New Delhi: Delhi’s roads are set for a technology upgrade as govt moves ahead with an EMI-based model to modernise nearly 93,000 streetlights and replace thousands of CCTV cameras across the city.PWD minister Parvesh Verma said that the idea is to improve public safety, ensure better maintenance of civic infrastructure and reduce the burden of…
The government has not estimated how many vehicles in India are fully compatible with E20 fuel, Parliament was informed on Monday. It, however, maintained that the ethanol blending programme is backed by scientific studies and consultations with automobile manufacturers and technical institutions.Responding to a query, minister of state for petroleum and natural gas Suresh Gopi…
Dhubri: A dilapidated RCC bridge over the Biskhowa rivulet in Biskhowa village under the Golokganj sector of the Indo-Bangladesh border in Dhubri district has become a major source of inconvenience for residents of several border villages.Border villagers alleged that the bridge was constructed in 2001 when late Dinesh Chandra Sarker represented the Golokganj legislative constituency….
India’s purchases of Russian crude have remained elevated. (AI image) Making its energy security mandate clear, India has said that it is buying crude oil from Russia irrespective of a sanctions waiver by the US. The statement from Sujata Sharma, joint secretary in the petroleum ministry comes days after a Bloomberg report said that India…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has issued a notice to Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on a plea filed by activist Harsh Mander seeking registration of an FIR against him for his “provocative” remarks on “Miya Muslims”.Additional Sessions Judge Sonu Agnihotri issued the notice while hearing a revision petition filed by Mander against the…
Hidden GPS tracker, a representational image Ludhiana: Three alleged thieves led by a dismissed cop tore apart a luxury rental car’s tracking electronics, but missed the one beacon that doomed them. Illegal guns and a hospital escape were next episodes of the drama.Police intercepted and arrested the trio — Vikas, a sacked constable from Ferozepur,…
New Delhi: The temperature continue to soar and Delhi saw its hottest day this season on Thursday when the maximum was 40.3 degrees Celsius, four notches above normal.The Met depatment expects the maximum will rise further.This is also the first time when the city’s base station, Safdarjung, recorded temperatures above 40 degrees. Delhi’s air quality…
Learning something from a finished textbook can give us a clear answer, but it does not always show us how that answer came to be. James Clerk Maxwell believed that students could gain something deeper by returning to the original work of the scientists who first developed an idea. In his words, “It is of…
Rohtak: The vice chancellor of Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences (PBDUHS), Rohtak, issued show-cause notices on Friday to two examiners from the department of oral surgery of its constituent dental college. The notices sought an explanation within seven days why they should not be removed from answer sheet evaluation duties and other…
Not every win will feel complete today. The Sun gives you presence and authority, and there are signs of money moving toward you, especially old dues or delayed payments, yet the emotional side may still feel a bit bruised if outcomes don’t match your grand expectation.That’s the trick of the day. You may get the…
