Mumbai: After a week of relentless rain, hot and humid weather returned on Friday as rainfall activity eased in Mumbai as well as many parts of Western Ghats. IMD has forecast only light showers over the weekend for the city.The Colaba and Santacruz observatories recorded 0.8mm and 0.4mm of rainfall, respectively, in the 24 hours…
Panchkula: The Panchkula traffic police have issued a special advisory ahead of the municipal corporation election vote counting at Govt Girls Postgraduate College, Sector 14, on May 13.The advisory will be in force from 5am to 5pm to ensure smooth and secure arrangements. The road stretch from Valmiki Chowk to the Sector-14 industrial area cut…
The latest seven-year data for QDENGA show continued protection against dengue infection (Representative image) NEW DELHI: India has approved its first dengue vaccine, with the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) granting market authorisation to vaccine QDENGA, developed by Takeda Biopharmaceuticals India. The vaccine is approved for people aged 4 to 60 years and can…
Pune: The widening of the 3.5km Katraj-Kondhwa road stretch is expected to pick up pace with state govt approving cash compensation for project-related land acquisition, a key issue that stalled the PMC initiative for nearly eight years.Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) had taken up the the project in 2018. “Most landowners along the stretch had, however,…
Kolkata: In an unprecedented move to ensure free, fair and peaceful election, the EC plans to create a strict 100-metre perimeter — a ‘Lakshman Rekha’ — around every polling booth in Bengal. The boundary will be marked with white chalk, and only poll officials, security personnel and voters of the booth will be allowed entry….
A new scientific study is quietly changing the way researchers understand human evolution. It focuses on something surprisingly small: ancient tooth proteins preserved inside fossils around 400,000 years old. These teeth were discovered in China and are linked to early human ancestors. The findings suggest that long-lost human populations may have interacted in ways scientists…
LUCKNOW: Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd (TPREL) has unveiled an ambitious plan to install three lakh rooftop solar systems across Uttar Pradesh in next three years, banking on strong govt incentives, innovative financing models and growing consumer demand to transform the state into India’s leading rooftop solar market.The company launched its flagship “Ghar Ghar Solar”…
Panaji: The Chemists and Druggists Association of Goa joined the nationwide shutdown of all pharmacies and addressed a letter to PM Modi through the North Goa collector to highlight the illegal and unregulated online sale of medicines, sale and home delivery of medicines without valid and verified prescriptions, and predatory discounting practices by online medicine…
The victim’s mother (L) recounted the alleged assault, while police said a case was registered promptly after receiving the complaint. PASCHIM MEDINIPUR: Following the alleged sexual molestation of a six-year-old Class 1 student in West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district, protests have broken out outside the school.Parents and locals demand action against the accused and the…
Jaipur: Around 50 electricity poles and a large stockpile of stones were found on forest land outside the area officially diverted for the proposed Greenfield Airport in the buffer zone of Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve, a forest department inspection found.The alleged violations were recorded in the Jakhamund forest block under the Rampuriya check post of…
