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                                                                            Table: Post-harvest losses in J&K vs national rangeCommodityJ&K loss (%)National range for category (%)Apple9.51Fruits: 6.02-15.05Egg6.08Egg (all-India): 6.03Maize3.92Cereals: 3.89-5.92                                     Source: NABCONS Study, 2022, as tabled by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries in reply to Lok SabhaSrinagar, Aug 07: Jammu and Kashmir loses an estimated 9.51…

On Friday, Delhi HC issued the consequential transfer and posting orders for judges Sunena Sharma and Dheeraj Mor NEW DELHI: Barely six months after appointing a sessions judge to exclusively hear coal scam cases in Delhi, Supreme Court has replaced her, acting on an unusual request from the Delhi high court, which said she and another special CBI judge were “better suited for certain other responsibilities”.A bench of Chief Justice Suryakant and Justices Joymala Bagchi and V Mohana, in an order, recorded that Delhi high court had sought the transfer of special judges Sunena Sharma and Dheeraj Mor so they…

The victim, Jayshree Bhanji Parmar, was employed as a sanitation worker with BMC and was two years away from retirement Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport’s (BEST) 79th foundation day celebrations turned sour after a 56-year-old BMC sanitation worker was fatally run over by a bus when she was crossing the road at a traffic signal in Mulund West on Friday afternoon. This is the fourth fatal mishap involving a BEST bus since June.The bus driver, Ravi Bhagvanta Bolij (32), was arrested shortly after he and conductor Shailesh Sudhakar Wagh (26) were taken to Mulund police station.A senior BEST…

New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has moved a proposal to Delhi govt seeking allotment of land at Ghazipur in east Delhi for setting up a second shelter for stray dogs, after its under-construction centre in Dwarka.“A five-acre plot belonging to Delhi govt, located next to the MCD veterinary hospital, has been identified and we are hopeful of receiving an approval soon,” said MCD’s standing committee chairperson, Satya Sharma.MCD also plans to construct a shelter at Masoodpur, where it’s already running an animal birth control (ABC) facility. “But there are some technical issues in adding a facility for aggressive…

Bengaluru: A second-year BTech student at Indian Institute of Science (IISc) was found hanging in his hostel room early Friday morning. The 20-year-old left behind a note saying he was a loser and apologised to his parents for the suicide.“I know what I am doing is not correct. But I am not control myself. To be honest, I am a loser. Appa, amma, please forgive me (sic),” the letter found on the table read.The incident came to light when his roommate returned from morning walk and found the door locked from inside. On peeping through the ventilator, he found the…

Hyderabad: Delivering a blunt message to Telangana BJP leaders, party national president Nitin Nabin is learnt to have warned that the central leadership would no longer tolerate infighting, saying internal divisions were hurting the BJP’s image, confusing cadre and undermining its growth prospects in the state.During his first meeting with the Telangana BJP leadership since taking charge as national president, Nabin reportedly told party leaders that the central leadership had done everything possible to strengthen the state unit and that there was no room for further complaints or public displays of internal differences. He is learnt to have made it…

Chennai: Six faculty members of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) have been selected for Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) J C Bose Grant, a national research honour for senior scientists and engineers. The awardees are Prof Sujatha Srinivasan, Prof Thalappil Pradeep, Prof Deepa Venkitesh, Prof Jitendra S Sangwai, Prof Ramakrishnan Swaminathan and Prof Sundargopal Ghosh, representing diverse fields of engineering and science.The grant recognises outstanding research performance and provides Rs25 lakh annually for five years to support frontier research, including human resource, equipment, consumables, travel and other research expenses. Congratulating the awardees, IIT Madras director Prof V…

Gandhinagar: Gujarat govt has formally notified its Gujarat State Data Centre Policy, 2026-29, paving the way for companies to apply for setting up data centres in the state and avail of the incentives and benefits promised under the policy.The policy aims to position the state as India’s leading destination for hyperscale and AI data centres, with an ambitious target of facilitating 7.5GW of data centre capacity. The policy places a particular focus on developing Dholera as a world-class hyperscale data centre hub. Govt has claimed that the policy is among the world’s first dedicated hyperscale data centre policies.A top state…

Students performing at Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat & Kala Utsav competition at KV Manauri Prayagraj: The two-day regional level ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’ (EBSB) and Kala Utsav Competition-2026, hosted by Kendriya Vidyalaya, Air Force Station Manauri, concluded on Friday with students from across Varanasi region showcasing their talent in a wide range of cultural, literary and visual arts events.The programme brought together participants from five clusters of Kendriya Vidyalayas of Varanasi region—Azamgarh, Gorakhpur, New Cantt, Bamrauli and BLW Varanasi—to celebrate India’s rich cultural heritage and the spirit of unity in diversity.The inaugural ceremony was attended by Air Commodore Ajay Rana,…

The girls’ hostel of Utkal University is in the BMC list of residential properties used for commercial purposes Bhubaneswar: Several educational institutions, hospitals, govt offices, public sector undertakings, hotels, market complexes and even Laxmi Sagar police station have found their names in the list of 4,632 properties, identified by Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) as allegedly functioning from residential buildings, triggering a fresh controversy.The BMC surveyed them following a direction from Supreme Court, which asked civic authorities in state capitals to identify residential buildings being used for commercial activities and submit action-taken reports.Among those figuring in the list are the girls’…