Bengaluru: Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) created a Guinness World Record by planting nearly 15 lakh native saplings across multiple locations in 12 hours, in one of the world’s largest coordinated urban plantation drives. The Guinness World Records adjudicator presented the award to Karnataka govt Sunday.At Dr Shivaram Karanth Layout (DSKL), over 7.1 lakh saplings were…
Dog vaccination drive | File photo Chennai: Tambaram Corporation has vaccinated 42,149 of its estimated 46,286 stray dogs — nearly 90% — through about 10 mass vaccination drives over the past six months under its anti-rabies campaign titled COHAB (Cohabitation). The campaign was launched in Dec last year as part of an initiative to break…
The mangled remains of the car which met with an accident on the NH-65 Hyderabad: Two persons died and eight others sustained injuries when a pickup van jumped the median following a tyre burst and rammed into two cars coming from the opposite direction on NH-65 in Nalgonda district on Sunday morning.The deceased were identified…
A dust storm swept across parts of the city around 4pm on Sunday A dust storm swept across parts of the city around 4pm on Sunday, even as India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast an active monsoon spell over the coming days.The city recorded a maximum temperature of 40.9°C and a minimum of 30°C.According to IMD,…
Kolkata: The Bengal school education department is looking at the Odisha model of paying an additional amount to schools to buy eggs for midday meals if they choose to, in order to bypass the ongoing controversy.The state administration had last week decided to hand over the responsibility of providing midday meals in state-aided schools to…
Residents of Sector 105 demanded that overgrown bushes and trees on vacant plots be taken care of urgently Noida: Residents of Sector 105 have raised concerns over worsening sanitation services and unchecked growth of shrubs, grass and weeds across vacant plots in the area. They said the overgrowth has become a breeding ground for venomous…
Ponda: Plans for IIT Goa’s permanent campus were stalled at six different sites—mostly due to local protests—and it appeared the saga would finally end with the selection of Farmagudi. However, new protests erupted on Sunday as a large group of locals gathered near the Katamgal Dada shrine on the plateau to raise slogans against the…
Gandhinagar: Gujarat is steadily advancing toward becoming India’s leading centre for biotechnology and bio-manufacturing by 2030, stated a report by Gujarat Rajya Institution for Transformation (GRIT). This push is backed by a strategy focused on building skilled talent, specialised education and industry-oriented capabilities, govt said on Sunday.The report, titled ‘Gujarat Bio-Economy 2030: Strategic Skill Architecture…
Drizzle in Ludhiana has done little to soften heatwave Ludhiana: A punishing heatwave is continuing to grip northern India, with a brief weekend drizzle in this city failing to cool temperatures that remain nearly four degrees above seasonal normal.The state’s industrial hub recorded a maximum daytime temperature of 39.6°C on Sunday — 3.7°C higher than…
Rock Garden visitors found a refreshing escape from the scorching summer temperatures as they gathered around the cascading waterfall inside the premises Chandigarh: Chandigarh remained in the grip of intense heat on Sunday, with the maximum temperature rising to 41°C, up from 40.7°C a day earlier. The city recorded conditions nearly 5 degrees above normal,…
