Chennai: Revenue minister K A Sengottaiyan on Thursday triggered a debate in the assembly saying that the rice supplied in the ration shops was used only as animal feed. DMK as well as AIADMK members objected the remarks and asked Sengottaiyan not to demean people who consume ration rice.“The entire country knows that the rice…
Checking points have been set up at strategic locations in Mohali and Chandigarh, especially along district borders, with intensive checking of vehicles and individuals planned at entry and exit points Mohali/Chandigarh: Security has been tightened across Mohali and Chandigarh ahead of the Punjab bandh called by Qaumi Insaf Morcha on Friday, with police stepping up…
A Lucknow bank employee (L) allegedly shot his estranged wife (R) outside her workplace. Her sister and journalist Pragya Mishra (M) alleged, saying he would even beat her over a rotten tomato ordered online LUCKNOW: A Lucknow bank employee who allegedly shot dead his estranged wife outside her workplace had subjected her to repeated physical…
‘Constitution being trampled’: How Rahul’s high-voltage protest unfolded after police refused FIR NEW DELHI: High-voltage drama unfolded at Delhi’s Parliament Street police station on Friday after Rahul Gandhi claimed that police refused to register a complaint over the “police brutality” during July 20 student protest at Jantar Mantar.The Congress leader had gone to the DCP…
Dubai is surrounded by dunes and for a country that has ample desert sand, one would think they would utilise it as a resource. However, the sand underfoot has long been a poor fit for ordinary concrete. Wind makes desert grains unusually fine, smooth, and rounded, so they do not interlock as easily as the…
The plan will also include local value-addition targets for machines that are currently fully imported (representative image) India is set to approve a $1.2-billion incentive scheme for manufacturing high-value and technologically advanced construction and infrastructure equipment, as the government seeks to reduce the country’s dependence on China for critical machinery, according to two government sources…
Shahid Kapoor is officially back in action for ‘Farzi 2’. Fresh off a holiday, the actor has stepped straight into a demanding shoot schedule, picking up where the breakout debut season left off. The first season became a crime thriller hit, largely due to his standout performance. ‘Farzi 2′ resumes shoot in Mumbai According to…
MIT Grows living circuits from bacteria. (Credit: MIT News) For most of computing history, information has moved through wires, as electrons pushed along a circuit by voltage. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have now built a version of that same logic using something far older than any transistor: living bacteria.The team, led…
Australian captain Pat Cummins, second left, leads his players from the field following their nine wicket loss to Bangladesh AP/PTI) Australia have confirmed a key change at the top of their batting order for the second Test against Bangladesh, with recalled opener Matthew Renshaw set to make his return to the Test side in Mackay.Captain…
Snow-covered mountain ranges of the Montagne Noire. Image Credit: Von Christian Ferrer/Wikipedia Nearly 400 fossils discovered in southern France are giving scientists a detailed view of marine life that lived close to the South Pole about 470 million years ago. The fossils belong to the newly described Cabrières Biota, an Early Ordovician fossil site in…
