NEW DELHI: Ahead of winter, when Delhi witnesses severe air pollution, govt is set to roll out a stricter Pollution Under Control Certificate (PUCC) regime. The next generation PUCC 3.0 will use an AI-enabled system to validate the presence of vehicles at test centres, live testing and ensure that the emission-measuring probe is correctly placed…
FILE PHOTO: Players competing at EWC 2025 (Photo: S8UL Esports) Esports, by most metrics, has already arrived. It is global, capital-heavy, and increasingly central to the modern sports-entertainment economy. Countries are building arenas, investors are underwriting leagues, and international events are beginning to mirror the scale of traditional sport.In India, however, esports still lags significantly…
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Varanasi: Two notorious criminals carrying cash rewards of Rs 25,000 each were arrested following a police encounter in Azamgarh on Wednesday night.The accused were identified as Sameer and Shiv Kumar Rajbhar, both residents of Azamgarh district. The accused, wanted in multiple purse-snatching and robbery cases, sustained bullet injuries to their legs during the encounter. After…
Amritsar/Jalandhar: Back-to-back explosions near security installations in Punjab have triggered panic, raised fresh security concerns and put agencies on high alert. Within three hours of a blast outside the BSF Punjab Frontier headquarters in Jalandhar, a powerful explosion occurred near the Army cantonment in the Khasa area of Amritsar around 11 pm on Tuesday. Officials…
Pete Hegseth has apparently declared a war on beards US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was reportedly frustrated to find multiple sailors sporting beards during a visit to a Navy ship last month, prompting a push from Pentagon leadership to enforce stricter grooming standards even as US-Iran tensions escalated.Hegseth left the ship wondering whether the Pentagon…
Turtles, rabbits and even a deer have passed through this crematorium Thane is about to get its second pet crematorium. The Kalwa facility, free like its predecessor, opens on August 15, with two more planned along Ghodbunder Road and in Kopri. Until then, the Thane Municipal Corporation’s pet crematorium in Majiwada remains the district’s only…
New Delhi: Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) has increased the price of compressed natural gas (CNG) for the second time in three days, a move that may push up freight and passenger fares in the capital.The price of CNG in the national capital increased by Re 1 per kg, from Rs 88.09 to Rs 89.09, on…
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Chennai: Tamil Nadu govt in the budget on Wednesday announced plans to restore the Cooum and Adyar rivers yet again through global tenders, reviving efforts to clean up the city’s two most polluted waterways. A detailed project report (DPR) will be prepared for the project, with govt aiming to transform the rivers on the lines…
