Mission shakti takes 40 tribal women beyond their village for the first time LUCKNOW: For decades, life for the women of Pandi, a remote tribal village nestled amid forests and hills in Uttar Pradesh’s Chandauli district, revolved around the boundaries of their village. Most had never travelled beyond its narrow forest tracks, let alone seen…
The accused was arrested last week for allegedly running a counterfeit currency printing setup from a hotel room in Faridabad Gurgaon: At an annual package of Rs 42 lakh, Vinayak Jha did not need to print notes to become rich. But the software engineer with a multinational company in Noida was not chasing wealth —…
FDA officials with seized stock in Pune Pune: The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched a sweeping crackdown on banned gutka, adulterated food products, illegal medicines and misleading drug practices across the state, seizing goods worth over Rs34.7 crore in a month-long operation.The drive was carried out between May 25 and June 24, covering…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu govt on Thursday said it is firmly committed to rooting out corruption and ensuring an honest, transparent and clean administration by bringing all departmental procurements and public tenders under stringent monitoring mechanism. “Interference of middlemen and illegal gratification practices that prevailed hitherto will be eliminated,” Governor R V Arlekar said, while reading…
Scientists have transformed a simple fragment of a cicada’s wing into an optical platform capable of detecting molecular signals By coating a cicada wing with an extremely thin layer of silver, researchers in Taiwan have created a highly sensitive optical sensor that can boost very weak molecular signals by tens of millions of times.The findings,…
Bicholim/Keri: The devotees associated with the worship of Lairai return to nature during their fast leading up to the goddess’ annual jatra. The dhonds, in preparation of participation in rituals, partake in entirely vegetarian fare, made of seasonal veggies and traditional dishes.The fast begins on the Hindu new year of Gudi Padwa, and five days…
The emergence of a fresh alert on the climate front continues to make rounds in meteorological circles across the globe. Preliminary reports indicate that the currently forming El Niño in the tropical Pacific Ocean will grow to become extremely strong within the next few months. There is a possibility that it will be the strongest…
Margao: Police sub-inspectors Sanket Naik and Gaurav Naik were suspended from duty on Friday in connection with the assault on a group of persons at the Maina-Curtorim police station earlier this week.Three police constables – Chetan Koli, Samir Sudhir, and Pundalik Parit – were already suspended earlier in the case pending inquiry.The incident is learnt…
Rishabh Pant and Yuvraj Singh (File Photos) NEW DELHI: Rishabh Pant recently gave Yuvraj Singh a special gift to thank him for helping him ahead of IPL 2026. Pant had approached Yuvraj for guidance after a difficult phase in his career, which included a poor IPL season last year and missing out on India’s T20…
A 20-year-old man, Mohammed Sameer, reportedly died of sunstroke in Bidar district while on his way to a market (Image used for representational purpose only) BIDAR: A 20-year-old man who went out to a neighbourhood market to bring vegetables suddenly collapsed to his death in Bidar district’s Kamalanagar taluk Sunday, reportedly due to sunstroke.Mohammed Sameer,…
