MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: India’s ambitious clean energy transition could face a major climate challenge, with nearly 90% of the country’s planned renewable energy capacity projected to face high or critical climate risk by 2030 unless resilience measures are built into projects from the outset, according to a new climate-risk assessment released by Zurich Kotak General Insurance…
New Delhi: In a first, a judge from India has been honoured by an influential international body on intellectual property. Justice Prathiba M. Singh of Delhi High Court has been honoured for her exceptional contribution to intellectual property jurisprudence in India and inducted by IAM – a leading IP publication into its IP Hall of…
Prototype of e200X eVTOL aircraft Chennai: Electric aircraft startup The ePlane Company is raising $50 million from venture capital and strategic investors as it moves closer to certifying its air ambulances in the country.The startup, founded by IIT Madras professor Satya Chakravarthy, builds electric aircraft capable of vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) that can navigate…
Patna: ‘Dom Rajas’ continue to “dominate” over Pandits at crematoriums in Bihar in so far as their fees are concerned.As per the cremation rate fixed by the state govt for performing the last rites, a person will have to pay Rs500 to Dom Raja, just double than the priests. However, they will need to pay…
Rahul Gandhi (File photo) NEW DELHI: BJP on Wednesday launched a blistering attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of echoing narratives that “mirrored Pakistan’s propaganda” during Operation Sindoor. The ruling party at the Centre also charged that Rahul chose to question the government instead of demanding proof from Islamabad over its claims about…
Several feared trapped after under-construction warehouse collapses in Kolkata (Picture credits: ANI) KOLKATA: Several people are feared trapped after an under-construction warehouse collapsed in the Taratala area of west Kolkata on Wednesday afternoon, triggering a large-scale rescue operation involving multiple agencies.Police said four people have so far been rescued from the debris.The roof of the…
The collapse came after intense overnight rainfall across Mumbai, with several areas recording more than 200 mm of rain between 10 pm on June 23 and 6 am on June 24, according to data from Automatic Weather Stations (AWS). MUMBAI: A retaining wall adjacent to a residential building collapsed in Mumbai’s Vikhroli West late Tuesday…
Cops at crime scene (Image Used For Representational Purpose Only) NEW DELHI: A minor money dispute over Rs 150 allegedly turned fatal in west Delhi’s Tilak Nagar, where a 19-year-old boy was stabbed to death by three juveniles, police said.The victim, identified as Paras, was attacked on the night of June 21 after an argument…
In May, several senior AIADMK leaders met TN Speaker J C D Prabhakar after three rebel AIADMK MLAs submitted their resignations following support to the TVK govt. The leaders alleged “horse-trading” by TVK Srimathi VenkatachariT he idiom ‘Aaya Ram, Gaya Ram’ began in 1967 when Haryana MLA Gaya Lal changed parties three times in a…
Patna: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the NEET-UG 2026 deployment of ‘solvers’ and imposters in re-exam reached Bhagwan Mahavir Institute of Medical Sciences, Nalanda, on Tuesday as part of its investigation. The medical college has once again come under scrutiny, with police planning to seek the remand of Ravi Shankar alias Samrat, a 2022-batch…
