Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh is set to create a new benchmark in environmental conservation by planting 35 crore saplings in a single day on July 12 under the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ campaign, chief minister Yogi Adityanath announced on Monday.Addressing ministers, MPs, MLAs, mayors, panchayat representatives and urban local body members through a video conference,…
Innovation often begins with solving problems that others consider impossible. For Dr Robert Sola Okojie, a Nigerian-born engineer and inventor, that pursuit has led to a career spanning more than two decades at Nasa and groundbreaking contributions to space technology. After 21 years at Nasa and securing 21 US patents, he was inducted into the…
Bathinda: NGO 5 Rivers Heart Association (5RHA) has submitted a proposal to the Punjab govt offering to establish a medical college and teaching hospital in Nawanshahr under the public-private partnership (PPP) model.The project is envisioned as the first phase of the proposed Panjab University Hospital and Institute of Advanced Medical Sciences, which aims to become…
Indian expatriates in the UAE are lining up for passport renewals With the summer travel season at its peak, hundreds of Indian expatriates in the UAE are lining up for passport renewals and other consular services after a transition in service providers disrupted normal operations.Since July 1, the Embassy of India in Abu Dhabi and…
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Pune: The Pune District Legal Services Authority (PDLSA) has approved financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh under the state’s Manodhairya scheme for the family of a nine-and-a-half-year-old girl who allegedly died after being sexually assaulted in Junnar taluka on Aug 18.The decision was taken on Monday, the first day in office of Anju Shende, the…
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s grandnephew Chandra Kumar Bose resigned from the TMC on Monday, citing personal reasons, months after joining the party ahead of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections. NEW DELHI: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s grandnephew Chandra Kumar Bose on Monday resigned from the Trinamool Congress (TMC), saying he was “disillusioned” with mainstream political…
FILE – Ted Turner speaks during the CNN World Report Contributors banquet in Atlanta on May 4, 1995. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File) Donald Trump has come under criticism after paying tribute to late WCW founder Ted Turner while also using the statement to attack CNN following Turner’s death at the age of 87. Turner’s death…
Pune: A coach of Mumbai-Solapur Vande Bharat Express derailed while entering Pune station around 7.15pm on Monday, blocking the main line between Mumbai and Pune. No one was injured. Eight to nine train arrivals were affected.One Vande Bharat passenger said they had to sit in the train for over 90 minutes before being told to…
The UAE has announced a temporary suspension of new visas for nationals of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and South Sudan as authorities step up measures to prevent the spread of Ebola.The decision, announced jointly by the National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Authority (NCEMA) and the Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs…
