Researchers have found that waste eggshells can be processed into a fine powder and used to replace part of the cement in mortar without reducing its compressive strength. A study tested calcined eggshell powder at replacement levels ranging from 2.5% to 12.5%. The strongest result came at 10%, where the mortar reached a compressive strength…
General:Today has a kinder rhythm for you. The Moon is your ruler. It assists in focusing and emotional flow and Jupiter is luck-based in the areas such as romance, study and savvy decisions. Things won’t feel forced. That’s a relief.You may notice that people respond well to you without much effort. A call gets returned….
New Delhi: River Yamuna appears to have received some of the monsoon cleansing that was due in early July. In Aug, the river showed a substantial reduction in sewage contamination at some downstream stretches compared to July as well as the same time last year.Despite the improvement, though, organic pollution is still high, and a…
Mumbai: Flat purchasers and original tenants in redevelopment projects often struggle to secure title to land after construction in layouts with multiple buildings, Bombay HC has observed. Setting guidelines for deemed conveyance in such projects for the first time, it held that the land must be divided proportionately among societies.In a 170-page judgment delivered on…
Bengaluru: Stone quarries, jelly stone crushers and M-Sand units across Karnataka will shut from Friday, with operators protesting the collection of royalty at two stages and demanding that the govt discontinue the practice.The Union of Karnataka Quarry and Stone Crusher Owners’ Associations announced the statewide shutdown Wednesday, saying the agitation would continue until the govt…
Chennai: What initially appeared to be the death of a 61-year-old woman after she fell unconscious in her bathroom turned out to be a murder after a postmortem revealed that she had been strangled. Police arrested her daughter-in-law, who allegedly strangled the woman while she lay unconscious after the fall.The deceased, Perundevi, lived on Periyathatham…
Target $ 3tn economy, Revanth unveils roadmap to transform T Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday unveiled an ambitious roadmap to transform Telangana into a $3 trillion economy by 2047, saying the state was no longer competing merely with neighbouring states but with the rest of the world.Speaking at the ‘Praja Palana Dinotsavam’…
Commuters were stranded for two hours while police were trying to remove the damaged vehicles from the road Gurgaon: Nine persons suffered minor injuries after a cement mixer truck lost control on a downhill stretch of Gurgaon-Faridabad Road and rammed into several vehicles on Tuesday night, triggering a pile-up of 11 vehicles.The accident also led…
Kolkata: It was the state’s responsibility to guarantee safety for students within universities, such as Jadavpur University, observed the Calcutta High Court on Thursday during a hearing of a PIL, flagging the recent vandalism on the JU campus.The HC directed state universities to submit affidavits by Sept 30, apprising the court on the current situation…
As per the 1962 layout, 12,040 sqm of land in the Rajendra Nagar industrial area was earmarked as a park Ghaziabad: National Green Tribunal has sought details from Ghaziabad Development Authority over a demolition plan on land off GT Road in Rajendra Nagar industrial area earmarked for a park but encroached upon by Babu Jagjivan…
