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Nagpur: Remembering the human cost of India’s Partition will be the central theme of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s (NMC) Independence Day outreach this year, with the civic body set to observe Partition Horrors Remembrance Day on August 14 as part of the nationwide Har Ghar Tiranga 2026 campaign.The Har Ghar Tiranga campaign will be organised across Nagpur from August 9 to 17. NMC will distribute 1.75 lakh tricolour flags across the city with financial assistance from local MLAs through their discretionary funds and the civic body’s own resources.A programme will be organised at Vande Mataram Udyan in Bajeria, where public…

Hazaribag: Family members of a woman who died after she delivered a stillborn at the Barkagaon community health centre (CHC) on Tuesday protested on Wednesday, alleging medical negligence and demanding action.Khushboo Devi (23), wife of Vikas Rana and resident of Mohudi village under the Barkagaon police station limits, had been admitted to the CHC on Monday for delivery.Father of the deceased Khushboo, Mukhlal Rana, said, “My daughter was healthy when we admitted her to the Barkagaon CHC after she went into labour. Her condition deteriorated due to the negligence of the doctor and a nurse. She suffered excessive bleeding during…

It is high time we revisited our daily meal plan of breakfast, lunch and dinner. And listened instead to our body’s circadian rhythm, the weather, our access to interesting ingredients and, quite simply, the demands of the day.According to a recent article in The Guardian, the concept of three formal, structured meals is largely a product of industrial-era Europe, evolving alongside factory shifts and work schedules. And it is terribly outdated.Over centuries, the three-meal plan was perpetuated by a social structure that relied heavily on women to ensure that the family sat down for that one proper meal at night,…

Srinagar, Aug 6: An accident took place near the Air Strip in Bijbehara, close to Donipora Crossing, on Thursday.The vehicles involved were a Swift Dzire bearing registration number HP37G/0172 and a Tata Mobile bearing registration number JK22B/7482.Officials told GNS that four persons sustained injuries in the accident. The injured include Surinder Kumar, son of Roop Lal Sharma, a resident of Chandigarh, Mohali, who is stated to be in serious condition. Another injured has been identified as S. Chand Munda, resident of Pahalanpur, Himachal Pradesh. One more passenger and the driver of one of the vehicles also received injuries, with the…

Arvind Kejriwal claims Meta restricted his account in India, seeks explanation NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday claimed that Meta had restricted his Instagram account in India without providing any explanation. He alleged that repeated attempts to seek clarification from the company’s India office had gone unanswered.In a post on X, Kejriwal tagged Meta and Meta India, saying his account had become unavailable to users in India.”Hi @Meta @metaindia Why have you restricted my account? Verbal enquiries at your India office revealed that my account has been restricted in India and is unavailable in…

The cyber financial fraud helpline in Mumbai has emerged as a crucial defense against scams, successfully blocking Rs 162 crore in the past few months and accumulating savings of Rs 552 crore since its launch in 2022. One case involved an accountant who fell for a fake message, resulting in a blocked Rs 1 crore transfer. Meanwhile, a scammer’s impersonation led an employee to lose Rs 5. MUMBAI: Last week, an accountant at a private company received a WhatsApp message appearing to be from a senior colleague, directing him to urgently transfer Rs 1 crore of company funds. The message…

SC is set to hear a complaint from a car owner dissatisfied with the denial of a PUC certificate for a diesel vehicle exceeding 10 years of age (Representative image) New Delhi: A high-end car owner Wednesday complained to Supreme Court that the authorities were refusing to issue a PUC certificate for his 10-year-old diesel vehicle despite the court’s Dec-17 order barring coercive action against 10-year-old diesel and 15-year-old petrol vehicles solely on the basis of their age.Senior advocate Rakesh Khanna told a bench led by CJI Surya Kant that high-end vehicles, like the Volvo XC-60 car of the applicant,…

Bengaluru: Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) have become the latest buzzword in enterprise AI. Hardly a technology earnings call now ends without executives outlining plans to build dedicated FDE teams as customers move beyond AI pilots. Demand for this talent is soaring, but finding it in the market is proving difficult.AWS, for instance, is investing $1 billion to embed AI forward deployed engineers with customers.The growing focus reflects a fundamental challenge in enterprise AI. While large language models have advanced rapidly, deploying them within enterprises remains difficult. Business data is fragmented across legacy systems, workflows span multiple applications, and every customer…

CM Revanth Reddy with Union jal shakti minister CR Patil in Delhi on Wednesday Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Wednesday sought the Centre’s intervention to secure Maharashtra’s approval for increasing the height of the proposed Tummidihatti barrage on Pranahita river, arguing that the revision is crucial to make the project viable and ensure irrigation to the backward Adilabad region.During a meeting with Union jal shakti minister CR Patil in Delhi, Revanth Reddy requested him to persuade Maharashtra to agree to raising the barrage height from the originally proposed 148 metres to 150-152 metres and facilitate an early meeting…

Agriculture and farmers’ welfare minister R Vinoth presents the state’s Agriculture Budget for 2026-27 in the Legislative Assembly Tamil Nadu Agriculture Budget 2026-27: Key AnnouncementsFocus on farmers’ welfare: Agriculture Minister R Vinoth said the budget prioritises improving farmers’ livelihoods, with emphasis on water storage infrastructure and irrigation.Kuruvai cultivation support: Despite delayed opening of Mettur dam due to low storage, the government rolled out a Kuruvai Special Package. 8.26 lakh acres are under Kuruvai cultivation this year.District agriculture plans: Contingency plans have been prepared for every district to mitigate the impact of adverse weather and other farming challenges.Foodgrain production target: The…