BIHAR POLLS IN 2 PHASES ON NOV 6 & 11
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Monday announced two-phase elections on November 6 and 11 in the Bihar Assembly polls for 243 seats. Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, accompanied by both Election Commissioners, announced the polling arrangements at a press conference here. The gazette notifications will be issued on October 10 and 13 respectively for […]
DELHI CM CALLS FOR SC NOD TO GREEN FIRECRACKERS ON DIWALI
NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday said her government will file its request to the Supreme Court in writing, assuring strict adherence to environmental norms and court directives to ensure both festive joy and pollution control. She said her government will urge the Supreme Court to allow the use of certified green […]
SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASE QUASHED AFTER ACCUSED AGREE TO DO COMMUNITY SERVICE AT JAMA MASJID
NEW DELHI: Delhi High Court has quashed a sexual harassment case against two men after they reached a settlement with the complainant and undertook to perform community service at Delhi’s Jama Masjid. Justice Anish Dayal was hearing a plea filed by the accused seeking to quash an FIR registered in 2019 at Bhajanpura police station […]
ALCOHOL BLOCKS HEALING OF LIVER, EVEN AFTER YOU QUIT
NEW DELHI: Alcohol doesn’t just damage the liver — it locks its cells in a strange “in-between” state that prevents them from healing. Even after someone quits drinking, liver cells often get stuck, unable to function normally or regenerate. Scientists have now traced this problem to runaway inflammation, which scrambles the cell’s instructions and silences […]
MAMDANI QUOTES NEHRU AFTER WINNING NEW YORK MAYOR’S POLL
NEW DELHI: Born on October 18, 1991, in Kampala, Uganda, Mamdani is the son of Ugandan scholar Mahmood Mamdani and acclaimed Indian filmmaker Mira Nair. Indian-origin democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, who has been elected as the new Mayor of New York City, invoked former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in his victory speech. Addressing a crowd […]
TINY LENSES TRANSFORM PHONE & DRONE CAMERAS
TINY LENSES, SMALLER THAN A HAIR, TO TRANSFORM PHONE AND DRONE CAMERAS NEW DELHI: Scientists have developed a new multi-layered metalens design that could revolutionize portable optics in devices like phones, drones, and satellites. By stacking metamaterial layers instead of relying on a single one, the team overcame fundamental limits in focusing multiple wavelengths of […]
NEW PEE TEST COULD IDENTIFY PROSTATE CANCER
NEW DELHI: Researchers have created a new urine-based test to ID prostate cancers. This new approach could significantly reduce the need for invasive, often painful biopsies. By analyzing urine samples from prostate cancer patients before and after prostate-removal surgery, as well as samples from healthy individuals, researchers identified a panel of three biomarkers—TTC3, H4C5, and […]
INSIDE THE STRATEGY: EXPLORING THE MASTERSTROKES OF PRASHANT KISHOR
BOOK REVIEW : A BOOK WRITTEN BY GYAN BHADRA The Advent of a Statesman by Gyan Bhadra is not just a book—it is the echo of a restless Bihar searching for change. With evocative storytelling, the author presents both the wounds and the will of a state long denied its rightful place in India’s growth […]
MENOPAUSE CAN CHANGE YOUR VOICE
NEW DELHI: A new study provides a comprehensive and innovative examination of a previously underexplored phenomenon: vocal changes that women may experience during menopause, often the result of falling levels of estrogen and progesterone. The groundbreaking paper from a group led by Yael Bensoussan, inaugural director of the University of South Florida Health Voice Center […]
MSP for Wheat, Rabi Crops Hiked; Farmers to Get Better Returns
New Delhi: In a major relief for farmers, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved an increase in the Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for all mandated Rabi crops for the upcoming marketing seasons of 2025-26 and 2026-27. The move aims to ensure that farmers receive remunerative returns […]
