Kolkata: ITC is recalibrating its cigarette portfolio to cushion the impact of higher taxes, chairperson Sanjiv Puri said on Friday, attributing the company’s recent share-price weakness largely to increased taxation on cigarettes.Responding to shareholders at the AGM, Puri said ITC had adopted calibrated price hikes to minimise loss of market share to the illicit trade….
Filed by NidhiLudhiana: The work on e bus depots at Hambran Road and Ghoda Colony is going slow and without completion of these e-bus depots, the buses will not reach the city. The officials claimed that it would take time at Ghoda Colony due to certain reasons and work is going at the site.The city…
Chandigarh residents and students gathered peacefully at Sector 17 Plaza to express solidarity with environmentalist and education reformer Sonam Wangchuk Chandigarh: Expressing concern over recent developments in the national capital following peaceful student protests regarding the alleged NEET-UG 2026 paper leak, the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at the PGI has called for immediate accountability…
Dibrugarh: Floodwaters have cut off Janzimukh Gaon for five days, leaving boats as its only lifeline.The Burhidihing has submerged every road and path linking the village, 42 km from Dibrugarh town, to the mainland. Its 99 households, comprising 575 residents, now depend on tulunga nao, or small country boats, for transport.The Mising village relies mainly…
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said the proposed US-Saudi civil nuclear agreement would only be approved if Saudi Arabia normalises diplomatic relations with Israel by joining the Abraham Accords, adding that the deal would not permit uranium enrichment or any military nuclear programme.Trump’s remarks come a day after the United States and Saudi Arabia…
Conservancy biologists with a 16ft, 135lb female Burmese python found while radio-tracking a male scout snake in southwest Florida in February 2025. Florida scientists used female Burmese pythons as live lures to find invasive males in the Everglades, but 3 million camera-trap photos produced only four python detections.A study published in the journal Southeastern Naturalist…
Amid the ongoing protests against the NEET paper leak, while several celebrities have come out in the favour of CJP, now actor Meerra Chopraa, who is Priyanka Chopra‘s cousin has voiced her displeasure after a CJP protester was allegedly heard using abusive language against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a demonstration. On Thursday, Priyanka Chopra’s…
KS DAT 2026 round 1 seat allotment result out The Lal Bahadur Shastri (LBS) Centre for Science and Technology, Kerala, has announced the Kerala Design Aptitude Test (KS DAT) 2026 round 1 seat allotment result. Candidates who took part in the KS DAT counselling process can now check their allotment status on the official website,…
Security personnel stop a protestor near Jantar Mantar during a protest march, in New Delhi. NEW DELHI: India’s first individual Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra on Thursday called for an education system that “inspires confidence” as protests over alleged irregularities in the NEET examination continue across the country, with multiple students having died by suicide.Without…
Image(s): Smithsonian Gardens Magnolia trees are admired around the world for their large, fragrant flowers, but they also preserve one of the oldest evolutionary stories in the plant kingdom. Long before bees, butterflies or many modern flowering plants appeared, magnolias were already blooming across prehistoric landscapes. Fossil evidence suggests the ancestors of modern magnolias evolved…
