Chennai: If you are visiting the corporation-run park at Indira Nagar in Adyar, look out for the QR code-embedded display boards next to plants and trees. Scanning them directs you to a website, providing a crisp 200-word summary on the plant species.These boards were designed and installed a month ago by local residents. “Several youngsters…
HYDERABAD: Telangana’s food sector — and it’s not just about hotels and restaurants — has exploded in recent years. And so has the demand for professionals skilled in food science, business, and technology from an industry that boasts of ventures such as large-scale food processing units, packaged brands, agri-tech startups and export businesses, to name…
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday granted interim protection to TMC’s Falta candidate Jahangir Khan till May 26 and directed that no coercive action could be taken against him in five cases till the May 21 repoll.While allowing Khan to contest the repoll, Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya observed, “After all, this is a democratic country….
Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Monday said work force entering the state for work during the monsoon will be screened, as they are often found to be carriers of malaria.“Health department will keep checking for vector-borne diseases. Before renting out premises, blood tests should be compulsorily conducted and proper tenant verification must be carried…
Ahmedabad: The state unit of the Congress party said on Monday that while PM Narendra Modi has urged citizens to increasingly adopt electric vehicles (EVs), the state ranks 22nd in providing EV charging points, 27th in adoption of commercial EVs, and Gujarat’s overall position in the India Electric Mobility Index stands at 16th nationwide.Party spokesperson…
Patiala: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has rescheduled the appearance of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) CMD Basant Garg and director (commercial) Harsharan Kaur Trehan to Wednesday in connection with its money-laundering probe linked to arrested Punjab minister Sanjeev Arora. Garg and Trehan were earlier summoned to ED’s New Delhi headquarters on Monday. The central…
Pune: The state govt has authorised a wide network of officials to inspect establishments for the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, compliance to strengthen workplace safety for women.The women and child development department empowered district officials, women and child welfare officers, protection officers, probation officers, child development project…
Lucknow: The arrested LU assistant professor, accused in the alleged paper leak and harassment case involving a BSc student, has claimed that he never leaked any examination paper and had only offered to provide the student with “important questions” from the question bank.A senior police officer associated with the probe said the police are now…
Brutal Sharks cricket team emerges champion beating Alpha Royals in the final Jaipur: The Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur (MNIT) Alumni Premier League concluded with a grand finale at the Mansarovar Cricket Academy here recently.A total of five teams participated in the cricket league, which began on May 15, showcasing intense competition and sportsmanship.In…
NEW DELHI: Commercial vehicle drivers’ unions in Delhi-NCR have announced a three-day strike from May 21 to 23 (from Thursday to Saturday), demanding an immediate hike in taxi and auto fares amid rising fuel prices and alleged exploitation by app-based cab aggregators.As per news agency ANI, the “Chalak Shakti Union” submitted a letter to the…
