MUMBAI: With a controversy surrounding the cutting and transplantation of 389 trees in Malabar Hill area for the repair of the century-old water tank, a meeting of local residents along with BMC officials and local MLA and guardian minister MP Lodha was held at the civic headquarters on Monday. Citizens and local activists opposing the chopping of trees joined the meeting virtually. There are 906 trees...
Constant societal pressureand the need to overachieve in a challenging world is putting a lot of pressure on the kids. From being burdened in studies to outperform everyone else to trying to become exceptional in sports as well to gain a few more accolades, kids these days go through a lot of external competition which can sometimes manifest into burnout.Jennifer Breheny Wallace, an award winning...
In April 2022, Tata Motors unveiled the Curvv electric SUV concept and took everyone by surprise with its futuristic and sharp design language and the coupe-like sloping roofline. We later saw the Curvv in its close to production avatar at the 2023 Auto Expo in January and were again surprised to see how close the production version was to the concept model of the SUV. At the Auto Expo unveil, Tata...
Thane: The Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission in Thane has directed an insurance company to pay a man claim amount with interest and additional compensation citing that there was a deficiency in its services. The commission held that the complainant, Diliprao D Mohite, a resident of Wagle Estate, has proved the case against the company Star Health And Allied Insurance Co. Ltd. PTIWe also published...
Another student suicide rocked Kota on Monday as a 16-year-old girl from Mau in UP, preparing for NEET at a coaching institute in the city, died after consuming pesticide. Priyas Singh, a Class 12 student, was staying at a PG in the city's Vigyan Nagar area.DSP Dharmveer Singh said she consumed pesticide in her room at noon and started vomiting. Other students rushed her to hospital, but she succumbed...
NEW DELHI: The season of harvest stubble burning has started in the neighbouring states as evidenced by satellites recording 10 field fires. While the count is currently low, it is expected to rise from October when the monsoon season gets over.According to Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), which follows the standard protocol 2021 notified by the air quality overseer Commission for Air...
MUMBAI: There's a 13% jump in the number of Ganpati mandals receiving permission to erect pandals on city roads this year, according to data received from BMC on Monday. In fact, this Ganeshotsav will see the highest number of pandals with BMC granting approvals to 2,729 mandals so far. Last year, 2,417 mandals had got approvals.This year, BMC received 3,767 applications, of which 1,038 were rejected...
DEHRADUN: A piquant problem came up before the Uttarakhand HC while hearing a plea filed by unsuccessful applicants who appeared in the Uttarakhand judicial service civil judge prelims, reports Pankul Sharma. The row pertains to an exam question: "'A' placed a bomb in a medical store and gave the people three minutes to get out before the bomb exploded. 'B', a patient with arthritis, failed to escape...
NEW DELHI: In a big move for women's empowerment, the Narendra Modi government is set to table a constitutional amendment bill in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday for reserving one-third of seats in Parliament and state legislatures across the country.The decision, pushed by the Prime Minister and cleared by the Union Cabinet at a meeting on Monday evening, aims to secure passage of the bill in the two Houses...
BENGALURU: India’s first solar space observatory mission, Aditya-L1, early Tuesday began its 110-day-long journey to L1, about 1.5-million-km from Earth, with Isro completing the Trans-Lagrangian1 Insertion (TLI) flawlessly.The L1 refers to Lagrange Point-1 of the Sun-Earth system. It is a location in space where the gravitational forces of two celestial bodies, such as the Sun and Earth, are in...
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