Hyderabad: A packaged drinking water unit in Gajularamaram was found operating without the mandatory No Objection Certificate (NOC) for groundwater extraction.During inspections by the Cyberabad Municipal Corporation, officials noted that the unit’s water analysis reports were incomplete, as microbial analysis was not carried out. The operators also failed to submit NABL-accredited certification reports for the…
Dhubri: A grassroots environmental initiative in Assam is steadily transforming the district’s landscape with an ambitious afforestation drive. Kalpataru–Dhubri, a local organisation dedicated to ecological restoration, has pledged to plant two lakh seedlings across Dhubri district by the end of this year.In the past four months alone, the group has planted 20,000 seedlings of diverse…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) will conduct “CET Seat Allotment Manthana” workshops across 65 govt engineering, medical and dental colleges in the state from May 25 to 30 to create awareness about the counselling and seat allotment process for professional courses.Announcing the initiative, KEA executive director H Prasanna said the workshops are aimed at…
RRB NTPC Graduate CBT 2 exam date 2026 The Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) have announced the tentative schedule for the second-stage Computer Based Test (CBT 2) for the Non-Technical Popular Categories (NTPC) Graduate recruitment under Centralised Employment Notice (CEN) No. 06/2025.According to the official notice, the RRB NTPC Graduate CBT 2 examination will be conducted…
Ludhiana: A local court has sentenced four drug traffickers, including a couple, to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for keeping 98-kg poppy husk.Special court judge Gurpreet Kaur also imposed a fine of ₹1 lakh on each convict. In Sept 2015, police had intercepted Shinderpal, his wife Sandeep, Charanjit, and Jagtar Chand near Gauspur Chowk following…
Pune: Why does India, despite decades of control programmes, still struggle to eliminate malaria when countries with comparable climates have succeeded?As of early 2026, the World Health Organization (WHO) has certified over 40 countries and territories as malaria-free, including Egypt (2024), China (2021) and Sri Lanka (2016).India has made significant progress in its fight against…
New Delhi: India moved up two places to emerge as the 11th biggest recipient of foreign direct investment (FDI in 2025, with inflows jumping 44% to $39 billion. The country is emerging as a preferred destination for investments in electronics, automobiles material and industrial manufacturing, the latest World Investment Report said.The UNCTAD publication also said…
he UK and Canada saw 31 and 30 attacks, respectively, on Indians. NEW DELHI: The US accounted for maximum number of instances of attack on Indians living abroad in the past five years, according to figures tabled by govt in Parliament on Thursday. While 33 such attacks were reported from the US from 2021 to…
The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Thursday released the provisional answer key for the Re NEET UG 2026 re-examination conducted on June 21. Along with the answer key, the agency has also opened the answer key challenge window for candidates.According to a public notice issued by NTA, candidates can challenge the provisional answer key online…
Toyota Kirloskar Motor has launched the updated 2026 Innova Crysta in India with a slew of cosmetic and feature upgrades. The updated MPV now starts at Rs 19.72 lakh, ex-showroom. The latest update is likely to be the final major refresh for the long-running Innova Crysta before the model is eventually phased out around 2027….
