Shresth Suraiya from Mumbai Mumbai: India made a clean sweep at the 56th International Physics Olympiad, with all five students in its contingent winning gold medals and placing the country jointly at the top of the medals table.The olympiad was held in Bucaramanga, Colombia, from July 5-12. The gold medallists are Shresth Suraiya from Mumbai,…
New Delhi: Tourists travelling to Thailand and other Asian countries tend to spend more at Delhi airport’s duty-free stores than those travelling to the US, an official said.Singapore, Dubai and London are the top international routes in terms of duty-free sales.“Tourists to the US are mostly people who are visiting their relatives or students,” an…
The 121-year-old Ranade Library in Mylapore houses at least 8,000 books and rare periodicals, but lending has been discontinued for nearly a decade. Chennai: A copy of the March 1964 edition of National Geographic magazine, featuring a cover story on the man’s moon-landing plan; a Mandarin learning guide; epics in Tamil and English from the…
CM Samrat Choudhary in Muzaffarpur on Sunday Patna: CM Samrat Choudhary on Sunday launched 982 development projects worth Rs 1,047 crore in Muzaffarpur and announced the establishment of a specialised university for architecture and civil engineering on the campus of the Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology.Samrat said the proposed university would emerge as a major centre…
Ranchi: Private carrier IndiGo has announced the launch of direct flights between Deoghar and Guwahati in Assam from Aug.Two flights will operate on Tuesdays and Fridays, strengthening connectivity between northeast and the spiritual destination in Jharkhand, from Aug 4, the airline said in a statement on Saturday.The flight from Guwahati to Deoghar (6E 7709) will…
BLOs and volunteers help voters fill enumeration forms in Ranchi Ranchi: Booth level officers (BLOs) engaged in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Ranchi claimed the exercise is moving slower than expected, with many electors insisting that officials fill out enumeration forms on their behalf despite instructions that the forms are simple…
Patronage can’t stop transfers: Manohar Lal on CPWD posting culture NEW DELHI: Taking a swipe at the long-entrenched ‘Delhi club’ within Central Public Works Department (CPWD), housing minister Manohar Lal on Sunday said that some employees had, over the years, mastered the art of staying posted in the capital for more than three decades with…
Inspection Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS), Northeast Frontier Circle, Sumeet Singhal, during Sunday’s inspection Kolkata: The CRS, the autonomous body under the ministry of civil aviation, is mandated to issue safety certification for any metro or train operations across India. Once the CRS’ written emboss comes, Metro Railways can run trains along the 16.6 km…
The site, ‘maharashtramedicalcouncile.in’, is a replica of the council’s official website and features both a login page and a payment portal Mumbai: The Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) filed an online cyber complaint late last week after discovering a website that mimicked the council, attempting to phish for data or money from medical professionals.The site, ‘maharashtramedicalcouncile.in’,…
New Delhi: A 55-year-old labourer died after falling from fourth floor of an under-construction building in west Delhi’s Tilak Nagar Friday afternoon when a portion of the roof collapsed. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Bhola, who was working at the construction site in Krishna Puri area. Cops have registered an FIR under Sections 290…
