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Dhanbad: Union minister of state for defence Sanjay Seth on Saturday urged young researchers and students to look beyond India’s achievements of the past century and develop technologies that can shape the country’s next 100 years.Addressing the inaugural session of the 20th symposium on ‘National Frontiers of Engineering (NatFoE 2026) and Innovation in Manufacturing Practices’ (IMP 2026) at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, Seth called for faster innovation, indigenous technology and stronger collaboration between research institutions and industry.“We have to see what we have to do in the coming 100 years, not what we did in the last 100 years,” Seth said,…

Residents of Suman Maitri Pradhan Mantri Aawas protested outside SMC headquarter in Mughalisara, against the possible plan to shift Nasir Nagar residents to their society in Jahangirpura Surat: In a fresh challenge for Nasir Nagar residents and the city civic body, residents of a housing colony where the displaced families may be rehabilitated have opposed the proposed allotment of flats to them.Following a High Court order, the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) is looking for an alternative location to rehabilitate the Nasir Nagar residents, but each option appears to be throwing up fresh challenges. The civic body is now exploring alternatives…

The district has also developed more than 150 MW of solar energy capacity Varanasi: More than 50,000 households in Varanasi have installed rooftop solar systems under the Prime Minister Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana, with 17,698 consumers now receiving zero electricity bills, helping the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency retain its second position in Uttar Pradesh in rooftop solar adoption after Lucknow.The district has also developed more than 150 MW of solar energy capacity, marking a major shift towards clean energy and reducing households’ dependence on conventional power sources.Chief development officer Prakhar Kumar Singh said 76,218 people in the…

T’puram: A key prosecution witness in the 2016 Puttingal Devi Temple fireworks blast case on Friday told a Kollam court that he had repeatedly complained to the district administration years before the tragedy, seeking that the competitive fireworks display be shifted away from residential areas.Sudheesh, examined as the prosecution’s 15th witness (listed as charge witness No. 18), deposed before the trial court that he had submitted complaints to the district collector in 2012 and 2014, requesting that the fireworks display be conducted at a safer location. He said the temple committee failed to comply with the stipulated safety conditions despite…

Kolkata: A prosperous Bengal is essential to a resurgent Bharat, state BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said on Saturday, urging young entrepreneurs and home-grown businesses to be the change agents.Speaking at the inaugural conference of the Kolkata chapter of World Hindu Economic Forum, Bhattacharya said Bengal, once the country’s economic engine, must reclaim its historic position again and urged Hindu businesses to lead the revival.Bhattacharya, speaking on the sidelines of the meeting, said a team of doctors, settled in Europe, was planning to come to Bengal. “They want to invest an AI-driven hospital. Another company, specialising in the technology of extracting…

A Constitution is truly alive when its guarantees remain meaningful not only to the generation that framed it, but also to generations that inherit it.Few provisions demonstrate this better than Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Its language is deceptively simple: “No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law.” Yet behind these words lies one of the most remarkable journeys in Indian constitutional law.Article 21 has travelled from a narrow protection against physical deprivation to a comprehensive constitutional guarantee of life, liberty, dignity, privacy, autonomy and human choice. The…

At the heart of the Hub is the Indian Heritage Garden, which brings together heritage trees propagated from historically significant locations across the country NEW DELHI: Science and technology minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday dedicated to the nation the first-of-its-kind CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (CSIR-NBRI) ‘eco-educational hub’ ‘Prakriti Gyan Dham’ at Maharishi Parashar Bioresource Centre (MPBC) in Lucknow.Calling for taking the work of scientific institutions closer to society, Jitendra Singh said the outreach of scientific institutions should go beyond laboratories and institutional campuses, with greater use of digital and social media platforms to showcase successful technologies and initiatives so that…

So far, the civic body has identified 3,177 BWGs across Mumbai, of which 2,025 are registered with the BMC Sanjeev DevasiaMumbai:While the BMC has invited expressions of interest (EOI) from third-party agencies to help bulk waste generators (BWGs), including housing societies, hospitals and commercial establishments, to set up and operate decentralised, on-site wet waste processing systems, the civic body is also planning to allow establishments and societies that do not have adequate space for in-situ processing to tie up with nearby housing societies or establishments that have the required space. The BMC is also offering a property tax rebate of…

New Delhi: An 18-year-old youth slipped and fell into a drain before being swept away by a strong current of water in southeast Delhi’s Sarita Vihar Friday evening, triggering a search and rescue operation. He has not been traced so far, police said.The teen has been identified as Ankit, a resident of Bhim Colony in Ali village. Ankit, who worked as a pantry worker in Noida, was the elder of two siblings and returning home from work at the time of the incident.According to police, two PCR calls were received at 8.31 pm and 8.54 pm at the Kalindi Kunj…

Bengaluru: Two Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) staffers were recently arrested for allegedly approaching candidates who appeared for junior engineer (civil and mechanical) posts in the water resources department earlier this year, promising them jobs in exchange for money.The accused are technical assistant in the computer wing Sharanappa M Adavalli, 55, and senior assistant P Swami Das. They were arrested based on statements by four other accused — Krishnamurthy, Lingaraju, Vijay Kumar and Sanna Timmappa — arrested earlier this year.The investigation began after a group of aggrieved candidates filed a complaint with the KPSC secretary in Jan. The candidates said…