Aside from distributing supplies, health workers educated residents on handwashing, safe food handling, sanitation, and the use of water-purifying tablets. Mohali: The Mohali health department has intensified field surveillance and preventive operations in parts of Dhakoli after detecting a few mild cases of diarrhoea. Acting on orders from deputy commissioner Komal Mittal, block rapid response…
Former Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan from Congress Pune: Senior functionaries in the Congress and NCP (SP) in Maharashtra, who expressed fears that the BJP may attempt to split their parties, said none of their MPs or MLAs would defect.The opposition has claimed that the BJP and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena are executing ‘Operation Tiger’…
Guwahati: Researchers from IIT Guwahati have found a green way to clean toxic lead by developing a biological process that uses naturally occurring bacteria to extract lead from acidic industrial wastewater. Beyond battery recycling facilities, the developed process can be utilised for treating wastewater from mining, smelting and metallurgical industries, IIT Guwahati said on Wednesday.The…
Lucknow: A fresh western disturbance (WD) is likely to influence weather conditions across north India from Jun 18 and help the southwest monsoon resume its advance towards UP.On Wednesday night, the northern limit of monsoon was passing through Harnai and Solapur in Maharashtra, Hyderabad and Bhadrachalam in Telangana, Koraput and Phulbani in Odisha, Ranchi in…
Kota: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi waded Wednesday into India’s high-pressure exam culture, urging students in Rajasthan’s coaching hub Kota to dream beyond the familiar career script of engineer, doctor, lawyer, IAS or armed forces, while branding the education system a “rejection system” that breeds stress, despair and tragedy.Addressing more than 5,000 registered students at the…
An IAF helicopter carrying sealed NEET-UG retest question paper packets at the Armed Reserve Police Ground in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, on Wednesday. PTI Indian Air Force (IAF) has carried out nearly 200 sorties over the past three-four days to ferry question papers for the June 21 NEET-UG retest to 18 designated zones across the…
Pakistan hostages held by Somalian pirates Ten Pakistani crew members held hostage by Somali pirates aboard the hijacked oil tanker MT Honour 25 have appealed for urgent government intervention through a newly surfaced video, saying they have been in captivity for 57 days, face severe shortages of food and water, and need immediate help to…
The cast of ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ headed to Amsterdam to unveil the film’s highly anticipated second trailer, giving fans fresh glimpses of the next chapter in Peter Parker‘s story and the clearest look yet at newcomer Sadie Sink‘s mysterious character.Stars Tom Holland and Zendaya, who recently confirmed their secret marriage, attended a fan event,…
Today, luck is guiding you, Scorpio, and you will feel it. It’s not in a trumpet-blaring way however, instead, it’s in the way that things work. A plan is in place and money is deposited when you need it, someone responds promptly and a child delivers good news, and your name pops up in the…
New Delhi: Police have arrested two men for allegedly duping job seekers on the pretext of securing employment with reputed multinational companies abroad.The accused, Kush Bhatnagar, 22, and Amit, 23, both residents of Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, were arrested following a complaint by a woman who alleged she was cheated of Rs 1.6 lakh on…
