Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) need to fix several issues quickly as they try to keep their IPL 2026 title defence on track after a worrying dip in form midway through the season.Their upcoming clash against Mumbai Indians in Raipur has become important for the Red and Gold side after back-to-back defeats against Gujarat…
A young boy named Matthew Berger found important fossils in South Africa. These fossils, named Australopithecus sediba, showed a mix of ape and human features. The discovery challenged existing ideas about human evolution. Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons Although we were all busy trying to survive our first year living in the age of smartphones in…
Central Ridge, which stretches along both sides of Upper Ridge Road, is part of the ‘green lungs’ of the city New Delhi: Providing the highest legal protection to the city’s ‘green lungs’, Delhi govt has granted reserved forest status to 673.3 hectares of Central Ridge after a wait of more than three decades.Part of the…
Thane: The Thane Municipal Corporation has identified highly vulnerable landslide-prone zones within the city limits and directed teams to interact with residents living in these locations and update them with precautionary measures to be taken during the monsoon.Around 14 potential spots have been identified of which extremely risky stretches—Lokmanya Sawarkar nagar, Gholai and Atkoneshwar Nagar…
BENGALURU: The human breast milk bank at Vani Vilas Hospital, called Amruthadhare, has been a lifesaver for 3,612 babies – predominantly those born preterm – since its inception in 2022. The bank has collected a total of 863 litres of breast milk so far from more than 3,982 donors.Milk from the bank is used for…
Chennai: The water resources department (WRD) expects the release of Krishna water to resume from May 15 after a temporary halt by the Andhra Pradesh govt for maintenance works. Officials said Chennai has so far received 1.1tmcft of water in the ongoing second spell of Krishna water supply. The department also expects the supply to…
Hyderabad: The healthcare sector is feeling the pain of the ongoing West Asia conflict, with prices of surgical disposables, pharmaceutical raw materials, and finished medicines rising sharply over the past few months.Hospital suppliers and pharma traders in Hyderabad said prices of essential medical consumables such as IV sets, IV cannulas, syringes, urine bags, suction catheters,…
Kolkata: The hallowed halls of the Bengal Legislative Assembly witnessed a symbolic and literal power shift on Saturday. In a move that local observers are calling the ultimate ‘Kissa Kursi Ka’, the furniture that once defined the previous administration was unceremoniously replaced to make way for the new order.The most striking change occurred in the…
Chandigarh: Hours after Punjab minister Sanjeev Arora was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Hampton Sky Realty Ltd issued a statement denying allegations of “round-tripping” and “bogus exports” levelled by the agency in the case linked to the minister, who earlier served as a director of the company.The company said it entered the mobile phone…
Pune: The state agriculture department cancelled 54 and suspended 786 licences of fertiliser dealers and retailers over the past five weeks for alleged diversion, hoarding and possible industrial misuse of subsidised urea ahead of the kharif sowing season.Sunil Borkar, director of agriculture (quality control and inputs), told TOI, “During investigation, our officials physically verified high-volume…
