At an age when most teenagers are focused on schoolwork and video games, Taylor Wilson was attempting something that even advanced laboratories struggle to achieve. Working from his parents’ garage in Reno, Nevada, the 14-year-old successfully built a functioning nuclear fusion device known as a fusor. Using vacuum chambers, high-voltage equipment, deuterium gas and self-taught…
Daily wage workers are enduring extreme heatwave conditions to maintain essential public infrastructure Amid the relentless heatwave sweeping across the region, daily wage workers continue to brave extreme temperatures to earn a livelihood and keep essential public infrastructure and informal economies running. From construction sites and expressway projects to scrap collection and roadside kitchens, their…
Diabetes Monitoring (File photo) HYDERABAD: Researchers at BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus have developed a miniature plug-and-play sensor capable of simultaneously monitoring insulin and dopamine levels in real time, marking a significant step forward in diabetes management and personalised healthcare.The innovation comes amid growing concerns over diabetes, with India reporting more than 101 million confirmed cases,…
Kolkata: An expanding probe into alleged illegal assets in West Bengal has brought a string of properties linked to individuals with alleged Trinamool Congress affiliations under scrutiny. On Monday, CM Suvendu Adhikari alleged that Beleghata-based promoter Raju Naskar owned 18 properties, land shark Biswajit Poddar, better known as Sona Pappu, held 24 properties, and Faiz…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) signed an MoU with the Indian Navy at the Southern Naval Command, Kochi to strengthen academic, research, and training collaboration in International Maritime Law, Law of the Sea, and allied legal disciplines. ‘The MoU envisages short and long duration courses, online maritime law programmes, residential research programmes, and other…
Mohali: Advocate Gagandeep Jammu, former honorary secretary of the Punjab and Haryana high court Bar Association, escaped unhurt after unidentified assailants allegedly fired at his vehicle near Kurali in an apparent assassination attempt on Tuesday.Sources said Gagandeep managed to escape the hail of bullets without suffering injuries.SP investigation Saurav Jindal said, “We have registered an…
Pune: Delays in issuance of domicile and income certificates at e-Seva Kendras across Pune district have left students and parents in a state of panic as the college admission season begins. The district administration had shut down 89 e-Seva Kendras and Citizen Facilitation Centres (CFCs) last week for violating operational norms.Applicants alleged that several centres…
Guwahati: Assam State School Education Board (ASSEB) has introduced a hybrid language policy, allowing Class IX students to study general mathematics and general science in English, while keeping their other subjects in a vernacular language, board officials said on Tuesday.“One woman was publicly insulted, harassed and interrogated during her journey, which is completely unacceptable. Questioning…
Jal Shakti Minister, Swatantra Dev Singh Lucknow: UP govt has blacklisted construction firm, NCC, and third-party inspection agency, BLG Construction Services, and ordered a statewide safety audit after an under-construction water tank collapsed in Bareilly on May 4.The incident occurred in the Alampur Jafarabad development block, prompting immediate attention from Jal Shakti Minister, Swatantra Dev…
VD Satheesan’s oath (Image/PTI) NEW DELHI: After the controversy over the sequencing of songs played during Tamil Nadu CM Vijay’s swearing-in ceremony, a fresh political row has erupted in Kerala following the recitation of the full version of ‘Vande Mataram’ during the oath-taking ceremony of the new UDF cabinet led by VD Satheesan. The CPM…
