In 2025, Ghaziabad ranked first among the world’s most polluted cities with an average AQI of 183, while Noida (172) and Greater Noida (168) were among the top 10 Noida: Even as Noida and Ghaziabad rank among the world’s most polluted cities, the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) is operating with nearly half its…
Panaji: Tarun Tejpal’s counsel told the Bombay high court on Friday that the complainant in the 2013 alleged rape case had a “propensity to lie” and that her partying and drinking were “not commensurate” with someone who had been raped and traumatised.Senior advocate Aabad Ponda, appearing for Tejpal in the state’s challenge to his 2021…
Varanasi: A 48-year-old widow was critically injured after an unidentified man allegedly stabbed her multiple times inside her house in Azamgarh’s Powai police station area late Thursday night, police said.The victim– Durgawati– was alone at home when the incident occurred around 10 pm. According to police, the main door of the house was locked from…
Ahmedabad: The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal bench has said that once the I-T department accepts sales and calculates income tax based on them, it cannot say that the purchases were bogus.The tribunal has allowed two appeals filed by an individual trader for assessment years 2019-20 and 2020-21, quashing reassessment proceedings initiated on the basis of…
Chandigarh: Researchers at Panjab University (PU) have been granted a patent for a technology that combines wastewater treatment with green hydrogen generation and the production of a value-added industrial chemical.The patent, titled “Nanocomposite Material for Photocatalytic Dye Degradation and Hydrogen Generation Coupled with Benzyl Alcohol Conversion”, has been awarded to Dr Pinki Sehrawat, Prof Sushil…
The demand for bitumen is expected to be high for the civic areas in the days to come, with PMC poised to lay around 135-km-long roads for an international cycling event, apart from completing regular road repairs and restoration Pune: Escalating bitumen costs have triggered a severe hot-mix shortage in Pune amid surging global crude…
Guwahati: Assam was ranked the most investment-friendly state in the northeast and 14th nationally in India’s first Investment Friendliness Index, published on Friday.Guwahati: Assam was ranked the most investment-friendly state in the northeast and 14th nationally in India’s first Investment Friendliness Index, published on Friday.The index, prepared by NITI Aayog in collaboration with Crisil, credited…
CM Yogi Adityanath in Shamli Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday cautioned the people of Shamli against the “followers of Jinnah”, saying that Samajwadi Party, or the “worshippers of Jinnah”, had changed the demography of the region which had forced Hindus to migrate from Kairana and Kandhla.“Whenever the followers of Jinnah get an opportunity,…
Jaipur: A localized fire at ACME Solar Holdings’ Suryodaya Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facility in Pokhran damaged four Power Conversion Systems (PCS), with the company estimating the revenue impact at around Rs 20 lakh.In a statement, the company said the fire was caused by an IGBT-related short circuit and was quickly brought under control…
SRINAGAR: In a major step towards India’s clean energy mission, Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh V K Saxena Friday commissioned the country’s first and the deepest geothermal wells at Puga valley. ONGC Energy Centre would execute two geothermal wells in the Union Territory.“What has been achieved in Puga valley would serve as a blueprint for India‘s…
