts (GW) on Saturday, the highest ever recorded on a single day, amid soaring temperatures across the country.At the time of peak demand of 256.1 GW, reached at 3.38pm, solar contributed…
Aizawl: Two legislators of BJP Mizoram Pradesh and the lone MLA of the Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) are yet to decide whether they will vote for the ruling Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) candidate or Mizo National Front (MNF) nominee in the election to Mizoram’s Rajya Sabha seat, scheduled for June 18.Both BJP and Congress…
FSSAI bars Dabur’s 100 guarantee claims NEW DELHI: If a food label says “100% pure”, “100% natural” or “100% purity guaranteed”, consumers may still need to read it with caution. In one of its strongest actions against misleading food labels, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has ordered Dabur India to stop selling…
NEW DELHI: A light-hearted exchange between Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and a mutual fund distributor who described himself as a long-time BJP supporter has gone viral on social media, drawing widespread reactions from users across the political spectrum.The interaction began after X user Muthukrishnan Dhandapani claimed in a detailed post that Gandhi had been his…
Ahmedabad: A 58-year-old managing director of based valve manufacturing company in Odhav lost Rs 75.6 lakh to cyberfraudsters who allegedly posed as representatives of two business-to-business (B2B) export marketing firms and lured him with promises of international purchase orders. The complaint was registered with Ahmedabad Cyber Crime police on Monday.According to the FIR, the businessman…
Hisar: The 19-day-long agitation in Chanot village near Hansi intensified on Wednesday after 51 women, including an 80-year-old resident, began an indefinite hunger strike over the village’s drinking water and electricity problems.The women protesters said they would continue their fast until the long-pending civic issues were resolved. They alleged that repeated appeals to the authorities…
Access to Bankra mosque is suspended for two days due to urgent road repairs. KOLKATA: Access to the 136-year-old Bankra mosque inside airport’s operational area has been suspended for two days, till Sunday, after airport authorities cited rain damage to the approach road and began urgent repairs. Devotees may resume namaz from Monday if work…
Forest & Environment Department, Sikkim Govt, and WWF-India NEW DELHI: In what represents only the second photographic record of Eurasian lynx — a medium-sized wild cat distinguished by its characteristic ear tufts and short tail — in the entire eastern Himalayan region, the species was photographed by a camera trap deployed at 5,250 metres on…
Chennai: In a bid to attract more retired engineers, foremen and line inspectors to fill critical staffing gaps in the discom, the Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation (TNPDCL) has hiked the wages for them up to ₹30,000 per month. Experts point out that this situation could have been avoided if the utility had created a…
