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Anoushka Shankar mesmerized the Delhi crowd with her sitar, leading everyone on a deeply moving journey through her mini-album trilogy. It was a night where her music painted vivid emotional landscapes, leaving the audience spellbound by her incredible artistry and the profound stories her melodies told Performing against a striking yellow backlight which highlighted her black brocade dress and her sitar, Anoushka Shankar took Delhiites through a sensory experience. “I’m so excited to be back in Delhi, one of my favourite cities in the world. And also, in a new venue I’ve never played in before, which looks incredible,” she…

Bengaluru: Neuropsychologists at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences’ Music Cognition Lab have been exploring the role of music-based techniques in neuro-rehabilitation, particularly for stroke, in the past few years. With at least 10 patients a month, the experts say these interventions have played a key role in helping stroke patients regain their cognitive abilities.Dr Shantala Hegde, professor and consultant neuropsychologist at Nimhans, along with PhD students Preeti Kodancha and Shreyas Krishnakumar have been working with the stroke patients. Dr Shantala emphasised that they rely on evidence-based, neuroscience-driven tools. The music used is universal rather than culture-specific and…

Hyderabad: City-based Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) will launch three new ocean information services on its foundation day on Monday (Feb 9), along with signing Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with partner institutions, officials said. The three services — JellyAIIP, SAMUDRA 2.0 Mobile App, and SIVAS — are aimed at widening access to ocean advisories for citizens and coastal users, INCOIS stated.JellyAIIP (Jellyfish Aggregation Information Interactive Portal) is a national web-based platform for reporting and visualising jellyfish aggregation, swarming, and stranding events along the Indian coast. INCOIS said the portal will offer geospatial mapping, hotspot analysis, and multilingual…

Jaguar Land Rover manufacturing facility at Panapakkam in Ranipet district was inaugurated on Monday CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Monday inaugurated the Tata Motors passenger vehicles and Jaguar Land Rover manufacturing facility at the SIPCOT complex in Panapakkam, Ranipet district, marking a major expansion of Tata Motors’ luxury vehicle manufacturing footprint in India. Tamil Nadu industries minister TRB Rajaa said the greenfield plant is expected to generate around 5,000 direct jobs and also spur significant employment through ancillary units that are likely to come up around the facility. He said the overall impact on the region would…

Ahmedabad: Anandnagar police registered an FIR in a road rage case on Saturday in which a woman and her male companion allegedly assaulted a driver, his employer and the employer’s wife following a minor collision near Prahladnagar on Friday afternoon.According to the complaint filed by Upendrakumar Yadav (23), a driver residing in Vejalpur, the incident took place around 1.30pm near Shambhu Coffee Bar at the Prahladnagar Garden Crossroads. Yadav said that he was driving his employer Sanyam Shah’s four-wheeler and was taking Shah’s wife, Nidhi Shah, to a derasar in Prahladnagar.Yadav alleged that as he slowed down to take a…

Prayagraj: After arrest of five persons, including four women, for their alleged role in kidnapping of a minor girl and illegal extraction of her ova with the help of forged documents at a local IVF centre, police sped up investigations to bust the network and tighten noose around those involved.DCP (Ganga Nagar) Kuldeep Singh told TOI, “We have written a letter to district health authorities to check norms, rules, and regulations of hospitals engaged in surrogacy (an arrangement whereby a woman gets pregnant and gives birth on behalf of another person or couple who will become the child’s legal parents).”…

Bhubaneswar: At least six persons were killed and several others were critically injured in two separate road accidents in Balangir and Koraput districts on Sunday.In Balangir, four members of a family were killed after the motorcycle in which they were travelling was hit by an unidentified vehicle near Pandren village. The deceased were identified as Khira Putel of Turekela, his wife, Kuni Putel, their six-year-old grandson, Debashis Putel, and son-in-law, Mohan Putel.Police said the four were returning home after completing some work at Dhourakhaman village when the accident occurred. Local villagers rushed to the scene and found them dead, following…

Coimbatore: Residents of three housing units in Madukkarai taluk took out protests on Sunday to bring the issues of poor maintenance, lack of basic facilities and failure in the implementation of govt norms to the attention of authorities concerned.Organized by the Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board (TNUHDB) Residents’ Welfare Associations of the housing units at Vellalore, Anbu Nagar in Malumichampatti panchayat and Senthamizh Nagar at Mayilkal, the protesters flagged the issues like irregular water supply, lack of sanitation and deteriorating living conditions. The demonstrations were held at the Vellalore housing unit, in front of the Malumichampatti panchayat office and…

Dibrugarh: Hundreds of BJP workers on Sunday held a protest rally in Dibrugarh, demanding a thorough probe into Gaurav Gogoi’s alleged Pakistan links, reports Rajib Dutta.The protest procession, led by BJP state president and Darrang-Udalguri MP Dilip Saikia, saw power minister and Dibrugarh MLA Prasanta Phukan, Lahowal MLA Binod Hazarika, Naharkatia MLA Taranga Gogoi and state BJP general secretary Rituparna Baruah participate.Guwahati: Political Yatra, Booth- Level Campaign, Crime & More“We demand a strong probe by the Centre into Gaurav Gogoi’s alleged Pakistan connections. The people of Assam deserve to know the truth about these serious allegations. A thorough investigation must…

Dharwad: Senior thinker and columnist Sudheendra Kulkarni, who served as a special adviser to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, said that leaders across political parties must engage in serious introspection in view of the far-reaching changes taking place in India’s political landscape. He was speaking at a programme organised by the YS Patil Memorial Trust at the Karnataka Vidyavardhaka Sangha auditorium in the city, where he shared his experiences of working closely with Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Lal Krishna Advani. Kulkarni observed that the Congress of the pre-Independence era no longer exists, and that the Jan Sangh of the…