New Delhi: To address manpower shortages in Delhi Fire Service (DFS), Delhi govt is considering engaging former Agniveers to fill operational posts.The proposal was discussed at a Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) meeting on Monday, chaired by TS Sandhu, days after the south Delhi fire that claimed 22 lives. Sandhu suggested exploring the engagement of…
Gold and cash theft, a representational image Ludhiana: A sewing machine wholesaler returned from a brief family vacation to find his home systematically plundered of cash and gold by a trusted shop employee who used a spare key to bypass security.Vansh Mehta and his family returned to their Shivpuri home after a two-day trip, only…
POWERGRID Non Executive Admit Card 2026 Out CBT Exam On 1 July For 660 Vacancies PGCIL admit card 2026: Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) has released the PGCIL Non Executive Admit Card 2026 for Diploma Trainee (DT), Junior Officer Trainee (JOT) and Junior Technician Trainee (JTT) posts. Candidates who applied under Advertisement No….
The government is working on a third edition of the Jan Vishwas Bill that will go beyond decriminalising minor offences and focus on simplifying procedures, reducing compliance burden and making business operations easier, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday.Speaking at the World Bank Group’s workshop on the Business Ready (B-READY) framework, Goyal…
Lucknow: Gen Z is combining traditional degrees with parallel online skill-based courses to enhance career prospects.Moving beyond single-discipline programs, students are opting for innovative combinations such as history with data analytics, political science with public policy and English literature with digital content creation.At the same time, they are actively enrolling in online courses alongside their…
Rajkot: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) trapped a government sub-auditor and a middleman in a Rs 14,000 bribery case linked to the renewal of a money-lending (finance) licence in Jamnagar.An auditor named in the case is absconding.According to the ACB, the complainant had applied to the District Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Jamnagar, for renewal of a finance…
Chandigarh: A Chandigarh court has ordered community service for two men who pleaded guilty in a drunken driving case after allegedly misbehaving with a woman traffic marshal and police personnel during a late-night checking drive.The accused, Lovejot Singh (26) and Gaganpreet Singh (27), residents of Samrala in Ludhiana, were stopped at an anti-drunk driving naka…
China’s increased purchases of ethane also come ahead of a planned mid-May visit by Donald Trump to Beijing. (AI image) China, the world’s second largest economy, is facing supply disruptions due to the ongoing Middle East conflict. China is on track to bring in an unprecedented volume of US ethane this month, as petrochemical firms…
Police said he ordered 30,000 capsules and 50kg of zinc phosphide online Mumbai: The 39-year-old Pune man arrested for allegedly distributing pills filled with zinc phosphide to participants of a Muharram procession in Byculla last week arrived in the city about a fortnight ago and checked into a budget hotel in Dongri, said Byculla police….
Stanford University researchers came up with an innovative optical amplifier about the size of a fingertip. This tiny device could change high-speed data communications by cutting down on energy use significantly. Traditional amplifiers tend to be large and consume a lot of power, but this new chip is different. It features a ‘racetrack-shaped’ resonator that…
