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NEW DELHI: Expressing concern over misuse of the criminal justice system by filing of rape cases when a consenting relationship turns sour, Supreme Court on Thursday held that a married woman who gets into a physical relationship with another man cannot file a rape case against him on the ground that she got into the sexual relationship on the promise of marriage.A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan said in such cases, a woman was not eligible to get married due to the subsistence of her marriage and she could not invoke the ground of false promise…

A simple Kagome lattice. The name comes from the Japanese for “basket” and “eye”, referring to the pattern when woven with bamboo leaves. | Photo Credit: N. Mori Helium is famous for making balloons float, voices squeak, and as a critical resource for MRI machines and aerospace engineering. Helium is expensive and scarce, finding leaks quickly is essential, but that’s easier said than done because helium is also chemically inert and sensors, which usually rely on chemical reactors, have a tough time detecting it.In a new study, researchers from Nanjing University in China have reported a sensor that uses sound…

NEW DELHI: Rebutting PM Narendra Modi’s accusation, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said Modi’s “Goebbelsian” and “filthy” propaganda against then PM Manmohan Singh, who was a decent and hardworking achiever, was an insult to the Sikh religion, and demanded that Modi apologise for it.Kharge said Congress respects Sikh religion and made Manmohan Singh finance minister and PM twice, but Modi ran a “false propaganda” against him to wrest his chair.He was reacting to Modi’s speech in Rajya Sabha in which the PM accused Congress of insulting Sikhs, with a reference to Rahul Gandhi’s recent viral exchange with minister Ravneet Bittu where…

Andhra Pradesh is studying Australia’s ban on social media use by children under 16, Technology and Human Resources Minister Nara Lokesh said at the World Economic Forum in Davos. A file photo. Andhra Pradesh is studying Australia’s ban on children under 16 years of age from using social media, its minister in charge of technology and human resources said Tuesday.“As a state, we are studying Australia’s under-16 law, and yes, I believe we need to create a strong legal enactment,” Nara Lokesh told Bloomberg News on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.Lokesh said he strongly felt that…

Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said the BJP has 32 surplus seats as per the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in which the BJP won 96 assembly segments. He said the BJP needs to win only 64 seats in Assam to form the government for the third consecutive term.Assam is scheduled to hold assembly polls in a few months. The state has 126 assembly seats. Talking to media persons on Tuesday, Sarma said, “In 2024 Lok Sabha polls, we won 96 assembly segments and to form a government again in Assam, we need to win 64 seats.…

Thane: A sessions court convicted a Bangladeshi couple of illegally entering and residing in India without valid documents and ordered their deportation after they completed their sentence of one year and 10 days of simple imprisonment.Riyaz Almin Mulla (24) and his wife, Soniya alias Sathi Riyaj Mulla (22), were arrested by Shil-Diaghar police on Jan 26, 2025, after a tip-off about foreign nationals living under false identities in the Uttar Shivgaon area. Acting on the information, a police team set up a naka-bandi and intercepted an autorickshaw carrying the couple. When questioned, they gave vague details about their residence and…

NEW DELHI: India’s winter air pollution crisis showed no signs of easing in Jan and NCR dominated the pollution rankings. Nearly half of the country’s monitored cities have recorded PM2.5 levels above the national safety standards. According to an analysis by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), Ghaziabad has emerged as India’s most polluted city in Jan, followed by Delhi, then Noida, Gurgaon and Greater Noida.With a staggering monthly average PM2.5 concentration of 184 g/m³ – three times over the national limit – Ghaziabad, which is consistently among the most polluted pockets of NCR, breached daily…

Bengaluru: An accidental fire that erupted in a pile of garbage near labourers’ sheds close to Hosa Lake at Kudlu Gate early Friday gutted around 13 makeshift shelters and a mini goods vehicle. Segregated waste stored in the area was also destroyed. Officials confirmed that no casualties were reported.Police said labourers from West Bengal and Assam were staying in sheds built on land owned by four persons, a property currently locked in a court dispute. The residents were living in two partitions, one of which was used by scrap collectors to sort dry waste. Preliminary investigation indicates the fire began…

Hyderabad: Civic agencies involved in garbage collection, fogging operations, stray dog catching, and road sweeping will no longer be able to shirk their duties, as the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has decided to track the movement of all its operational vehicles through GPS.GHMC has proposed equipping nearly 5,000 vehicles, including Solid Waste Management (SWM) vehicles, dog-catching vans, fogging vehicles, anti-larva operation vehicles, and mechanical road sweeping machines, with GPS tracking systems.The initiative will be implemented across all 300 wards in Greater Hyderabad. To roll out the system, the civic body has invited bids for the implementation and maintenance of…

Chennai: Mitsubishi Electric India has commissioned a Rs 2,100-crore air conditioner and compressor manufacturing facility in Chennai, as the Japanese major steps up expansion in the country’s fast-growing cooling market and targets sustained double-digit growth in its air-conditioning business.Spread over 210,000 sq m, the facility was inaugurated virtually by Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin on Friday. The plant will have an annual capacity of 300,000 indoor and outdoor room air conditioners and 650,000 compressors, and is expected to generate over 2,100 direct and indirect jobs. “We expect our air-conditioning business in India to grow at a double-digit average…