Digital database on Indian flora launched at Bengaluru’s IISc.

April 09, 2024 01:40 am | Updated 01:40 am IST - Bengaluru Sankara Rao, Visiting Professor and Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES), Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), launched “India Flora Online”, a digital database of the flora of India on Monday at the IISc. The database, …...Read More

Bangalore Development Authority commences work at Hebbal flyover to ease traffic

April 09, 2024 01:22 am | Updated 01:23 am IST - Bengaluru The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has commenced the construction of a concrete barricade which will allow the dismantling of two spans of the heavily congested Hebbal flyover. The project, which commenced recently, marks the beginning of a broader …...Read More

Households’ debt surged to fresh high by December 2023: report

April 09, 2024 01:13 am | Updated 01:13 am IST - NEW DELHI In what may be construed as a sign of rising financial distress, India’s household debt levels are reckoned to have touched an all-time high of 40% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by December 2023, while net financial …...Read More

Innovations in traditional methods revolutionising farming in Rajasthan’s parched Shekhawati

April 09, 2024 01:11 am | Updated 01:11 am IST - SIKAR Neat rows of vegetable and fruit plants in a portion of the 4.50-hectare agricultural land, a 3.3-KV solar power panel running pumps and other electrical appliances, slim polyethylene hoses for drip irrigation, and uniformly spaced trees form part …...Read More

ED questions Amol Kirtikar for over 8 hours in ‘khichdi scam’ case

April 09, 2024 01:00 am | Updated 01:01 am IST - MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and Mumbai North-West constituency candidate in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Amol Kirtikar, was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for over 8 hours on Monday in connection with the ‘khichdi scam’. The ED …...Read More

Lok Sabha polls | Look-alikes find the going tough as competition heats up this time

April 09, 2024 12:56 am | Updated 12:21 pm IST - CHENNAI In Tamil Nadu, a standard part of electioneering is the deployment of look-alikes. They look or dress up like leaders of the past and promise the voters the moon. But the artists say they are facing challenges. Dhanasekar, …...Read More

Lok Sabha polls | People Living with HIV/AIDS put forward their demands

April 09, 2024 12:54 am | Updated 12:30 pm IST - CHENNAI With the Lok Sabha election approaching, People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) in Tamil Nadu have put forward a number of demands, including constitution of a welfare board for them, through the State government, and free higher education for …...Read More

Micro observers to monitor 67 critical and vulnerable booths in Villupuram district

April 09, 2024 12:45 am | Updated 12:45 am IST - VILLUPURAM Micro observers will be deployed on the polling day in 67 critical and vulnerable polling booths in Villupuram district. According to a press note, these booths have been identified as critical and vulnerable based on past experiences and …...Read More

BJP transformed mafia stronghold U.P. through good governance, says Nadda

April 09, 2024 12:43 am | Updated 12:43 am IST - Lucknow The BJP’s national president Jagat Prakash Nadda on April 8 targeted the Samajwadi Party (SP) for taking Uttar Pradesh backwards in all parameters of development and emboldening the mafia. Addressing an election rally in Rampur, Mr. Nadda said …...Read More

Testing the waters in Ramanathapuram

April 09, 2024 12:36 am | Updated 12:36 am IST The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has revived the row over Katchatheevu, an uninhabited, barren islet about 14 nautical miles off Rameswaram in Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu. An agreement between India and Sri Lanka in June 1974 recognised Katchatheevu in …...Read More