Dibrugarh: With the monsoon season just weeks away, Sivasagar district administration convened a key meeting at the DC’s office on Thursday as part of its action plan for flood preparedness for the current year.The meeting brought together representatives from several govt departments to review preparedness levels, exchange views on critical flood-related concerns and issue directives…
NEW DELHI: Ending 10 days of suspense, the Congress on Thursday finally picked VD Satheesan as the next chief minister of Kerala after days of intense lobbying, marathon consultations and growing pressure within the party following the UDF’s sweeping victory in the assembly elections.The Congress-led alliance returned to power in the state after nearly a…
Spirit Airlines has ceased operations after decades of making air travel affordable. Image Credit: Gemini The dark silence that hung over terminals in airports that used to buzz filled with Spirit Airlines’ bright yellow aircraft sounded like the conclusion of a time for low-cost travellers. In the past three decades, Spirit Airlines has made flying…
Mumbai: ICICI Bank has launched a USD-denominated debit card in partnership with Visa, marking a shift in how Non-Resident Indians manage offshore wealth by eliminating currency conversion layers for dollar spending.The product allows NRIs to spend directly in USD without incurring the typical 3.5% currency markup fee and GST that applies when using Indian NRE…
Archana Puran Singh’s younger son, Ayushmaan Sethi, recently revealed that he had fallen victim to an online scam involving Rs 84,000. Earlier he had revealed that on their vlog and also said that he got his money back. However, now, he has spoken about the incident at length and how it happened in his brother…
IIT Delhi launches industry membership programme for long-term research and corporate collaboration NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi has launched an Industry Membership Program aimed at building long-term partnerships with companies through a structured and paid engagement model. The initiative will be implemented by the institute’s Corporate Relations Office to strengthen collaboration between…
Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma Mumbai Indians could have a third captain leading the side in IPL 2026 when they face Punjab Kings at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala on Thursday.Regular captain Hardik Pandya is currently injured, while stand-in skipper Suryakumar Yadav has not traveled to Dharamsala for the match, as TimesofIndia.com reported.That…
The roughly 59,000-year-old molar tooth was found in Chagyrskaya Cave. Image credit: Zubova et al., 2026, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 In the past, it was the case that Neanderthal was used to describe an abbreviation for someone who was unsteady or dumb. The image we had of them was that of hulking figures whizzing across…
Masik Shivratri is the sacred day dedicated to Lord Shiva. The day holds a great religious and spiritual significance among Hindus. Shivratri falls every month and devotees of Lord Shiva worship him with devotion and purity. The day is considered as an extremely auspicious day seek blessings of Lord Shiva. Devotees observe fast from dawn…
Silchar: Weeks before the onset of monsoon, the collapse of a major portion of the Ganigram-Katigorah dyke in Cachar district has triggered panic among residents and sparked allegations of large-scale corruption in the embankment project.The embankment, built at an estimated cost of Rs 17.62 crore under the Cachar investigation division of the water resources department,…
