Commenting on the fuel price revision, Arvind Kumar of IOCL said that the hike was relatively small despite mounting global pressures. (AI image) Calling the petrol and diesel price hike a ‘small rise’, Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)‘s Director (Refineries) Arvind Kumar has said that refineries are running at over 100% capacity to maintain uninterrupted…
Dibrugarh: A team from the Longding Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) has recorded a yellow puffball mushroom during a routine field visit to Zedua village. This may be one of the earliest documented sightings of the species from the district and a significant addition to the known fungal diversity of Arunachal Pradesh.The field survey was conducted…
JAIPUR: BSNL-India’s largest govt-owned telecom PSU, recorded the weakest mobile network performance on the 456.9-km Jodhpur-Ahmedabad rail route, with the highest poor-signal rate and call drops among operators, according to a Telecom Regulatory Authority of India report issued on June 29.TRAI’s Independent Drive Test, conducted in May 2026 across the Rajasthan and Gujarat telecom circles,…
Young audiences turned out in droves to movie theaters around the country this weekend. It wasn’t for the big budget ‘Star Wars’ movie, ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’, which fell sharply in its second weekend, however, but for a small budget horror from a 20-year-old first-time filmmaker that began on the internet. ‘Backrooms’ breaks box office…
Palghar: Police recovered the skeleton of a 32-year-old history-sheeter from the water tank of a housing complex at Nalasopara in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, nearly five months after he went missing, and arrested five men for allegedly murdering him, officials said on Saturday.The victim, identified as Ravi Bidlan, went missing on Jan 15 this year, they…
The 30-hour, two-credit course is being taught by Pune-based Modi Marathi expert Girish Mandke Panaji: In an effort to revive the extinct Modi Marathi script and create local expertise to decipher Goa’s historical records, the state archives department has partnered with Sant Sohirobanath Ambiye Govt College, Virnoda, Pernem, to train 69 students, teachers and local…
NIELIT O Level July 2026 admit card out; theory examination begins from July 11 The National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) has released the O Level admit card for the July 2026 examination cycle. Candidates appearing for the examination can download their individual theory and practical hall tickets from the official student portal…
NEW DELHI: Pope Leo XIV’s first major moral reflection on artificial intelligence appears to closely echo Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s repeated calls for human-centric, ethical and inclusive AI governance, with both leaders warning that technology must serve people rather than reduce them to data, profit or power.In his encyclical Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human…
Guwahati: Public transport operators in the city have said they are unwilling to raise transportation fares despite another immediate surge in fuel prices, fearing it could drive away passengers struggling with rising living costs.State transport minister Charan Boro, while speaking to the media on Tuesday, said, “We urge the public to reduce the use of…
Guwahati: Assam Rifles has stepped up area domination patrols across sensitive stretches of Manipur’s Kamjong district following Thursday’s firing incident along the India-Myanmar border that left a Myanmarese refugee woman wounded.According to a defence PRO, heavy firing and explosions were reported near Z Choro and Namlee villages in the early hours of Thursday. “Despite the…
