Champdani’s 2026 battle is between TMC incumbent Arindam Guin, BJP’s Dilip Singh, and Congress’s Pritam Ghosh.Champdani (constituency no. 187) is an urban-dominated constituency in Hooghly district, part of the Sreerampur Lok Sabha segment. It covers the Champdani municipality, Baidyabati municipality, parts of Serampore municipality, and the Payarapur gram panchayat. The constituency is largely industrial in…
Scientists involved in planetary formation studies, meteorites, and early solar system investigations have been wondering about the origins of the ingredients that made up the planet Earth. Studies on carbonaceous chondrites, isotopic compositions, and planetary accretion have shown that the elements needed for life on Earth, such as carbon, water, and volatiles, could have come…
Veteran actress Saira Banu never shies away from pouring her heart out on social media. Her detailed accounts of her family and friends melt hearts instantly. Recently, she met actress Hema Malini and created a digital memory of it. The actress shared a beautiful picture of them meeting with a note stating that Hema Malini…
New IIIT Hyderabad programme focuses on agentic AI system design, deployment and real-world applications training NEW DELHI: Indian Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad’s Division of Flexible Learning has introduced a 12-week online certificate programme on engineering agentic AI systems.It is titled Engineering Agentic AI Systems: Agentic AI from Concepts to Practice and will be delivered…
Mark Wood of England (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) England fast bowler Mark Wood has shared a remarkable and humorous story from his time in the Indian Premier League, revealing how a franchise owner once offered to fly him on a private jet just to ensure he played a match — despite being seriously unwell.Speaking…
German researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg and University Hospital Erlangen have shown that adult mouse hippocampal tissue can be cryopreserved using vitrification, cooled to liquid nitrogen temperature, and later rewarmed with key functions intact. In the study, the tissue regained electrical activity and synaptic communication after thawing. The work marks an important step in cryobiology, but…
ERODE: K A Sengottaiyan won the Gobichettipalayam seat in the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly elections with 71,380 votes and a margin of nearly 13,000 over DMK candidate N Nallasivam, contesting under the TVK banner.The result carried added significance as Sengottaiyan, a veteran leader with deep roots in the region, shifted from AIADMK to TVK, giving…
Mother of the RG Kar rape-murder victim and BJP candidate Ratna Debnath was leading by 5067 votes over the Trinamool Congress nominee in Panihati assembly constituency after the second round of counting, EC data said. Debnath bagged 13784 votes while the TMC’s Tirthankar Ghosh secured 8717 votes. Her daughter, a doctor on duty, was raped…
The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) surged ahead in Kerala on Monday as counting of votes for the 140 Assembly constituencies progressed, putting the opposition alliance on course for a strong comeback after a decade.Early trends showed the UDF leading in around 100 seats, while the ruling CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) trailed with leads…
Recent excavations at Karahantepe, a pivotal site within the Taş Tepeler project in southeastern Türkiye, have unearthed staggering evidence of Neolithic complexity. This site, dating back around 12,000 years, has produced over-life-sized human statues and detailed carvings of animals that transform our view of prehistoric art. Yet, the most astonishing find involves plant remains. While…
