On a hot roof in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a small experimental device sat in the sun without a fan, compressor or electrical connection. Its job was simply to get colder than the air around it. Water moved through one part of the device, heat escaped through another, and layers of insulating material helped keep the cooling…
BMC Education Committee chairperson Rajeshree Shirwadkar expressed displeasure over the incident and directed the civic administration to submit a detailed report Mumbai: A BMC school in Govandi’s Sanjay Nagar allegedly being used to tether goats came under scrutiny at the civic education committee meeting on Thursday, with nominated corporator Nikhil Vyas seeking a probe into…
Chennai: TVS Motor Company, a leading manufacturer of two and three-wheelers, has appointed Peyman Kargar, currently President of International Business, as its Director and Chief Executive Officer with effect from January 27, 2027.Kargar will succeed K N Radhakrishnan (KNR), who will continue as CEO until January 27 and subsequently serve as a non-executive director until…
TPIA will be responsible for inspection and examination of around 5,000 km of expressways and highway stretches from the start of construction until project completion (PTI Photo). NEW DELHI: Amid concerns over deficiencies in quality of works and premature failures in expressways and NH projects, the road transport ministry will engage a third party inspection…
Photos of a study species: the Australian Lace-lid (L. dayi)Photo credit: Conrad J Hoskin. In the cool, wet upland streams of Queensland’s Wet Tropics, several species of rainforest frog were pushed to the brink in the 1980s and 1990s by chytrid fungus, an aquatic pathogen that attacks frog skin and has driven extinctions worldwide. For…
Rajkumar Periasamy wanted Mammootty first for ‘OM’; says, ‘The very first pick was Mammootty Sir. Rajkumar Periasamy has opened up about the making of his upcoming movie ‘OM Chapter 1: Udhiram – The Blood Wood’. The director revealed that Mammootty was the first name on his casting wishlist for the character Karthikeyan.The action entertainer features…
JKBOSE Class 11 Result 2026 has been declared, with 64.76% of students clearing the bi-annual examination. Girls recorded a higher pass percentage than boys. JKBOSE Class 11th result 2026: The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) has declared the Class 11 bi-annual examination result 2026 today, August 28 according to media reports. Students…
Sri Lanka’s Sonal Dinusha plays a shot during day five of the second cricket test match between Sri Lanka and India in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP) TimesofIndia.com in Colombo: 1139 minutes, 722 balls, 420 runs and three hundreds. Over the last two weeks, Sonal Dinusha accumulated staggering numbers, but the time…
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis granted drivers a one-year grace period for Marathi language skills. MUMBAI: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis’s decision to give auto and taxi drivers a one-year grace period to acquire working knowledge of Marathi has eased immediate tensions over the state’s language compliance drive, but may also expose differences within the ruling…
Among those killed was Inspector Ravi KV. BENGALURU: Four people, including a Bengaluru police inspector, were killed and 11 others injured after a passenger bus overturned and crashed into a 30-foot-high bridge on the Bhopal bypass in Biaora city of Madhya Pradesh’s Rajgarh district on Friday morning.The bus was travelling from Bengaluru to Indore when…
