A dug-up road in Lower Parel, South Mumbai. Ravikant Prajapati, who stays in Matunga Labour Camp and works in Lower Parel, finds his travel time has doubled. | Photo Credit: By Special Arrangement A “pothole-free” city: That is what Mumbai’s Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), India’s richest civic body, plans for the metro. The city administration
(Bloomberg) — Earnings from two chip-industry giants this week are poised to provide an early insight into issues that have punctured investor confidence and sent valuations to multiyear lows. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and ASML Holding NV have born the brunt of a broader market selloff, weighed down by both US tariff threats and doubts
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Amid the row over NEET, Stalin attempts to move education to the State list and improve Centre–State ties through the committee. | Photo Credit: E. Lakshmi Narayanan Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin informed the Legislative Assembly on April 15 that the government was constituting a committee headed by former Supreme Court Justice Kurian Joseph
Last month, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) published its first Green Status assessment, a relatively new global standard of measurement envisioned to complement the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, for the lion (Panthera leo). And it does not paint a happy picture for the big cat. According to the assessment, the
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Primates, which include humans, apes, monkeys and lemurs are diverse in traits like brain size, diet, locomotion and habitat. Using insights from recent advances in primate genomics and studying the DNA of over 500 primate species, scientists have uncovered the genetic secrets behind their evolutionary success and ecological flexibility. A global team of scientists, including
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(Bloomberg) — The US Federal Trade Commission is finally having its day in court against Meta Platforms Inc., arguing that the company must be broken up for illegally monopolizing the social media market after buying Instagram and WhatsApp more than a decade ago. The FTC’s opening salvo began Monday in Washington before Chief Judge James
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In recent weeks, several prominent private schools in Delhi have come under fire from parents for allegedly raising fees without proper approvals, sparking protests and renewed concerns about the accessibility and affordability of private education in the city. Schools such as Delhi Public School (DPS) Dwarka, Maharaja Agrasen Public School, Indraprastha International School, Birla Vidya
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Anakapalli-Atchuthapuram road widening project oustees submitting a representation to Elamanchili MLA Sundarapu Vijay Kumar regarding their demands. | Photo Credit: The Hindu As many as 1,200 farmers and businessmen, who will lose their lands as part of the 14-km road widening from Anakapalli to Atchutapuram in the district, are saying that they do not want
On 18 December 2023 — about four months before the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections — Prime Minister Narendra Modi used a real-time artificial intelligence-based tool—‘Bhashini’—during his address at Kashi Tamil Sangamam in Varanasi – his parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh. Modi referred to the technology a ‘new beginning’ in simplifying his communication with the public.
Back in 2021, during the peak of the second wave of COVID-19 in Bengaluru, two transgender women, Anandi and Aisha Kousar, had to sell their gold earrings to make a living. The two transwomen eventually bought a pushcart, stove, gas and basic cooking equipment to sell tea and snacks to workers at Hudson Circle, with the
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