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The girl being taken in a private vehicle to Sadar Hospital by her parents Gumla: A 15-year-old student from Chainpur block in Gumla district died on Wednesday while being taken to Rims in Ranchi, with her family alleging negligence in treatment and failure of ambulance services.Family members alleged that Shivani Kumari developed a severe headache after her meal while getting ready for school. She was rushed to the community health centre (CHC) in Chainpur, where her parents alleged, she did not receive prompt attention for nearly three hours.Her father, Rajkumar Lohara, claimed that the CHC’s ambulance could not be used…

Surat: The first gem and jewellery consignments from Surat to the UK under the India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) were flagged off on Wednesday at a ceremony held at the Gujarat Regional Office of the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) at Surat Diamond Bourse.The Surat event was part of a nationwide launch across Delhi, Mumbai, Jaipur, Chennai and Kolkata to celebrate India’s first jewellery exports to the UK under the agreement. Four Surat-based exporters — Gaurav Jewellers, Roy Diamond, Shish Jewels Ltd and Parvati Jewels LLP — are part of the inaugural $10 million shipment comprising…

Varanasi: Selection of Mirzapur’s Lalpeda in One District One Cuisine (ODOC) has opened opportunities for mega financial support to its producers by industries department, of Rs 25,000 to Rs 5 crore, to expand their product and business. District has 65 active units for Lalpeda making while 400 are associated with the trade.As per the decision of Yogi govt to provide financial assistance for promotion of products selected under One District-One Cuisine (ODOC) scheme Mirzapur’s famous Lalpeda will soon start reaching to national and international markets.Mirzapur’s district industries centre’s deputy commissioner Sandeep Kumar said entrepreneurs can receive grants for projects costing…

Thiruvananthapuram: Environmental clearance to the proposed Thiruvananthapuram Outer Ring Road (ORR) connecting Vizhinjam and Navaikulam has been deferred after the expert appraisal committee (EAC) of Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) insisted on a site inspection before taking a final decision.The matter came up before EAC at its hearing on Wednesday, where members reviewed the proposal, including the revised alignment featuring multiple tunnels. The committee decided that a field visit was necessary before granting environmental clearance, citing concerns arising from the recent landslip at the under-construction Anakkampoyil-Kalladi twin-tunnel project in Wayanad.EAC observed that the Wayanad incident underscored…

Audit at private institutes Kolkata: The state higher education department on Wednesday formed teams to visit private institutes, including BEd colleges, primary teachers training institutes and degree colleges, and evaluate classroom teaching, student enrolment and attendance. The inspection is meant to verify if private college students, who first pay high admission fees and then hefty semester fees, are receiving quality education.During the inspection, the teams will audit the institutes’ biometric entry systems, if any. At colleges that still follow a manual attendance system, the teams will verify the numbers against the total enrolment for each course. Officials will check CCTV…

Srinagar, Jul 15: The damage to Kashmir’s wetlands is no longer confined to shrinking water bodies, disappearing birds or encroaching settlements. Increasingly, the scars of human activity are being found beneath the surface — in the very soil that sustains these fragile ecosystems.A new study published in the prestigious journal Scientific Reports has revealed alarming signs of ecological degradation in some of the Valley’s most important wetlands, with urbanisation, waste disposal, tourism, grazing and agricultural activities steadily eroding soil health and microbial diversity.The study, titled “Demystifying the impacts of anthropogenic activities on physicochemical characteristics of soil in four wetlands of Kashmir Valley, India”, was…

The Israel Defense Forces removed soldier Shira Braun from its international communications unit and imposed a suspended jail sentence after she appeared in a livestream with controversial influencer Braden “Clavicular” Peters. The IDF said the action was based on her conduct, not misuse of official systems. Peters, known for his ties to polarizing internet figures and controversial content, drew criticism during his Israel visit, prompting debate over military standards, influencer culture, and institutional accountability. Israel’s military has removed a soldier from its international communications unit after she was seen in a livestream with controversial influencer Braden Peters, also known online…

A chimney rests on a pyre after it fell during the last rites of a 70-year-old man on Wednesday. Mira-Bhayander: A portion of a chimney at a civic crematorium in Mira Road collapsed onto a burning funeral pyre on Wednesday morning, triggering panic among mourners.The deceased’s relatives, who were standing close to the pyre during the last rites, had a narrow escape and no injuries were reported.The incident occurred around 11 am at the Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) crematorium near Mira Road railway station.The funeral of 70-year-old Girish Shingare, a resident of Poonam Sagar in Mira Road, was underway when…

New Delhi: A Delhi court has allowed jailed activist Umar Khalid to resume two weekly video meetings (e-mulakats) with his family, accepting his plea that the facility had been reduced to one session a week from May 2026 despite there being no violation of prison rules on his part.Khalid had sought restoration of the earlier arrangement, submitting that he had been permitted two meetings every week for the past six years, but “all of a sudden since May, 2026” the facility was curtailed to one video meeting a week.Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai passed the order on July 13, restoring…

Emergent co-founders (L-R) Madhav Jha and Mukund Jha Bengaluru: AI startup Emergent has raised $130 million in a funding round that values the company at $1.5 billion, making it a unicorn less than a year after its public launch. The company, which enables users without coding skills to build web and mobile applications using AI, plans to use the capital for product development and global expansion.Private equity firm Creaegis led the round, with Manipal Group chairman Ranjan Pai’s family investment office Claypond Capital and Sentinel Global joining as co-lead investors. Existing backers Khosla Ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Lightspeed and…