Mumbai: The city’s malaria burden underscores how far India’s financial capital remains from the World Health Organisation’s 2030 malaria elimination target, with the city continuing to report unusually high infection rates even beyond the traditional peak season.Between Jan 1 and April 21, state health department data reveal that Mumbai recorded 1,773 malaria cases, far ahead…
Bengaluru: Karnataka could face drinking water shortage over the next two months as heatwave conditions worsen, rural development minister Priyank Kharge said while announcing Rs 45 crore to manage the crisis in rural areas.“I am seeing such heatwave conditions in the state after many years. Water levels in borewells and reservoirs are falling, and there…
Hyderabad: Fraudsters posing as law enforcement officials extorted 60 lakh from a 69-year-old retired central govt employee from Miyapur by threatening to arrest him in a fabricated money laundering case. On the victim’s complaint, Cyberabad cyber crime police registered a case and launched a probe.The complainant from Miyapur received a call on March 24 from…
Gurgaon: Three students of a govt school in Faridabad have been booked after a Class 8 student alleged that he was repeatedly sexually assaulted by them inside the school washroom over the course of four days. The case has drawn serious concern given the survivor’s age, medical history, and the apparent failure of the school’s…
Kolkata: Thousands across Kolkata rushed to liquor shops on Saturday, forming long queues as they tried to buy alcohol before the 6 pm election shutdown.Anxiety and urgency marked the city’s liquor outlets as long queues formed outside off-shops, with buyers queueing up before the shops opened. Bars, too, stopped serving after a brief ‘window’ that…
Noida: A 26-year-old man died after a speeding truck crushed him on Dadri-Bisahda Road in the Jarcha area on Saturday. The victim, Dharmendra, was returning to his village after delivering lunch to his father at a workshop when the accident occurred.The truck involved in the accident was seized, but the driver fled the spot, an…
Panaji: Former chief town planner of India, Edgar Ribeiro, who was also instrumental in setting up Goa’s own town and country planning (TCP) department, passed away in Porvorim on Friday. He was 95.Ribeiro was a member of the task force that prepared the Regional Plan (RP) of Goa, 2021, and had made a strong case…
Varanasi: The secretary of Jal Shakti Ministry, VL Kantha Rao, visited the IIT-BHU here on Friday to review ongoing initiatives related to river rejuvenation and water management.During the visit, he inspected the Smart Laboratory on Clean Rivers, where advanced research and technological interventions aimed at improving river water quality and monitoring systems were showcased. The…
Shashank Nimkar’s venture recycles ceramic rejects Things end up in landfills for a reason — no one has figured out how to make money from them. Metals rarely reach a dump. They have resale value, so an entire economy exists to recover every last kilo. What gets left behind is the material with no price…
Chandigarh: Led by Punjab BJP working president Ashwani Sharma, a large number of women from across Punjab marched towards the residence of chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday. They demanded an explanation from the Aam Aadmi Party for opposing the passage of the 131st Constitutional Amendment Bill that could have paved the way for early…
