BENGALURU: Isro’s Space Applications Centre (SAC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) to combine satellite data with ecological field research.“The collaboration will focus on mapping India’s grasslands and other open natural ecosystems, which have often remained under-represented in policy and planning. It will…
A 43-year-old resident of Madhyamgram, Sumitava Mukherjee, submitted a written appeal to the DM on Thursday seeking permission for voluntary death for himself and his family after his name was struck off the electoral roll following the SIR.Mukherjee alleged that his name was arbitrarily deleted from the final electoral roll despite submission of all valid…
Mumbai: Medical associations are seeking urgent clarification on the fate of the April 26 elections following a cabinet decision to strip the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) of its elected seats in favour of a “nominated-only” structure. On the other hand, officials say while this election could move forward as planned, it may well be the…
New Delhi: The mercury continued to rise in the city, with the maximum temperature touching 39.2 degrees Celsius, three degrees above normal, at base station Safdarjung on Wednesday. It was the hottest day of the year with the mercury surpassing Tuesday’s high of 38.2 degrees Celsius.Though the mercury is expected to touch 42 degrees Celsius…
The unidentified film editor is among six people arrested in connection with the film leak. CHENNAI: A freelance film editor had trespassed into a studio and stolen the Vijay-starrer Jananayagan before leaking it online, said the state cybercrime police on Thursday. The unidentified film editor is among six people arrested in connection with the film…
Patna: Transgender activists organised a torchlight procession at Kargil Chowk here on Wednesday evening to protest the Transgender Persons (Amendment) Act, 2026, which they criticised for mandating them to prove their gender identity before a medical board.Social worker Vishal Kumar said the protest was aimed at opposing what he termed a dehumanising provision that violates…
Jamshedpur: A CoBRA jawan was hurt in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in the Saranda forest on Thursday, even as security forces are engaged in the gun battle with the Maoist guerrillas for the second day in a row to finally flush out Naxals from West Singhbhum.On Thursday morning, an explosive went off when…
Daltonganj: As many as 300 trackers, who are deployed at the Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR) and Mahudanr Wolf Sancturary, have not got their wages for more than six months.Sources in the forest department said trackers deployed in the wolf sanctuary have not been received their monthly wages since April last year. On the other hands,…
The ruins of Honiak Music Academy after the strike. NEW DELHI: In the shattered remains of his 15-year-old music school, Iranian musician Hamidreza Afarideh sat on a debris-laden floor, drew his bow and played with a kamancheh, what he called “the last sound” of a life’s work reduced to dust.Weeks after a strike destroyed Honiak…
Kolkata: A general physician and owner of one of the port area’s most prominent nursing homes, also an ex-Trinamool MLA, will not be able to vote this time — along with four of his family members — thanks to SIR. The former legislator, Abul Kasem Molla, is shocked that the SIR has snatched voting rights…
