Currently, transformer replacement often takes several hours and sometimes even days in rural areas, causing prolonged outages Gurgaon: In a bid to reduce power disruptions during peak summer, the state power department has directed discoms to replace faulty transformers within two hours in urban areas and four hours in rural areas. The move aims to…
Kolkata: The anti-ragging committee of Jadavpur University has decided to issue a show-cause notice to the placement officer from whose office sensitive information of an RTI was leaked to some engineering students, who harassed another third-year engineering student. The third-year engineering student filed an RTI to know about the data related to the placement cell.“The…
Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday said that YouTuber Gautam Khattar will be arrested within two days and brought to Goa. An FIR has been filed against Khattar for making statements against St Francis Xavier, leading to outrage across Goa.“Anyone who hurts Goans’ sentiments in this manner will not be let off. The case…
Varanasi: To promote sustainable, low-cost farming practices to address rising input costs and climate challenges, the International Rice Research Institute – South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC), Varanasi in collaboration with the department of Agriculture, Himachal Pradesh, conducted a series of training programmes and field visits on natural farming across Mandi and Kangra districts from April…
Gandhinagar: BJP MP from Anand, Mitesh Patel, stirred controversy by stating that even if a single opposition candidate wins from Anklav in the local body elections, he or she will not receive any funds from his local area development grant. The Congress reacted by saying that the people will give a befitting reply to Patel.“There…
Chandigarh: Punjab and Haryana High Court has raised concern over allegations that an undertrial was able to access a mobile phone in jail and called for “serious introspection” by Haryana home department.Justice Sanjay Vashisth made these observations while allowing a bail plea in a narcotics-related case, where the petitioner was accused of being linked to…
Guwahati: Gauhati High Court Tuesday directed the state govt and chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to respond within four weeks to a bunch of PILs seeking action against the CM for alleged hate speeches against minority communities in the state.A bench of Chief Justice Ashutosh Kumar and Justice Arun Dev Choudhury, while hearing three PILs…
GFX Matter BelowJaipur: In Rajasthan, the country’s leading renewable energy hub, solar and wind power plants have been getting orders from the load despatch centre for the past 20 days to reduce their generation in the wake of low demand as the coal-fired thermal plants cannot completely shut down.The state govt has failed to set…
Cabinet secretary TV Somnathan NEW DELHI: Cabinet secretary TV Somanathan on Tuesday invoked Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s vision of a politically neutral and integrity-driven group of civil servants who are not involved in communal wrangles and are fearless in offering honest advice to the executive.TOI has learnt that in his address on “ethics and efficiency in…
Clothing waste in Chile’s Atacama Desert. Dropping unwanted clothes into a donation bank often feels like one of the easiest environmental choices a person can make. It suggests reuse instead of waste, and generosity instead of landfill. In many cases, that instinct is worthwhile. Good-quality garments are resold, reused, repaired or redistributed, helping extend the…
