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Last Updated:January 28, 2026, 13:38 ISTGmail helps people filter out the spam emails from their main inbox but something caused a glitch in the feature.Gmail users were seeing all their spam emails in the main inboxIn the last few days, many users have complained about their Gmail inbox looking rather confused with some spam mails misclassified. The company also confirmed the issues with a report on its status dashboard, which highlighted this exact inbox issue. Gmail has been separating promotional emails and spams into a different section but this problem meant users were seeing all the emails in the primary…

Science quiz: on palaeoclimatology 1 / 6 | What’s the general name for formations like stalactites and stalagmites, which are formed when minerals slowly deposit at one location over a long period? 2 / 6 | An ___ ____ is a cylinder of ice that’s been drilled out of a larger mass. These objects have trapped small bubbles of air from an atmosphere that existed when the ice froze. By analysing this air, scientists can study the atmosphere from centuries or even millennia ago. Fill in the blanks. 3 / 6 | Water molecules contain different isotopes of oxygen. Two…

NEW DELHI: Keen for a bigger pie of the world’s fastest growing aviation market, the biggest sectoral original equipment manufacturers’ legal teams are poring over the fine print of the landmark Indo-US trade deal.A zero-duty access to components exported from India to the US will give India parity with other aerospace supply chains such as Europe, Japan and Korea.While clarity is expected in a week or so, zero duty will mean an “exponential” increase in aerospace exports from India, which is currently pegged at $1.5 billion annually for Airbus and $1.25 billion for Boeing. Officials said Boeing has indicated it…

Social media emerges as the primary source of misinformation (77.4 per cent) compared to mainstream media (23 per cent). Among social media platforms, X (formerly Twitter) is the leading platform for spreading fake news (61 per cent), followed closely by Facebook (34 per cent), according to the study Fact-Checking India: Identifying the Spread of Fake News and Policy Recommendations for Combatting Misinformation.The study was jointly conducted by the Institute of Data Science at the Indian School of Business (ISB) and CyberPeace Foundation.The sample size for the content analysis was 500 fake news items collected from fact-checking site AltNews during 2022-2024.…

Last Updated:January 30, 2026, 09:16 ISTAs per the revised orders, the voting for the 12 Zilla Parishads and 125 Panchayat Samitis will now be held on February 7, instead of February 5.The voting for the 12 Zilla Parishads and 125 Panchayat Samitis will now be held on February 7. (PTI File image used for representation)In Maharashtra, the remaining phases of the general elections for 12 Zilla Parishads and 125 Panchayat Samitis have been rescheduled to February 7. Initially set for February 5, the polling date was shifted due to the passing of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and the subsequent…

Mumbai: Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel registered a first information report (FIR) after a male commuter dressed in a burqa was spotted travelling in the ladies’ compartment of a Central Railway local train on Friday. A video of the incident went viral on social media. The accused is on the run.On Friday afternoon, female commuters travelling in the second-class ladies’ coach of a CSMT-bound fast local sensed something amiss about a co-traveller in a burqa. When confronted, the co-traveller turned out to be a man. The women enquired why he boarded the ladies’ compartment and why he was in a…

Bengaluru: Wildlife rescue — particularly snake rescue — in the city increasingly slipped into an unregulated, profit-driven activity, triggering growing demands to recognise snake rescue as a free public service. Several self-proclaimed rescuers allegedly charge panic-stricken families between Rs 1,000 and Rs 5,000 per call.With no official registry of rescuers, no verified data on snake rescue or relocation, and the absence of a transparent, govt-run mechanism, conservationists warn both human safety and wildlife are being put at risk. In response, a group of conservationists and citizens launched a campaign urging GBA or the forest department to formally declare snake rescue…

Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy’s announcement at a public meeting in Nizamabad on Friday that Mohd Azharuddin will be made an MLC has triggered discussion over the available possibilities to send the minority welfare minister to the Upper House in the state.Azharuddin was sworn in as a minister on Oct 31, 2025 and has to become either an MLC or an MLA before April 30. Supreme Court has posted the hearing to March 19 on whether the nomination of Azharuddin and Prof M Kodandaram as MLCs under the governor’s quota was valid.Sources in Congress said the chief minister and…

Chennai: The state govt will organise a four-day international epigraphy conference in the city from Feb 11 to 14.More than 50 epigraphists from across the country and abroad, including Switzerland, France, and Sri Lanka, will take part in the conference. They will present papers on the latest findings on various themes, including inscriptions on hero stones, trade guilds, oil presses, and sluices. “Tamil Nadu has the highest number of inscriptions so far documented in the entire country. These inscriptions reflect the social, cultural, political, economic, and technological aspects of the people from the early historic to the medieval period,” said…

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has ordered the closure of 16 industrial units in Ahmedabad and Surat over the past four months to combat deteriorating winter air quality. With Ahmedabad set to host the Commonwealth Games in 2030, authorities have issued closure notices as part of a rigorous push to bring the air quality index (AQI) under control.GPCB is taking a zero-tolerance approach to emissions under the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, to meet National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) standards.According to senior GPCB officials, nine closure notices were issued in Ahmedabad and seven in Surat…