Mangrove forests are usually celebrated for one thing above all else, their ability to lock away planet warming carbon in their tangled roots and waterlogged soil. A new global study suggests that praise has been badly incomplete, and that these same coastal forests are quietly performing another job worth billions of dollars every year, cleaning…
Kolkata: Immediately after taking charge of the sports and youth welfare dept on Tuesday, minister Nishith Pramanik ordered a fresh probe into the Messi fiasco at Salt Lake Stadium on Dec 13 that triggered chaos, vandalism and allegations of large-scale administrative failure under the previous Trinamool govt.The announcement came within hours of Pramanik taking charge…
Virat Kohli and Kane Williamson (AP/PTI) Kane Williamson‘s retirement from international cricket has reignited discussion around one of Test cricket’s most exclusive milestones: 10,000 runs.The New Zealand great brought the curtain down on a remarkable 16-year international career with 9,515 Test runs to his name, leaving him just 485 runs short of joining the elite…
Ahmedabad: In a coordinated effort between medical authorities and the police, a green corridor was created to transport organs from a brain-dead woman at GMERS Medical College and General Hospital, Gandhinagar, to Ahmedabad Civil Hospital for transplantation.According to officials, Kajal Rathod, who was undergoing treatment at the Gandhinagar hospital, was declared brain-dead by doctors. Her…
The signboard, installed on a public road outside the Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) campus, was allegedly put up without authorisation, according to the activists. BENGALURU: An FIR has been registered against members of a pro-Kannada organisation for allegedly vandalising a Hindi signboard at BEL Circle in Bengaluru while protesting against what they described as the…
Hyderabad: Former minister T Harish Rao said the Congress govt ministers were contradicting their own figures on expenditure on farmers schemes. He said while deputy CM Bhatti Vikramarka claimed the govt had spent ₹1.56 lakh crore for farmers, CM Revanth Reddy claimed the expenditure was ₹1.75 lakh crore.“Which of these figures is true?” Harish Rao…
Pawan Kumar Chandana profile: IIT graduate, former ISRO scientist and Skyroot Aerospace CEO India marked a milestone in its private space sector, as Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace successfully launched Vikram-1, the country’s first privately built orbital rocket, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The mission, named Mission Aagaman, placed technology demonstration payloads from Indian…
Bangladeshi patients in Kolkata Kolkata: he arrival of Bangladeshi patients at Kolkata hospitals has increased over the last couple of months or so, with at least three facilities reporting a turnout close to 50% of the arrivals till mid-2024. The flow of patients reduced drastically after unrest triggered by anti-Hasina protests broke out across the…
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police took over 200 people, many of them listed as ‘bad characters’, into preventive custody while they were on their way to Jantar Mantar. Intelligence inputs have indicated that more people, including non-students from Punjab, UP, Rajasthan and Haryana, were being mobilised to travel to the capital.Officials clarified that people who had…
