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RML has used ice cold water immersion therapy for heatstroke patients as immediate cooling is required New Delhi: Delhi recorded two confirmed heat stroke cases on Thursday, including a 24-year-old student who collapsed while travelling by train and a middle-aged man who was found unconscious on the streets. Doctors at ABVIMS and Dr RML Hospital said that the first patient arrived around 1.45 am and the second around 10.45 am. Both required emergency cooling and intensive care intervention.The student, who hails from West Bengal, was brought to the hospital by attendants after developing a body temperature above 105°F while travelling…

The Times of India’s Mission Admission, the city’s leading higher education seminar and expo, will be held Saturday at Jnana Jyothi Auditorium, Ambedkar Veedhi, Gandhinagar, from 10.30am to 4 pm.Designed to help students and parents make informed choices after class 12, the daylong event will bring together academicians, counsellors, policymakers and industry experts to decode admissions, courses and future career opportunities.The event will be inaugurated by Mohammed Mohsin, additional chief secretary, medical education department, who will also deliver the keynote address.The programme will feature a panel discussion on “How industry-ready is engineering education in Karnataka?”, moderated by S Sadagopan, former…

By V Balakista ReddyThere is a familiar lament that has long drifted through Indian homes and staff rooms. Parents fear that children will finish college with ornamental degrees and thin job prospects. Employers complain that resumes arrive in stacks, yet the right skills remain scarce. Students pass through classes and emerge with a certificate in hand and doubt in the mind. Telangana now stands ready to change that story in a decisive way.The Telangana Council of Higher Education (TGCHE) has unveiled a new set of undergraduate courses that read less like a conventional prospectus and more like a catalogue of…

Arignar Anna Zoological Park rolls out a series of upgrades for summer rush. (May 20, 2026) Chennai: Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Vandalur has rolled out a series of upgrades ahead of the summer rush, revamping rest sheds, restrooms, animal enclosures and internal roads.Deputy director Manish Meena said the renovation drive was planned before the onset of peak summer. Ten rest sheds, long neglected for want of maintenance, have been refurbished and fitted with mobile charging points. “It is a small but useful addition for families spending long hours at the zoo. We wanted them to feel the difference as…

Berhampur: A pall of gloom descended on Madhabandha village in Ganjam district’s Chikiti block after the mortal remains of migrant worker A Ramaya reached his native place on Thursday evening, six days after he was killed in a massive drone attack in Moscow on Sunday.Grief-stricken family members and villagers bid a tearful farewell as his last rites were performed at the village cremation ground.The body was brought to the village following intervention of the district administration after the family appealed to Ganjam collector V Keerthi Vassan. “We wrote to the Indian embassy in Moscow and remained in constant touch. The…

Guwahati: A senior state civil service officer, holding the post of additional director of land records, was arrested on Thursday for allegedly accepting Rs 45,000 as bribe.The directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption wing of Assam Police allegedly caught the officer, identified as Lachit Kumar Das, red-handed while receiving the bribe.After arresting Das, sleuths of the anti-corruption raided his residence here.Officials said a complaint was lodged against Das, accusing him of demanding Rs 1 lakh from a landowner in exchange for issuing a no objection certificate for land sale permission. Acting on the complaint, the team laid a trap at the…

Ludhiana: With day temperature shooting up to 43 degrees Celsius, stepping outdoors in the city on Thursday was both uncomfortable and perilous. The meteorological department has forecast heat wave to severe heat wave in Ludhiana in the next few days.Even the partly cloudy sky could not mellow the effect of the rising mercury. According to the meteorological department, maximum (day) temperature in the city was 4.2 degrees Celsius above normal but 1.1 degrees less than a day before.Minimum (night) temperature was recorded at 27.4 degrees Celsius, 3.1 degrees above normal and 0.4 degree more than a day before.The meteorological department…

Mangaluru: A team of officials from the Special Investigation Team (SIT), State Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), and Scene of Crime Officers (SOCO) conducted an operation in Banglagudde in Dharmasthala on Thursday.The team reportedly conducted the recreation of a crime scene in connection with the Dharmasthala mass burial allegations levelled by former sanitation worker CN Chinnayya. It may be recalled that Chinnayya had brought a skull from Banglagudde. The team of officials recreated the scene, wherein Vittal Gowda, the uncle of Sowjanya who was murdered in 2012, had dug out the skull, and it was videographed by Pradeep Kulal then.Chinnayya had…

UoM registar MK Savita and PWD officials reviewed current condition of the Gautama hostel Mysuru: The 53-year-old Gautam Hostel of the University of Mysore (UoM), which has produced hundreds of bureaucrats, police officers, writers and activists, is all set for a major facelift. The state govt has decided to take up the renovation works of this hostel located in Saraswathipuram at an estimated cost of Rs 4 crore.Students have been complaining about the poor condition of the hostel facilities for a long time. Now, the state govt will take up the renovation works and add several student-friendly facilities.According to Siddaraju…

Panaji: Once lauded by the Niti Aayog for showcasing sustainable urban development and wetland conservation, the Mangrove Boardwalk at Patto no longer holds any value for the state capital, said Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) mayor Rohit Monserrate. He said on Thursday that the CCP will go ahead and dismantle the wooden structure.“Fixing the boardwalk will be of no value. There are a lot of illegal activities happening there. It was becoming a health and safety issue, and we have decided to remove it. Whatever is well-maintained will remain. For us, there is no value in keeping it,”…