Omar praises Centre for Brics SRINAGAR: The condemnation of Pahalgam terror attack in the Brics declaration earned praise for India’s foreign policy from Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday, but the National Conference vice-president hit out at the Centre over what he called an attempt to bring in the Uniform Civil Code…
Sugar prices had surged to nearly Rs 75/kg in mid-Aug, hurting households as well as Bengal’s sweet industry Kolkata: Bengal agriculture marketing minister Dilip Ghosh on Tuesday said the retail price of sugar could fall to around Rs 50/kg ahead of the festive season, even as onion prices are expected to soften further.Sugar prices had…
The victim was threatened with arrest Mumbai: A 66-year-old retired I-T department officer was duped of Rs 8.5 lakh after two men posing as NIA officers threatened him with arrest in a fake case involving misuse of his Aadhaar and PAN card details.Cyber police have registered an offence and are looking into the bank account…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has allowed a 15-year-old rape survivor to terminate her unwanted pregnancy of 30 weeks, saying that otherwise it “would amount to a serious impairment of her right to live with dignity”.“In cases arising out of sexual assault, compelling a survivor to continue with a pregnancy resulting from the assault and,…
Vaccine stocks expire in Jan 2028 Chennai: Tamil Nadu plans to more than double the pace of its free HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccination drive to protect seven lakh girls before available vaccine stocks expire in Jan 2028. The state has administered 1.15 lakh doses since March 1— about 600 a day — but must raise…
Gaya DM Shashank Subhankar during an inspection on Tuesday Gaya: With infrastructure work still pending at Sita Kund and Sita Path, district magistrate (DM) Shashank Shubhankar on Tuesday directed officials to complete all remaining tasks within 48 hours, ahead of the Pitripaksh Mela beginning on Sept 25.Shubhankar, accompanied by senior superintendent of police Sushil Kumar…
Jamshedpur: In a move aimed at making grievance redressal more accessible, transparent, and citizen-centric, the East Singhbhum district administration on Tuesday launched ‘Abua Mitra’, a messaging app-based chatbot service that allows residents to register complaints from their mobile phones.Appealing to citizens to use ‘Abua Mitra’ to bring their grievances to the notice of the district…
Ranchi: The first batch of MBBS students admitted under the recently increased intake capacity of Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims) commenced classes on Tuesday, with the institute inaugurating its foundation course, ‘Aarohan-2026’, for the newly enrolled students.The MBBS intake at Rims was increased from 180 to 250 seats in July, post approval from the…
Meena Mishra, director of DRDO’s Solid State Physics Laboratory (SSPL) led her team that is behind the successful development of indigenous GaN MMIC technology. NEW DELHI: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully demonstrated and implemented indigenous Gallium Nitride Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (GaN MMIC) Technology for high-frequency defence systems that can support next-generation…
Minister Indranil Khan will be present at the event Kolkata: Abstracts of 215 research papers will be published in both English and Bengali in the two-day West Bengal Science and Technology Congress scheduled to start on Wednesday.Science and Technology minister Kalyan Chakraborti and minister of state for youth affairs and sports Indranil Khan will be…
