Satya Chakravarthy, founder & technical lead, ePlane, with Daniel Bircher, MD of Zurich Airport International, and Christoph Schnellmann, vice chairman of Noida International Airport Chennai: Ubifly Technologies, the parent company of The ePlane Company, aims to commercialise its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft through airport-to-airport transit, intra-city commutes, along...

New Delhi: Police have stepped up outreach efforts among residents, students and the youth ahead of a protest by CJP, Left and AAP’s student outfits Oct 10.The cops are reaching out to young people and urging them not to participate in any activity that could lead to a law-and-order situation.Police teams have contacted market welfare associations, resident welfare associations and Aman committees...

Mumbai: “I don’t know whether I will be here tomorrow,” he said at an event in Goa, days before his unexpected passing. “We all have to go someday. That time comes in the life of everyone. But before that time comes… we have to think… am I able to do what I want to do? Have I made the effort?”In Vishwanath ‘Nana’ Patekar’s case, the legacy bears out the effort. His screen presence...

We live in an age where health can sometimes feel like a shopping list. There is a supplement for sleep, another for energy, one for the gut, another for the heart and yet another promising to slow aging. It is tempting to believe that better health is something we can simply buy. But in my experience, the foundations of good health are considerably less glamorous. They are also far more difficult to...

Indian-American toddler Advay Jain being felicitated by New York Consul General Binaya Srikanta Pradhan for his Guinness record. An Indian-American toddler, Advay Jain, has made Guinness record as the youngest person (male) to have published a book. He was 3 years and 345 days old when he published 'Dino Learns Not To Waste Food'. Now he is 4. Consul General of India in New York, Binaya Srikanta...

US targets 2 Mumbai companies, 5 Indians in Iran petroleum sanctions (representative image) The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on two Mumbai-based companies and five Indian nationals over their alleged involvement in the trade of petroleum products from Iran, as Washington stepped up its economic pressure on Tehran.The US department of state targeted SSPL Solutions Private Limited and...

Ojha said that all the details had been submitted to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday. MUMBAI: Advocate Nilesh Ojha, representing Satish Salian in the Disha Salian death case, on Saturday said that points raised by him earlier were being substantiated as more evidence emerged. He also claimed that a report submitted to the Home Ministry regarding the reinstatement of former police...

File pic of BLOs at an SIR camp Kolkata: The West Bengal CEO’s office has verbally requested EC, seeking clarification on whether voters whose appeals are pending before tribunals for inclusion can file Form 6 for enrolment, following queries from BLOs on the issue. Following EC’s instruction, special drives have been undertaken by the district election officers (DEOs) and electoral registration...

Traffic cops clicking pictures of traffic violators using their mobile phones and checking women pillion riders for helmets. Chennai: Don’t be surprised if a traffic policeman clicks a photograph of your vehicle on his mobile phone, even on roads equipped with automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras. Greater Chennai Traffic Police (GCTP) have instructed personnel to intensify checks against...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on October 7 raised its policy repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.50%, after almost three-and-a-half years, amid inflationary pressures and continuing geopolitical tensions arising from the West Asia crisis. The rate hike could make new home loans expensive and push up EMIs for existing floating-rate borrowers, depending on how lenders transmit the increase.RBI Governor...